Acclaim Closings [Aug 27, 2004, 11:49 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A story on MCV
(thanks Frans) indicates the bad news just keeps getting worse for besieged
developer/publisher Acclaim, which looks to be entering its death throes with
some closing announcements:
The company earlier this week announced that it was seeking additional funding, but warned that bankruptcy was a possibility. Sadly, that now looks like being the reality.
Yesterday, the Acclaim Texas facility was closed and this morning the publisher’s Manchester studio was shut down with a loss of 130 jobs. Meanwhile, the European head office in Kensington is not answering its phones.
A announcement to NASDAQ is expected this afternoon.
I worked for the company in their Manchester studios up to December 2002 when they laid me off.
This news is something of a bitter sweet thing.
There were some genuinely talented artists and coders working on utter drivel.
It was always exciting walking around the studio and seeing what the teams had running on their screens. I remember in particular the death animations that were being polished for Gladiator and Alwyn's concept sketches for the same game. Exciting stuff.
A real shame.
I hope they all move onwards and upwards.
p.s. it's nice to see the kid's comments on this board remain entertainingly tiresome.
This comment was edited on Aug 27, 13:43.
This news is something of a bitter sweet thing.
There were some genuinely talented artists and coders working on utter drivel.
It was always exciting walking around the studio and seeing what the teams had running on their screens. I remember in particular the death animations that were being polished for Gladiator and Alwyn's concept sketches for the same game. Exciting stuff.
A real shame.
I hope they all move onwards and upwards.
p.s. it's nice to see the kid's comments on this board remain entertainingly tiresome.
This comment was edited on Aug 27, 13:43.
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