Cohort Studios

read moreCohort Studios are a small independent digital entertainment studio, currently based out of Treforest, South Wales. As a studio Cohort historically have experience in developing for PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation Network, PlayStation 2 and PC platforms, but have now rebooted and are focusing on high quality mobile/tablet experiences. Formed in 2006, Cohort were nominated for Best New Studio at the Develop awards after our first year, and were the first Gaming company in Scotland recognised as an Investor In People by IIP Scotland.

read moreAce Racers was created based on a mini-game we created during Dino Den. We essentially took the core mechanic which was a scaletrix based single button racing mechanic and expanded the scope into a number of different tracks. In addition, we added new air and sea racing environments to supplement the existing land based racing environments.

read moreJourneys Through Sound was an 'advergame' project released on PC and created to support the relaunch of the Audi TT motor vehicle. Commissioned by a local Scottish company, we created the title from scratch to a strong brief. The product had to fit into Audi's core values and also match the overarching brief used for the relaunch which was 'ReMasttered'. We created a title that was aimed at a very casual marketplace. The title was a driving title with the user controlling the car by using the mouse.

read moreThe Buzz! Jr project was to create a new title based on the existing successful SCEE franchise. As there had already been three titles in the franchise before us, our main challenge was to create a further 35 mini-games which did not copy any of the 100+ mini-games already created within the franchise. The project was successfully delivered on time and to the agreed budget and the new features that we added to the project (including a team play co-operative mode) were well received. One of the mini-games was so well liked by the client that they commissioned an additional game just based around the one mini-game: Buzz! Jr: Ace Racers.

read moreWe have recently completed the conversion of 5 mini-games from Buzz! Junior: RoboJam onto the PlayStation 3 platform which will be released via the PlayStation Network distribution platform. The project consisted of taking the original mini-games created by Magenta, re-creating the visual assets to bring them up to the quality levels associated with PlayStation 3 and ensuring that everything worked within our own Praetorian technology.

read moreWhen the clever little monstars have worked out what these magical little devices can do we will let you know. We have something to ROAR about, we are thrilled to have found out that Me Monstar: Hear me Roar! our first self published title has been nominated for a Scottish Bafta! Me Monstar: Hear Me Roar! Roaring, slashing, burping and vomiting its way onto both the North American and European PlayStationStore, this minis game is available now on both the PlayStation3 and PSP (PlayStationPortable).

read moreAt Cohort everyone is treated as a creative individual who can bring something valuable to both the company and projects that we work on, regardless of role or experience. Everyone is encouraged to contribute and collaborate as part of the team. As a member of the Cohort team, you will grow from being in a great working environment with exciting projects to work on. We are not currently recruiting at this moment in time, but if you are a freelancer, contractor, or small studio who would be interested in collaborating on projects in the future then we would be happy to hear from you.