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This page details the [[real world history]] of the ''[[MediEvil]]'' series and the studios behind it from the inception of [[Millennium Interactive]] in 1989 up to the end of the year 1999 when promotion for ''[[MediEvil 2]]'' began. | This page details the [[real world history]] of the ''[[MediEvil]]'' series and the studios behind it; from the inception of [[Millennium Interactive]] in 1989 up to the end of the year 1999 when the promotion push for ''[[MediEvil 2]]'' began. | ||
==Legend== | ==Legend== | ||
*{{Icon|Millennium}} - Events related to [[Millennium Interactive]]. | *{{Icon|Millennium}} - Events related to [[Millennium Interactive]]. | ||
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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
===1989=== | ===1989=== | ||
*'''July 27''': {{Icon|Millennium}} [[Millennium]] is legally incorporated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02408478|title=CREATURE LABS LTD. - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|site=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}}</ref> | *'''July 27''': {{Icon|Millennium}} [[Millennium Interactive]] is legally incorporated.<ref name="millennium">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02408478|title=CREATURE LABS LTD. - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|site=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}}</ref> | ||
===1990=== | ===1990=== | ||
*{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Jason Wilson]] begins working for [[Millennium]] as a freelancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/JayGunnArts/posts/1097776287015782|site=Facebook|quote=I started at the studio as a freelancer in the Millennium days in 1989/90. My first visit was at the London office above a pub in 1989/90 before opening the Millennium Cambridge office.|title=Jay Gunn|published=January 12, 2017|retrieved=November 4, 2022}}</ref> | *{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Jason Wilson]] begins working for [[Millennium]] as a freelancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/JayGunnArts/posts/1097776287015782|site=Facebook|quote=I started at the studio as a freelancer in the Millennium days in 1989/90. My first visit was at the London office above a pub in 1989/90 before opening the Millennium Cambridge office.|title=Jay Gunn|published=January 12, 2017|retrieved=November 4, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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<!--*'''April''': {{Icon|Millennium}} [[Derek Pollard]] joins [[Millennium]].--> | <!--*'''April''': {{Icon|Millennium}} [[Derek Pollard]] joins [[Millennium]].--> | ||
*'''September''': {{Icon|Med}} The PlayStation version of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]] ''enters development.{{Videoref|MED-Making-Of}} | *'''September''': {{Icon|Med}} The PlayStation version of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]] ''enters development.{{Videoref|MED-Making-Of}} | ||
*'''November 11''': {{Icon|Millennium}} | *'''October 25''': {{Icon|Millennium}} Millennium Interactive is legally renamed to [[creatures:Cyberlife|CyberLife Technology]].<ref name="millennium"/> | ||
*'''November 11''': {{Icon|Millennium}} [[creatures:Cyberlife|CyberLife Technology]] release ''[[Creatures]]''.{{citation needed}} An image of [[Zarok]] can be found under the Windmill in [[creatures:Albia|Albia]], because [[Jason Riley]] was responsible for touching up the background model for the game after it had been scanned in and digitised.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artificial-lens.com/aaa-games/|site=Artificial Lens|title=Successful multi million selling AAA-games I have worked on.|retrieved=November 4, 2022}}</ref> | |||
===1997=== | ===1997=== | ||
<!--*'''Date unknown''': {{Icon|Millennium}} {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Sam Baker]] joins [[Millennium]] / [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. | <!--*'''Date unknown''': {{Icon|Millennium}} {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Sam Baker]] joins [[Millennium]] / [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. | ||
*'''May''': {{Icon|Millennium}} [[Alex Sulman]] joins [[Millennium]].--> | *'''May''': {{Icon|Millennium}} [[Alex Sulman]] joins [[Millennium]].--> | ||
*'''June 19 - June 21''': {{Icon|Med}} An early demo of ''MediEvil'' is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5CIqAKlSjU playable] at the third [[E3 1997|E3]] in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|title=E3 Preview MediEvil|site=PSX Nation|published=June 21, 1997|url=http://web.archive.org/web/0id_/http://www.psxnation.com/e3/mideival.html}}</ref> | *'''June 19 - June 21''': {{Icon|Med}} An early demo of ''MediEvil'' is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5CIqAKlSjU playable] at the third [[E3 1997|E3]] in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|title=E3 Preview MediEvil|site=PSX Nation (archived version)|published=June 21, 1997|url=http://web.archive.org/web/0id_/http://www.psxnation.com/e3/mideival.html}}</ref> | ||
<!--*'''July''': {{Icon|Millennium}} {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Julian Rex]] and [[Alan McCarthy]] join [[Millennium]] / [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | <!--*'''July''': {{Icon|Millennium}} {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Julian Rex]] and [[Alan McCarthy]] join [[Millennium]] / [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | ||
*'''July 4''': {{Icon|Millennium}} {{Icon|Cambridge}} SCEE buys the [[Millennium]] game development studio from [[creatures:Cyberlife| | *'''July 4''': {{Icon|Millennium}} {{Icon|Cambridge}} SCEE buys the [[Millennium]] game development studio from [[creatures:Cyberlife|CyberLife Technology]] for about £6 million, due to their experience of working with the team through the preliminary months of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]''. The [[SCE Cambridge Studio]] is formed. At this time, the studio works on ''MediEvil'' to be published by SCEE, and ''Beast Wars'' and ''Frogger'' to be published by Hasbro.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/development/development1.htm|Development}}<ref name="TheTimes">{{Cite|title=''Sony spends £6m on research base''|site=The Times|author=Jason Nisse|published=July 14, 1997}}</ref> | ||
*'''July 15''': {{Icon|Millennium}} ''[[Creatures]]'' is released in the USA.{{citation needed}} | *'''July 15''': {{Icon|Millennium}} ''[[Creatures]]'' is released in the USA.{{citation needed}} | ||
