List of Relic Entertainment games
Relic Entertainment is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver. The company was founded in June 1997 by Alex Garden and Luke Moloney. After its debut title "Homeworld" (1999), the company developed two more games, "Impossible Creatures" (2003) and "Homeworld 2" (2003), and signed a contract with publisher THQ for an additional two games. Before either game was released, however, Relic was bought by THQ in May 2004 for $10 million in cash; the company was renamed THQ Canada, with "Relic Entertainment" used as a marketing brand by the studio. THQ published the next five games by the company. A few months after being purchased, Relic released its first licensed title, "" (2004). It released two more original titles in 2006, "The Outfit" and "Company of Heroes", before transitioning to focus on further titles and expansion packs in the "Warhammer 40,000" and "Company of Heroes" franchises.
Shabs Jobanputra
Originally set up (in 1999) as a joint venture with Ministry of Sound, Relentless was at first conceived as a vehicle for one-off dance singles The label’s debut release - Artful Dodger featuring Craig David’s "Re-Rewind" - sold 700,000 copies and marked the point at which the UK Garage genre moved from the underground into the pop mainstream. Subsequent hits included as Daniel Bedingfield’s "Gotta Get Thru This" and So Solid Crew’s "21 Seconds".
In the course of its subsequent evolution, first as part of EMI (from 2003 to 2009) and now Sony, Relentless broadened its musical base to launch the careers of Joss Stone and KT Tunstall among others. And in the 2009-11 period, when the label was sold to Virgin and Shabs Jobanputra became president of Virgin UK, artists he signed to the label included Emeli Sande, Professor Green, Swedish House Mafia and Deadmau5. During this three year timespan, Jobanputra also co-wrote an international top 10 hit - Jay Sean’s "Eyes on You" - with Norwegian production team Stargate, and launched a legal challenge to Coke over rights to the Relentless brand name.