BURBANK, Calif., February 4, 2009 \u2013 Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of Snowblind Studios, an award winning, independent game development studio specializing in action and fantasy-based games, strengthening Warner Bros.\u2019 growing presence as a full scale games publisher.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThis is a good fit for Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios,\u201d said Tsujihara. \u201cThe arrangement broadens our portfolio with quality games and provides Snowblind with access to our global distribution and publishing capabilities.\u00a0 Snowblind has a great reputation and we are pleased to welcome them into the Warner Bros. family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Located outside of Seattle in Bothell, Washington, Snowblind Studios is known for the popular action role-playing games, Baldur\u2019s Gate: Dark Alliance, Champions of Norrath and Justice League Heroes.\u00a0 The studio was founded in 1997.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe acquisition of Snowblind is an important milestone for our games business, allowing us to expand our development capabilities even further,\u201d said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. \u201cWe are proud to be associated with such a talented team that is focused on executing innovative and captivating game designs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is a worldwide games publisher of internally developed as well as third party game titles.\u00a0 Snowblind Studios will become the third development studio under the Warner Bros. umbrella along with Monolith Productions and TT Games.\u00a0 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions will launch \u201cF.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin,\u201d the much anticipated sequel to the hit game \u201cF.E.A.R.\u201d this month and TT Games\u2019 \u201cLEGO Batman: The Videogame\u201d is one of the best-selling games of 2008.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWe look forward to working as a part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on creating several distinctive games with wide appeal,\u201d said Ryan Geithman, Studio Head, Snowblind Studios. \u201cOur team is committed at every level to making the best gaming experience possible for our audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n
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About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BURBANK, Calif., February 4, 2009 \u2013 Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of Snowblind Studios, an award winning, independent game development studio specializing in action and fantasy-based games, strengthening Warner Bros.\u2019 growing presence as a full scale games publisher.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThis is a good fit for Warner Bros. and Snowblind<\/p>\n