MGM-British Studios Meanwhile, Amalgamated Studios Ltd constructed a large studio on the north side of Elstree Way between 1935 and 1937. A January 1937 deal for eight films to be made for the American studio Columbia Pictures soon collapsed. The company was unable to meet the cost of building work, and sold the facility to the Rank Organisation, which was not interested in using the studios itself, but wanted to stop John Maxwell's rival British International Pictures (BIP) from being able to compete more effectively with its own new Pinewood Studios. During the war, the studios were leased from Rank by the
DC Studios Entertainment. Following its release, however, the game severely underperformed in sales, due to which DC Studios announced on 4 June 2006 that it had ceased all operations in the United Kingdom, laying off all staff, including 29 from its Edinburgh offices. Only their Montreal office remained open, holding 55 staff. That Montreal office was finally shut down in favour of opening a Merritt Island, Florida office for Greenshields' newer venture, Firebrand Games, on 25 September 2007. DC Studios DC Studios Inc. was a British-Canadian video game developer based in Montreal, Quebec. Originally founded in Glasgow, Scotland in December 1999, the