*'''July 17''': {{Icon|Millennium}} Sony's acquisition of Millennium is covered by The Times.<ref name="TheTimes"/> | *'''July 17''': {{Icon|Millennium}} Sony's acquisition of Millennium is covered by The Times.<ref name="TheTimes"/> | ||
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===1998=== | ===1998=== | ||
<!--*'''Date unknown''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Sam Baker]] leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | <!--*'''Date unknown''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Sam Baker]] leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | ||
*'''January''': {{Icon|Med}} ''[[Joypad CD Vol.4 - Les musiques de MediEvil]]'' is released in France. {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Mike Froggatt]] joins [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. | *'''January''': {{Icon|Med}} ''[[Joypad CD Vol.4 - Les musiques de MediEvil]]'' is released in France.<!--{{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Mike Froggatt]] joins [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | ||
*'''January 9''': {{Icon|Med}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is classified as a PG game by the Australian Classification Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/medievil-0|site=Australian Classification Board|published=January 9, 1998|title=MEDIEVIL}}</ref> | *'''January 9''': {{Icon|Med}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is classified as a PG game by the Australian Classification Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/medievil-0|site=Australian Classification Board|published=January 9, 1998|title=MEDIEVIL}}</ref> | ||
*'''April''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Derek Pollard]] leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. | <!--*'''April''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Derek Pollard]] leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | ||
*'''May 28 - May 30''': {{Icon|Med}} A demo of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is [https://youtu.be/377fEyJ8lvU?t=1254 playable] at the fourth [[E3 1998|E3]] in Atlanta, Georgia. | *'''May 28 - May 30''': {{Icon|Med}} A demo of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is [https://youtu.be/377fEyJ8lvU?t=1254 playable] at the fourth [[E3 1998|E3]] in Atlanta, Georgia. | ||
*'''August 8''': {{Icon|Med}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is classified as a game suitable for children aged 12 or above by the German Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usk.de/?s=MediEvil|published=August 5, 1998|title=MediEvil|site=Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle}}</ref> | *'''August 8''': {{Icon|Med}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is classified as a game suitable for children aged 12 or above by the German Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usk.de/?s=MediEvil|published=August 5, 1998|title=MediEvil|site=Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle}}</ref> | ||
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===1999=== | ===1999=== | ||
*'''Date unknown''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} Tom Oswald leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. | <!--*'''Date unknown''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} Tom Oswald leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | ||
*'''June 17''': ''{{Icon|Med}} [[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is released in Japan. | *'''June 17''': ''{{Icon|Med}} [[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is released in Japan. | ||
*'''July''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} Work begins on ''Common Tales'', a joint research project of the National Film and Television School London, [[SCE Cambridge Studio]], and the Cambridge University Moving Image Studio as part of the Digital Studios. ''Common Tales'' is realised using the engine developed for ''MediEvil''.<ref name="commontales">{{Cite web|site=Common Tales|url=http://homes.lmc.gatech.edu/~nitsche/ComTale/welcome.html|title=Welcome|author=Nitsche, Michael|published=October 30, 2002|retrieved=May 25, 2021}}</ref> | *'''July''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} Work begins on ''Common Tales'', a joint research project of the National Film and Television School London, [[SCE Cambridge Studio]], and the Cambridge University Moving Image Studio as part of the Digital Studios. ''Common Tales'' is realised using the engine developed for ''MediEvil''.<ref name="commontales">{{Cite web|site=Common Tales|url=http://homes.lmc.gatech.edu/~nitsche/ComTale/welcome.html|title=Welcome|author=Nitsche, Michael|published=October 30, 2002|retrieved=May 25, 2021}}</ref> | ||
*'''July 7''': {{Icon|Med}} PSX Extreme's [http://www.psxextreme.com/ps1-reviews/29.html review] of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is published. | *'''July 7''': {{Icon|Med}} PSX Extreme's [http://www.psxextreme.com/ps1-reviews/29.html review] of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is published. | ||
*'''August''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Matt Johnson]] leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. Richard Talbot-Watkins joins [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. | <!--*'''August''': {{Icon|Cambridge}} [[Matt Johnson]] leaves [[SCE Cambridge Studio]]. Richard Talbot-Watkins joins [[SCE Cambridge Studio]].--> | ||
*'''September 5 - September 7''': {{Icon|Med2}} ''[[MediEvil 2]]'' is unveiled at ECTS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sony Announces Medievil 2|author=Sam Kennedy and James Mielke|site=GameStop|published=September 7, 1999|url=http://web.archive.org/web/0id_/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_09/07_vg_medi2/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | *'''September 5 - September 7''': {{Icon|Med2}} ''[[MediEvil 2]]'' is unveiled at ECTS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sony Announces Medievil 2|author=Sam Kennedy and James Mielke|site=GameStop|published=September 7, 1999|url=http://web.archive.org/web/0id_/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_09/07_vg_medi2/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | ||
|title=In case you missed it: Sony announces the successor to Medievil for a spring 2000 release. | |title=In case you missed it: Sony announces the successor to Medievil for a spring 2000 release. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*[[creatures:History|History]] at the [[creatures:|Creatures Wiki]]. | |||
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