Roll7

Roll7 was a British independent video game development studio known for action-sports games and mechanics built around a sense of flow. Its work ranged from side-scrolling skateboarding and multiplayer arena competition to cover-based action and a third-person shooter combining skating with combat. Founded in 2008, the studio developed original games for PC and consoles before its closure in 2024.

The company grew out of RollingSound, an initiative established in 2003 to provide inner-city digital creative training. Its early business involved contract development, educational games and interactive software, including the brain-computer interface experience Focus Pocus. This work preceded the original action games that became its best-known releases.

From skateboarding to skater-shooters

Roll7 broke through with OlliOlli in 2014, a side-scrolling skateboarding game released for PlayStation Vita and PC through Devolver Digital. The studio followed it with OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood and the 2D cover-shooter Not a Hero, both released in 2015. Its portfolio expanded into multiplayer arena combat with Laser League, developed in collaboration with 505 Games and released in 2018.

In 2022, Roll7 released two games under Private Division: OlliOlli World, a cel-shaded skateboarding platformer, and Rollerdrome, a retrofuture third-person skater-shooter. These projects continued the studio’s focus on action-sports movement and arcade gameplay while applying those ideas to different visual styles and game formats.

Operating history

Roll7 moved from a physical London workspace to fully distributed development in 2015. It partnered with Private Division in July 2020 and was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in November 2021 under that publishing label.

Take-Two closed the studio in May 2024 during a restructuring programme. When Private Division was sold to Haveli Investments later that year, Take-Two confirmed that Roll7 had already ceased operations. The continued registration of its legal company did not represent an operating development studio.