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Empire Interactive plc
The Spires, 677 High Rd.
London N12 0DA, United Kingdom
Tel. +44-20-8343-7337
Fax +44-20-8343-7447

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.empireinteractive.com
 Employees: 158

If you like exceeding the speed limit without risking a ticket, Empire Interactive has just the vehicle for you. Publisher of video game racing titles such as Starsky & Hutch, FlatOut, and Big Mutha Truckers, Empire develops games for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 platforms as well as PC CDs and DVDs. In addition to racing titles, the company publishes action/adventure, role-playing, simulation, sports, and strategy games. Empire, founded in 1987, has offices in France, Germany, Spain, the UK, and the US; it sells its titles throughout Asia, Europe, and the US. The company is owned by Silverstar Holdings.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $19.0M

Officers:
Chairman: Joseph Abrams
CEO: Ian Higgins
VP Sales and Operations: Vip Patel

Competitors:
Activision Blizzard
Electronic Arts
SEGA

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Empire Interactive
Former type Defunct
Fate Administration
Founded 1987
Defunct 2009 (2009)
Headquarters United Kingdom London, UK
Industry Interactive entertainment
Website [1]

Empire Interactive was a UK based video game developer and publisher founded in 1987. It was closed under administration on May 4, 2009.

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About Empire Interactive

Empire Interactive was a publisher of interactive entertainment software for 22 years. Headquartered in the UK, they also had offices in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain and Italy. The company developed and published a varied range of titles for all contemporary platforms in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Games such as Starsky & Hutch, Big Mutha Truckers, Ford Racing and FlatOut were some of their major successes.[1] They also operated the "Xplosiv" and "eJay" imprints, focusing on budget titles and music creation tools respectively.

After struggling financially for several years, they were purchased by Silverstar Holdings in 2006 and became a wholly owned subsidiary. On May 4, 2009 it was announced that the company had gone into administration and would be shutting down permanently. Their intellectual properties were sold to New World IP of the United States and all 49 staff were laid off.[2] New World IP then leased the rights to publish Empires entire catalogue to Zoo Games.[3]

Xplosiv

It is Empire Interactive's publishing label for budget or rerelease games for the company, established in January 2000. Empire positioned the publish titles with price points of £9.99 and £4.99 in 2001, and in late 2002 added PlayStation 2 titles into the range, at £9.99 and £19.99.[4]

Xplosiv also planned to enter USA market in 2005.[5]

Games

Games published and/or developed by Empire include:

References

  1. ^ Empire Interactive information from IGN
  2. ^ Empire IP Rights Sold As 49 Staff Made Redundant from GamesIndustry.biz
  3. ^ Graft, Kris (2009-05-07). "Zoo Publishing Picks Up Empire Slate". Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23525. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
  4. ^ XPLOSIV INVADES RETAIL WITH IT’S 250TH TITLE!
  5. ^ Xplosive - About Us

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