Relentless Software is celebrating being named the second most successful independent studio in the world based on UK sales of £14.05M of Buzz!: The Music Quiz and Buzz!: The Big Quiz, according to the Develop 100 published today.

This latest accolade tops a year in which the studio won a BAFTA and two Develop Awards for Buzz!

Michael French, Editor of Develop said, “The Develop 100 acknowledges the real victors in the games industry’s tireless pace to create games that are both creative and commercial – the developers themselves. With the UK studios in the list putting on a stronger showing than ever before for the 2007 edition, it’s great to see independents such as Relentless rise up the ranking.”

The second placed UK independent developer, Relentless rose 23 places on the previous year to sit at 20th overall - against heavyweights including Electronic Arts and Nintendo. A massive achievement for the fledgling studio, founded in late 2003 by experienced industry figures Andrew Eades and David Amor.

Andrew Eades, Development Director of Relentless commented, “This is testament to the strength of development talent in the UK and the rise of social gaming. The buzzer and other non-standard controllers make all the difference to a new audience – until recently our industry hasn’t catered well for the mainstream player, it’s great to be attracting new players to video games.”

Buzz!: The Mega Quiz was recently announced by SCEE and will be released in April 2007. A new addition, Buzz!: The Schools Quiz, designed around the Key Stage 2 primary school curriculum for use in the classroom, has recently been successfully trialled in schools.

David Amor, Creative Director of Relentless added, “It’s great to see that Buzz continues to hold its own amongst such prolific licenses.”