Blitz Games

Background
Blitz Games was a British video game developer based in Leamington Spa. Founded in 1990 by the Oliver Twins, they were best known for making games for several companies, including Atari, THQ and Disney Interactive Studios. The company was originally formed as Interactive Studios, but in 1999 was renamed to Blitz Game Studios, with Blitz Games becoming its flagship division. Later on, the company formed the subsidiaries Blitz Arcade (for downloadable/casual titles), Volatile Games (for mature/non-family games), and Blitz 1Up (a program focused on helping indie developers publish games). In 2013, the company closed due to financial problems; this affected the company's final game, The Typing of the Dead: Overkill, but the developers were able to finish the game under manager Ollie Clarke's side-division, Modern Dream. The Oliver Twins quickly formed a new company, Radiant Worlds, which was acquired by Rebellion Developments.

1st Logo (1996)
Logo: On a faint space background, we see Earth quickly spinning to the left as it zooms out from the camera. After completing its second spin, the space background fade to black whereas the Earth reveals a circular outline with an arrow inside. One side is blue while the other is red. The left and right sides of the circle extends into a tube shape to make room for "INTER STUDIOS" on the blue side of the shape and "CTIVE LIMITED" on the right. The logo then shines before fading to black.

FX/SFX: 3D effects, consisting of the Earth spinning, the text zooming into the logo, and the shine.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on the special edition of Creature Shock, which can be found in North American markets.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (November 1996)
Logo: On a dark-blue marble background, an arrow flies up and merges with two pieces of a round bar, one red and one blue. The bar zooms out and a large pressure stamp plants "INTER CTIVE STUDIOS LIMITED" on the bar, with the triangle of the arrow posing as the "A". The bar faces the camera after the stamp leaves.

FX/SFX: The bar and the stamp moving.

Music/Sounds: Machinery sounds.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on Firo and Klawd.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (May 1998-November 30, 1999)
Logo: On a black background with red code numbers and letters, the camera pans across the new logo, which is the text "INTER CTIVE STUDIOS" in gold and red and blue halves of the arrow from before posing as the "A." Once the logo is in full view, an outline of the logo flies toward the camera before fading out, leaving the black background and logo behind.

Variant: On Glover, the logo is in the room with the Hasbro Interactive and A-Team logos. The PSX version has the still logo on the game's opening.

FX/SFX: Depends on the variant.

Music/Sounds: Radio and computer noises. Otherwise, it's the opening music of the game.

Availability: Rare. Seen on WarGames: Defcon 1 and Glover.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (September 15, 2000-2009)
Logo: On a white background, a red ring draws itself in. It spins around twice while the camera zooms out, enclosing the logo in a box with the words "BLITZ GAMES" underneath it. The ring stops spinning and a copyright notice fades in below.

Variants:
 * In 2001, "BLITZ" was changed to red.
 * In 2003, the logo was enhanced. The ring was shinier and the text appears before the box encloses the logo. The logo is also smaller.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: A long whoosh while the ring draws itself in, and two smaller whooshes when the ring spins. Music/Sounds Variant: The 2003 variant would have the small whooshes cut out and the long whoosh echoing, accompanied by a metallic whoosh.

Availability: Seen on many games by Blitz, starting with Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge.

Editor's Note: If you played certain SpongeBob games, Pac-Man World 3 or Frogger 2, you'd probably recognize this logo.

2nd Logo (2010-2013)
Logo: We start off on a white background before quickly fading into a red-orange background with ash-like particles floating around. The Blitz Games logo also fades in slightly blurred, then becoming clear with red text and ring. The logo stays on for a little bit before fading to white.

FX/SFX: The logo zooming in and becoming clear, the fire effects.

Music/Sounds: A calm, soothing violin-based piece ending with a synth note.

Availability: Found on Blitz's last few projects before closure, including Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and SpongeBob's Surf and Skate Roadtrip.

Editor's Note: This logo serves as an epic send-off for Blitz, and is a beautiful final logo for their last moments of life.