Snapshot Games

Snapshot Games
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo game developer
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Founders
Headquarters
Sofia
,
Bulgaria
Number of employees
64[1] (2021)
Parent
Websitesnapshotgames.com

Snapshot Games is a Bulgarian video game developer headquartered in Sofia.[2][3] Snapshot Games was founded in 2013 by Julian Gollop and David Kaye.[2][4] Gollop is recognized for creating the X-COM video game franchise in the 1990s with X-COM: UFO Defense and X-COM: Apocalypse.[5][2][6][7][8][9] Gollop also is the CEO of Snapshot Games.[9] In addition to Gollop, the company includes about eight developers who are industry veterans with years of previous experience working for Ubisoft Sofia, Crytek Black Sea, and other Bulgaria studios.[2]

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  8. ^ Williams, Mike (26 April 2017). "X-COM Designer Returns To the Genre With Phoenix Point". USgamer. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  9. ^ a b Osborn, Alex (2017-06-05). "Phoenix Point Boss Battle Gameplay Revealed". IGN. Retrieved 2017-06-16.