Rebellion opens social games division after Evil Genius success
by JC Fletcher 
on Mar 7th 2011 4:30PM
Aliens vs. Predator developer
Rebellion is giving itself something new to
rant about, opening a division for the creation of social games. After launching a
Facebook game based on the
Evil Genius IP it
acquired from Vivendi, it is putting more resources into the development of games for social networks. No specific projects from this division have been announced.
In a statement on the company's website, CEO Jason Kingsley said that " The release of Evil Genius has given us an appetite to look at other opportunities in the area," noting that gamers can no longer be defined just as console owners. CTO Chris Kingsley called
Evil Genius "a fun and rewarding project."
In addition to this new undertaking, Rebellion also recently announced that its Asura Engine supports both the
3DS and the
NGP.
