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((Short description|British defunct video game developer))
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((Infobox company
| name = Runecraft
| logo = 
| type = 
| successor = [[Gamezlab]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| foundation = April 1997<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.runecraft.co.uk/aboutus-overview.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010924020933/http://www.runecraft.co.uk:80/aboutus-overview.htm|title=Overview|website=runecraft.co.uk|archivedate=September 24, 2001|accessdate=March 24, 2023))</ref>
| founder = 
| defunct = September 2004
| location_city = 
| location_country = [[Yorkshire]], England<ref name="TimeExtension"/>
| area_served = 
| key_people = 
| products = 
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| owner = 
| num_employees = 200 (2001)<ref>((cite web|first=Roger|last=Trapp|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121527300/the-independent/|title=I see what you say - video conferencing comes of age|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|page=55|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 24, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]))</ref>
| parent = [[BBC Multimedia]] (2002-2004)
| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20021122020037/http://runecraft.co.uk/ runecraft.co.uk] (archived)
))
'''Runecraft''' (later renamed '''Gamezlab''') was a British [[video game developer]] based in the [[United Kingdom]]. The company was founded in April 1997 and mostly developed games based on licensed properties.

==History==
In 2002, the company was commissioned by the [[BBC]] to develop a fighting game engine for the company's upcoming ''[[FightBox]]'' game show project. However, various financial issues, mismanagement, and other problems caused Runecraft to go bust at the end of December 2002. To keep the show alive, BBC Worldwide acquired the developer and a small number of its staff, and renamed the developer under BBC's core-publishing brand "Gamezlab".<ref name="TimeExtension">((cite web |last1=Yarwood |first1=Jack |title=Remembering FightBox, BBC’s Big-Budget Video Game Failure |url=https://www.timeextension.com/features/remembering-fightbox-bbcrs-big-budget-video-game-failure |website=Time Extension |publisher=Hookshot Media |access-date=23 March 2023 |date=22 March 2023))</ref>

Following the failure of ''FightBox'' and the completion of the tie-in games, In February 2004, Gamezlab were commissioned to develop a video game based on BBC's ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'' TV series for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] and [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2004/02_february/spooks_multimedia.shtml|title=BBC - Worldwide Press Office - Spooks revealed as multi-format computer game|website=www.bbc.co.uk))</ref> The game was planned to use a new internal game engine, but at the end of September 2004, BBC Multimedia closed down Gamezlab as part of a restructuring to focus on licensing and ceasing development and publication.

==Games developed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Game !! Platform(s)
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998 || ''[[Risk (video game)|Risk]]'' || [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|-
| ''Caesars' Palace II'' || [[Game Boy Color]], PlayStation
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1999 || ''[[Barbie: Race & Ride]]'' || PlayStation
|-
| ''[[Y2K: The Game]]'' || Windows
|-
| ''[[Barbie Super Sports]]'' || Windows, PlayStation
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2000 || ''[[Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol]]'' || PlayStation
|-
| ''Arthur! Ready to Race'' || PlayStation
|-
| ''[[Caesars Palace 2000]]'' || [[Dreamcast]], Windows, PlayStation
|-
| ''[[Evo's Space Adventures]]'' || PlayStation
|-
| ''[[Spec Ops II: Omega Squad]]'' || Dreamcast
|-
|''[[Detective Barbie#Detective Barbie: The Mystery Cruise|Detective Barbie: The Mystery Cruise]]''
| rowspan="3" |PlayStation
|-
| rowspan="10"| 2001 
|''[[Barbie: Explorer]]''
|-
|''[[Spec Ops: Covert Assault]]''
|-
| ''[[Soldier of Fortune (video game)|Soldier of Fortune]]'' || rowspan="2"| Dreamcast
|-
| ''[[Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX]]''
|-
| ''[[Tintin: Destination Adventure]]'' || Windows, PlayStation
|-
| ''Rescue Heroes: Molten Menace'' || rowspan="4"| PlayStation
|-
| ''[[Men in Black: The Series – Crashdown]]''
|-
| ''[[Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet]]''
|-
| ''[[Backyard Soccer]]''
|-
| ''[[Scrabble (video game)|Scrabble]]'' || [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Game Boy Color]], PlayStation
|-
| rowspan="7"| 2002 || ''[[Jim Henson's The Hoobs#Video game|Jim Henson's The Hoobs]]'' || PlayStation
|-
| ''Westlife: Fan-o-Mania'' || Windows, PlayStation
|-
| ''Butt Ugly Martians: B.K.M. Battles'' || Game Boy Advance
|-
| ''[[Monopoly Party]]'' || [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
|-
| ''[[Shadow of Memories]]'' || Windows
|-
| ''[[Super Bubble Pop]]'' || Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation, Xbox
|-
| ''[[Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom]]'' || GameCube, PlayStation 2
|-
| 2004 || ''[[FightBox]]'' || Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
|-
| rowspan="4" | Cancelled || ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'' || Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
|-
|''Barbie Treasures in Time''
|PlayStation 2, GameCube
|-
|''[[Thomas & Friends|Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]]''
|PlayStation
|-
|''[[Star Trek: New Worlds]]''<ref>((Cite web |date=1999-10-05 |title=Star Trek: New Worlds |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/05/star-trek-new-worlds-3 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=IGN |language=en))</ref>
|Dreamcast
|}

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*((official|https://web.archive.org/web/20021122020037/http://runecraft.co.uk/)) (archived)
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[[Category:Defunct companies based in Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Video game companies established in 1997]]
[[Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2003]]
[[Category:Video game development companies]]


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