 Pumpkin Studios, founded by Bambra and Cook in August 1996, had previously been closed down by its parent company, Eidos Interactive, that same month.In August 2000, the company was acquired by Kaboom Studios.Between 2002 and 2008, Pivotal Games developed all five instalments in the "Conflict" series, as well as "The Great Escape", based on the film of the same name.