History

Based in a Cotswold village near Burford, Silverball Studios develops fun, high-quality, family friendly video games with worldwide appeal for publishers such as Nintendo. 

Silverball Studios' roots go back to 2002, when directors Adrian Barritt and Richard Horrocks struck out on their own and founded predecessor studio Fuse Games, immediately securing a development deal with Nintendo that produced worldwide bestseller Mario Pinball Land. Over the years since Fuse worked exclusively with Nintendo to bring several more titles to DS, and is still the only studio outside Japan to work on a Touch! Generations game.

In 2009, Silverball Studios was formed to expand Fuse Games' success with Nintendo and other publishers. Silverball hasn't been slow in starting, with worldwide releases by Nintendo and Barnstorm.

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                              Super Mario Ball, Mario Pinball Land, Metriod Prime Pinball and Active Health are trademarks of Nintendo.

Unique Method

One of the secrets of Silverball's success is Extreme Game Development, a unique and highly productive method of creating games. Based on the agile principles of Extreme Programming, games grow in stages with a first playable version within weeks, then steady, visible improvements delivered regularly. 

Feedback from one version is quickly incorporated into the design of the next, making sure that the game produced is fun, playable, and most importantly, what you want. Unexpected changes, such as a different licensee or support for a new territory, can be quickly and easily incorporated even if they weren't in the original plan. At all times during development you can be confident that it works; we deliver games, not just promises.

All the Silverball staff bring their experience to the design process, with everyone contributing ideas and inspiration at every stage of the project. This creates an enthusiastic and vibrant atmosphere which ultimately shows in the quality of the final game.

Using Extreme Game Development, we have developed world-class games for Nintendo such as Mario Pinball Land, Metroid Prime Pinball and Active Health with Carol Vorderman, on-time and on-budget, and without last-minute crunch. We have never failed to deliver.

Unrivalled Experience

With an average of over 10 years experience each, the Silverball team is ready to take on your most important projects. Silverball has previously specialised in Nintendo platforms, but is also an approved developer for Sony, Microsoft and Apple, and members of the team have worked on all major platforms, including PS3 and Xbox 360.

As a developer Silverball offers publishers the highest levels of flexibility, feedback and communication. You will always know how your project is progressing and regularly have the latest playable code in your hands. We pride ourselves on honest and open relationships with our publishers – especially when it comes to scheduling and project progress, a policy which removes much of the frustration from the development process.

Whatever the genre, for handheld or console, Silverball Studios delivers to the most exacting standards! From entirely original concepts to sensitive handling of the world's best known and loved IP, we can handle it.