Relic Entertainment
Relic was started in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by Alex Garden and Luke Moloney in 1997. Their first title, "Homeworld", was released on September 28, 1999 to critical acclaim and successful sales. Though they did not immediately continue working on the franchise (Sierra Entertainment, the game's publisher, owned the rights), the game did have a spin-off, "", developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by Sierra.
Rockstar Leeds
Möbius Entertainment was founded by Gordon Hall, Jason McGann, Dave Box and Ian J. Bowden in December 1997. The new studio's first project was "Alfred's Adventure", a Game Boy Color remake of "Alfred Chicken", released by SCi in June 2000, exclusively to the European market. The original "Alfred Chicken" from 1993 was developed by Twilight, which formerly also employed Möbius Entertainment founders McGann and Box. A 3D remake of "Alfred Chicken", this time eponymous to the original, was developed by Möbius Entertainment's Monkey King division and released by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in 2001. Another early project by Möbius Entertainment, "Titanium Angels", was announced by SCi in January 2000, alongside a game based on the 1960s television series "Thunderbird". In September 2000, SCi revealed that they anticipated the game to release for PlayStation 2 in Q3 2001. The game went silent afterwards, however, when questioned about it in October 2003, Möbius Entertainment stated that the game had been cancelled "some time ago".