Foundation 9 melts together Collective and Shiny into Double Helix
Whatever last remnants of identity clung to by both Shiny and The Collective were lost today as the duo were merged together by owner Foundation 9, creating a new, wholly unfamiliar entity known as Double Helix. Studio head Michael Saxs Persson calls the new name and logo, which were chosen from a pool of employee submissions, a "perfect" match for the company, adding that "making games is in our DNA."
The founding follows the initial merger, announced last October, and according to Foundation 9 creates a studio "that is now able to build upon its previous experience to gain new heights in quality and efficiency." And all it cost us was our fond memories of a simpler time spent playing the likes of MDK and Earthworm Jim. While the company remains coy regarding what it's up to currently, today's announcement notes that Double Helix is developing a trio of multi-platform licensed games, one of which we assume to be the already announced Silent Hill V.
The founding follows the initial merger, announced last October, and according to Foundation 9 creates a studio "that is now able to build upon its previous experience to gain new heights in quality and efficiency." And all it cost us was our fond memories of a simpler time spent playing the likes of MDK and Earthworm Jim. While the company remains coy regarding what it's up to currently, today's announcement notes that Double Helix is developing a trio of multi-platform licensed games, one of which we assume to be the already announced Silent Hill V.











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mal F4cti0n @ Mar 27th 2008 9:13PM
I wonder why they made their logo look more like a single helix if their name is Double Helix? Odd?
Double Helix:
http://www.apimba.org/images/Double%20helix.GIF
Single Helix:
http://nai.nasa.gov/library/images/news_articles/189_2.jpg
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 28th 2008 1:54AM
... you know too much.
Expect ninjas.
Neebs @ Mar 27th 2008 9:15PM
...wasn't Double Helix the people that made those flash cartoons about video games.
They were really funny, too.
CubeGuy @ Mar 27th 2008 10:48PM
That's the first thing I thought of. I wonder if Dim or Tom have heard about this yet...
http://www.superflashbros.net/
TWiNKiE @ Mar 28th 2008 12:50AM
Me as well.
Send them a tip. It'll be fun to see another lawsuit battle.
Einhanderkiller @ Mar 27th 2008 10:48PM
Heh.
t_m @ Mar 28th 2008 4:29AM
collective hasn't done a good game since buffy (and that had parts that had me wanting to find their office and assasinate them with broken shards of the CD)
Shiny hasn't done a good game since... er... MDK?