Company:Snapshot Games

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Short description: Bulgarian video game developer
Snapshot Games
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo game developer
Founded2013
FoundersJulian Gollop
David Kaye
Headquarters
Sofia
,
Bulgaria
Number of employees
64[1] (2021)
ParentSaber Interactive (2020–present)
Websitesnapshotgames.com

Snapshot Games is a Bulgarian video game developer headquartered in Sofia.[2][3] Snapshot Games was founded in 2013 by Julian Gollop and David Kaye.[2][4] Gollop is recognized for creating the X-COM video game franchise in the 1990s with X-COM and X-COM.[5][2][6][7][8][9] Gollop also is the CEO of Snapshot Games.[9] In addition to Gollop, the company includes about eight developers who are industry veterans with years of previous experience working for Ubisoft Sofia, Crytek Black Sea, and other Bulgaria studios.[2]

History

On November 12, 2013, Snapshot Games was founded as a privately held corporation in the state of California of the United States.[4] However, it is based in Bulgaria where its CEO, Julian Gollop, lives and where video game development costs are about one-third of what they would be for a similar studio in the United States.[2][3][9]

In April 2014, Snapshot Games launched a Kickstarter to crowdfund the development of its first video game, Chaos Reborn.[10] The effort was successful, generating over $210,000.[10] The game was made available through the Early Access program of Steam on December 9, 2014 before it was released officially on October 26, 2015.[11] The game received a score of 86/100 on review aggregation website Metacritic.[12] PC Gamer awarded it a score of 87%, saying "A true wizard’s wheeze, and a fine return for one of gaming’s oldest tactical classics."[13] The game also was nominated for a Golden Joystick Award in the 2015 Best Indie Game category but lost to Kerbal Space Program.[14][15]

Julian Gollop teased the development of a new video game, Phoenix Point, on Twitter on March 18, 2016.[16][17] For the next year, Snapshot Games worked on designing and producing the game.[18] After investing $450,000 into this first year of development, the company launched a Fig crowdfunding campaign in April 2017 to obtain the $500,000 they budgeted to complete the game.[3][19] The future of Snapshot relied on the success of the campaign.[18] "There is no Plan B," Gollop said to the press at the time.[18] The campaign was successful, raising more than $765,000 from over 10,300 different contributors.[19] Snapshot Games has committed to release Phoenix Point in 2019.[20][21]

In November 2020, Embracer Group announced that they acquired the company through Saber Interactive, which will be the parent company.[22]

Video games

Year Title Platform(s)
2015 Chaos Reborn Linux, Macintosh, Windows
2019 Phoenix Point Macintosh, Windows
2020 Phoenix Point: Year One Edition
2021 Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Phoenix Point: Year One Edition Stadia

References

  1. ↑ "Embracer Group Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2020 / 2021". Embracer Group. 25 August 2021. https://embracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Embracer-Annual-Report-and-Sustainability-Report-2021.pdf. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Inspired by X-COM, Snapshot Games is creating Phoenix Point for fall 2018". 2017-04-25. https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/25/inspired-by-x-com-snapshot-games-creates-phoenix-point-for-the-fall-2018/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Phoenix Point's Fig campaign promises new take on classic X-COM formula". Polygon. 2017-04-25. https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/25/15407662/phoenix-point-julian-gollop-fig. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State" (in en). https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=snapshot+games&SearchSubType=Keyword. 
  5. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2017-05-02). "X-COM spiritual successor Phoenix Point hits $500K crowdfunding goal". https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/2/15516198/phoenix-point-fully-funded-stretch-goals-xcom-spiritual-successor-julian-gollop. 
  6. ↑ "Gamereactor UK". https://www.gamereactor.eu/news/532373/Phoenix+Point+has+hit+its+funding+target/. 
  7. ↑ "Phoenix Point, the Spiritual Successor to X-Com, Can Be Backed on Fig" (in en-US). 29 April 2017. https://geekreply.com/geek-culture/2017/04/29/phoenix-point-spiritual-successor-x-com-can-backed-fig. 
  8. ↑ Williams, Mike (26 April 2017). "X-COM Designer Returns To the Genre With Phoenix Point" (in en-US). http://www.usgamer.net/articles/x-com-creator-returns-to-the-genre-with-phoenix-point. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Osborn, Alex (2017-06-05). "Phoenix Point Boss Battle Gameplay Revealed" (in en-US). http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/05/phoenix-point-boss-battle-gameplay-revealed. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Chaos Reborn - From the Creator of the Original X-COM" (in en-US). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1206403106/chaos-reborn-from-the-creator-of-the-original-x-co/. 
  11. ↑ Meer, Alec (2015-10-09). "X-COM Creator's Chaos Reborn Is Born This Month" (in en-US). https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/09/chaos-reborn-release-date-2/. 
  12. ↑ "Chaos Reborn". https://www.metacritic.com/game/chaos-reborn/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. 
  13. ↑ "Chaos Reborn review" (in en). http://www.pcgamer.com/chaos-reborn-review/. 
  14. ↑ "The Golden Joystick Awards 2015 - Voting Now Open - Geek Syndicate" (in en-GB). 2015-09-04. http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/news/the-golden-joystick-awards-2015-voting-now-open/. 
  15. ↑ "Golden Joysticks 2015: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt wins five gaming awards - BBC Newsbeat" (in en-GB). 2015-10-30. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34679591/golden-joysticks-2015-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-wins-five-gaming-awards. 
  16. ↑ "X-COM creator Julian Gollop teases new game Phoenix Point". VG 247. 2016-03-18. https://www.vg247.com/2016/03/18/x-com-creator-julian-gollop-teases-new-game-phoenix-point/. 
  17. ↑ Morrison, Angus (2016-03-18). "Julian Gollop announces new game, Phoenix Point". http://www.pcgamer.com/julian-gollop-announces-new-game-phoenix-point/. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "There is no Plan B". Gameindustry.biz. 2017-04-26. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-04-26-there-is-no-plan-b. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Phoenix Point Crowdfunding Campaign" (in en). https://www.fig.co/campaigns/phoenix-point. 
  20. ↑ "X-COM spiritual successor Phoenix Point hits $500K crowdfunding goal". Polygon. 2017-05-02. https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/2/15516198/phoenix-point-fully-funded-stretch-goals-xcom-spiritual-successor-julian-gollop. 
  21. ↑ "Phoenix Point by X-COM Creator Seeks Funding on Fig". wcctech.com. 2017-04-26. http://wccftech.com/phoenix-point-x-com-creator-funding-fig/. 
  22. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (November 17, 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 10 game studios and a PR firm". https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/17/embracer-group-acquires-10-game-studios-and-a-pr-firm/. 

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