Shiny Entertainment Purchased, Absorbed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 3, 2006 @01:42AM from the ultimate-sacrifice dept.

LifesBlood writes to mention the news that Foundation 9, one of the largest independent game development firms, has acquired the non-game assets of Shiny Entertainment. You may recall Shiny as the makers of titles like Earthworm Jim, Enter the Matrix, and (though I'm the only one who ever played it) the unusual strategy title Sacrifice. From the article: "Shiny was originally purchased by Atari in 2002 for an estimated $47 million, but financial terms of the sale to F9E were not disclosed. F9E did reveal that the acquisition was funded by Foundation 9's recent investment from Francisco Partners, which gave F9E a capital infusion of $150 million over the next few years. Under the terms of the transaction, F9E will acquire all the non-game assets from Shiny, while Atari will retain its current project planning formerly developed by Shiny, including Earthworm Jim."

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Sacrifice was the BEST by Murrdox · 2006-10-03 01:51 · Score: 5, Interesting

You're not the only one who played Sacrifice.

I popped it back in my drive just a few months ago and beat it again. It's in there with my top 5 favorite games of all time.

I love Shiny with all my heart. I fell in love with them and all the work they've done since I first played Earthworm Jim. I'm not a fan of their Matrix games, but Shiny's strength has always been in their insane degree of creativity.

Earthworm Jim
Messiah
MDK
Wild 9
Sacrifice

All these games are incredibly original and a pleasure to play. We need more game companies like Shiny