When we bought the IP, Oculus had recently been funded and we always had this feeling Battlezone would be a great fit for VR, so the timing has been perfect. And as you’re seeing now with Redux and our Battlezone reboot for VR, it’s given us plenty of different opportunities to explore.Ĭhris Kingsley : Regards the VR reboot, we knew VR was going to make a return to the limelight. And as a bit of a veteran studio with a lot of PC gamers ourselves, we were very aware of the popularity of the real-time strategy Battlezone games. We were immediately interested Battlezone is an IP that has evolved over decades, and from a personal perspective the original arcade Battlezone was a formative game in mine and my brother’s childhoods.
How long has Rebellion sat on the IP, and how did the IP acquisition come about?Ĭhris Kingsley : We acquired the Battlezone IP a few years ago when Atari put it up for auction. PC Invasion: Battlezone is a much-loved franchise and the 1998 Battlezone was a favourite of PC gamers. We pinned down Rebellion co-founder Chris Kingsley and Mike Arkin, producer/CEO of Big Boat Interactive, to find out more about the game.
Rebellion announced the Battlezone Redux remaster out of the blue and its release is hopefully not too far away.
