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Codo Technologies was a video game developer founded by Julian Gollop and others, including brother Nick Gollop, continuing the line of sophisticated strategy war games started at their previous company Mythos Games. [1] Gollop is especially known for his role in the creation of the X-COM video game series. [2] Codo Technologies has released two games: Laser Squad Nemesis , a PC turn-based tactics game and Rebelstar: Tactical Command , a Game Boy Advance turn-based tactical role-playing game. [1] In late 2010, Codo Technologies closed up shop, [3] shortly after negotiating turning control of the Laser Squad Nemesis servers and maintenance to the long term fans of the game. [4]

A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games.

Julian Gollop British video game designer

Julian Gollop is a British video game designer and producer specializing in strategy games, who has founded and led Mythos Games, Codo Technologies and Snapshot Games. He is known best as the "man who gave birth to the X-COM franchise."

Mythos Games

Mythos Games was a British video game developer company founded by Julian Gollop in 1988 as Target Games and best known for its 1994 strategy game UFO: Enemy Unknown. Following the closing of Mythos Games in 2001, Gollop founded Codo Technologies.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gillen, Kieron (2007-11-09). "Making Of: Laser Squad Nemesis". Rock, Paper, Shotgun . Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2017-05-02). "X-COM spiritual successor Phoenix Point hits $500K crowdfunding goal". Polygon. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. ↑ Chaos Squad [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ LSN Official Forum


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