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 (21 September 2000-6 May 2010)

Early
Normal
Enhanced
With the Hasbro Interactive logo

Visuals: 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.

Later Variants:

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

Technique: 2D animation with 3D effects.

Audio: A long whoosh while the ring draws itself in, and two smaller whooshes when the ring spins.

Later Audio 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.

2nd Logo (6 October 2009-19 June 2013)

Visuals: The sequence starts 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 becomes clear. The text "POWERED BY BLITZ TECH" appears below. The logo stays on for a little bit before fading to white.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: 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.

3rd Logo (27 October-6 November 2009)

Visuals: On a white background, with a reflection, there is the Blitz Games logo inside a box. There is a reflection over the logo.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on the Nintendo DS game of iCarly.

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