Hip interactive announces Kuju Entertainment as the developer for their recently
announced game based on the work of horror director George Romero:
Hip
Interactive Unveils Kuju as Development Partner for Highly-Anticipated George A.
Romero Game
Hip Interactive Partners with Critically-Acclaimed Developer Kuju Entertainment
to Reinvent the Horror Genre
Toronto, ON - January 19, 2005 - Hip Interactive Corp. (TSX:HP) today announced
that its fast-growing publishing division, Hip Games(TM), has signed an
agreement with Kuju Entertainment (AIM: KUJ) for the development of the first
game based on the work of popular cult horror director George A. Romero. The
game, the name of which has yet to be announced, will be developed for consoles
and PC at Kuju's development studio in Surrey, United Kingdom and is expected to
be part of Hip's next fiscal year ending March 31, 2006.
"With George A. Romero's cult status and following among horror fans, a property
of this pedigree deserves a first class developer. That is exactly what horror
fans will get now that we've signed high profile developer Kuju Entertainment,"
said Arindra Singh, president and chief executive officer of Hip Interactive
Corp.
Ian Baverstock, business development director and co-founder of Kuju
Entertainment, said, "Our spines are tingling in anticipation. George A. Romero
is recognized as one of the leading directors in the horror world. We're excited
to be translating the zombies and terror created in George's imagination into an
atmospheric gorefest for game players." He continued, "We're also extremely
pleased to be working with Hip Interactive, which has become a publishing force
to be reckoned with."
Hip Interactive recently announced the signing of an agreement with Living Dead
Productions Limited to produce a George A. Romero series of videogames. Romero's
work has a massive, worldwide cult following and has established him as the
"Master of Gore."