Twenty-year-old UK publisher Empire Interactive has confirmed that the company has entered into administration (which is like bankruptcy, if bankruptcy put vinegar on its french fries and called them chips). Forty-nine members of the staff will be let go while six will stay on to help administrator KPMG with the process.
The company isn't a household name in the states, but you might be familiar with some of the recent titles they've had a hand in, like Pipe Mania, Jackass: The Game and FlatOut.
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Posted: May 5th 2009 2:23PM Temidien said
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Posted: May 5th 2009 3:06PM (Unverified) said
jackass the game sucked. anyone watch the demise and rise of steve-o on sunday??? dudes crazy
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Posted: May 5th 2009 2:28PM MarioGreat said
"The company isn't a household name in the states, but you might be familiar with some of the recent titles they've had a hand in, like Pipe Mania, Jackass: The Game and FlatOut."
Wow, I was about to laugh at them because I thought they were a no-name company that published horrible games, but then I looked up their catalog, and it wasn't too shabby. Apparently, they published such high profile games as The Longest Journey, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, and Rise of Nations.
Unfortunately, it appears as if the majority of their catalog are pretty bad.
Wow, I was about to laugh at them because I thought they were a no-name company that published horrible games, but then I looked up their catalog, and it wasn't too shabby. Apparently, they published such high profile games as The Longest Journey, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, and Rise of Nations.
Unfortunately, it appears as if the majority of their catalog are pretty bad.
Posted: May 5th 2009 2:44PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
I guess you could say that the Empire...
[puts on a second pair of shades]
is crumbling.
[puts on a second pair of shades]
is crumbling.
Posted: May 5th 2009 3:00PM Laintsurge said
YEAHHHHHHHH!
Cue: *The Who - Won't get fooled again*
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Cue: *The Who - Won't get fooled again*
Posted: May 5th 2009 3:34PM Martin C said
"... if bankruptcy put vinegar on its french fries and called them chips)."
I'm not sure why, but that is the single funniest thing I've read today. Very nice.
I'm not sure why, but that is the single funniest thing I've read today. Very nice.
Posted: May 5th 2009 7:56PM Jason Omega said
Agreed, agreed, agreed.
Also, Rise of Nations was freakin' awesome. I didn't know anything about Empire Interactive... I thought it was made by "Big Huge Games".
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Also, Rise of Nations was freakin' awesome. I didn't know anything about Empire Interactive... I thought it was made by "Big Huge Games".
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