Pitbull Syndicate was formed in December 1996 by an ensemble of programmers and artists with extensive experience in the video game industry.

[1] The company started with a small office in Sunderland, England, and initially employed eight people, working on PC and PlayStation games.

By 2005, its staff had swelled to over 60 people working on PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

[3] Some members of the team were able to band together and form a new company, Atomhawk Design.

The Anti-Defamation League has listed this exact pitbull image as a White Supremacist extremist symbol.