WildTangent game studio veers out of existence, St. John becomes 'chairman'
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Nov 3rd 2008 at 2:29PM }
WildTangent's game studio, which may (doubtfully) have shown up on gamer's radars with Fate, isn't exactly a noticeable loss. The company has been surviving on its Orb digital distribution service and by managing advertising sales for several web sites -- oh yeah, and there's always its alleged spyware business.
[Via GameDaily]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shagittarius @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:33PM
One less spyware distributed under the guise of a game company to worry about.
Jon A. @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:46PM
They still exist. They just won't develop anymore. I think Kotaku mentioned that they have only developed 3 games in 2 years. They'll still distribute (spyware on your computer).
a ham sandwich @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:20PM
i couldnt agree more. i fucking HATED wildtangent. i dont see how you could morally work for that "company".
Tiptup300 @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:38PM
Yeah, a problem is that their games come on a lot of new pcs.
kizzeo @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:44PM
'Alex St. John'
'who's that?'
'who cares?'
Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 3rd 2008 2:59PM
why does that logo remind of the Phantom?
macgyver @ Nov 3rd 2008 4:56PM
it looks more like the flying thing from the Stargate movie.
theturtle363 @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:22PM
probably because they were both destined to fail
ScottG13 @ Nov 3rd 2008 4:15PM
Fate is actually a good little title if you want to get a child into dungeon crawls, but most of those titles are too mature for. Not a bad diversion for $20 or so. I tried the demo a while back.
JP @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:10PM
Yeah, I know a lot of you hate on the guy for allegations of his company distributing spyware, but keep in mind, without this guy we would not have the DirectX API for Windows.
Marty @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:59PM
Good riddance. All these guys did was peddle malware inside shitty games.
jimmygotsmack @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:04PM
"WildTangent game studio veers out of existence"
Thank god. That logo strikes hatred in me to this day. "Men in black II video game, I just saw the movie! That was boring, ok uninstall..... Why is it still there????"
angus454 @ Nov 4th 2008 2:35PM
Sweet! Any loss for wildtangent is a gain for humanity.