Elixir Studios is a United Kingdom video game developer.

The company was founded in .

In 2005, however, the company announced that it would be closing its doors. This followed the cancellation of development on a major project due to its perceived high-risk , which had been underway for two years. The company, citing the current risk averse publishing climate , concluded that its goal of exploring new territory was not possible. In a press release, Hassabis said: It seems that today s games industry no longer has room for small independent developers wanting to work on innovative and original ideas. ... [T]his was the sole purpose of setting up Elixir and something we could never compromise on. Elixir has stated that it has sufficient resources to pay redundancy packages to its staff and ensure that the company is wound down in an orderly manner.

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