Boss Game Studios teams up with BMG Interactive Entertainment in first worldwide publishing deal.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1995--BMG Interactive Entertainment Wednesday announced an agreement with Boss Game Studios, the video game division of visual effects powerhouse Boss Film Studios, to publish and distribute worldwide its first game title early next year. Under the terms of the agreement, BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass Interactive Entertainment will publish and distribute Boss Game Studios' first title, which will be available on both Sony and Sega next-generation 32-bit systems, in more than 25 countries worldwide. Founded in 1994 in Redmond, Wash., Boss Game Studios has established itself by attracting some of the best game development talent in the world. Under the direction of Martin Rae and Colin Gordon Colin Gordon (April 27, 1911 – October 4, 1972) was a British actor born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Gordon had a long career in British cinema and television from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing government officials. , the Boss Game's talent pool includes Creative Director Seth Mendelsohn and Technical Director Rob Povey, both veteran game developers who worked on Disney's highly acclaimed "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" games. Long known in Hollywood for producing Academy Award-winning special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. for such hit films as "Ghostbusters," "2010," "Batman Returns," "Die Hard," "Cliffhanger cliff·hang·er n. 1. A melodramatic serial in which each episode ends in suspense. 2. A suspenseful situation occurring at the end of a chapter, scene, or episode. 3. ," "Alien 3" and "Poltergeist poltergeist (pōl`tərgīst) [Ger.,=knocking ghost], in spiritism, certain phenomena, such as rapping, movement of furniture, and breaking of crockery, for which there is no apparent scientific explanation. ," Boss Film Studios will be able to lend its creative forces to Boss Game with engineers working together to tap into an extensive array of 3-D software tools unrivaled in the industry. Boss Film Studios is headed by four-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Richard Edlund who has produced visual effects for "Star Wars," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi." Edlund is currently visual effects supervisor on the sci-fi thriller "Species," due out this summer from MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. . "Given the high value that we place in game play combined with the high value that Boss Film places in visual effects, we are, like BMG, well-placed to exploit the full potential of the next generation video game systems," said Gordon, vice president of product development at Boss Game Studios. Added Rae, Boss Game Studios chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. : "Our games are created by gamers, and we understand the need to invest in the right people and the right tools to ensure that we are on the leading edge for the long term. "In keeping with that mission, we saw a good fit with BMG Interactive Entertainment, who offers us greater creative freedom and an established, far-reaching distribution channel that makes our games available to everyone, everywhere." "We were highly impressed with the outstanding game talent at Boss Game Studios," said Jay Moses, senior vice president and general manager of BMG Interactive Entertainment. "They have the expertise and enthusiasm to create the kind of games next-generation platforms are being made for." "We at BMG Interactive Entertainment are excited to help Boss Game Studios bring its creative vision to the worldwide marketplace," said Gary Dale Gary Dale was born in Fort St. John, B.C., Canada on October 1, 1952. He spent the first 9 years living in a small village called Trutch, mainly identifiable by its mile number (201) on the Alaska highway. In 1961 he moved with his family to Dawson Creek and in 1963 to Toronto, ON.. , senior vice president of BMG Interactive Entertainment International. BMG Interactive Entertainment is the multimedia and new technologies division of BMG Entertainment, the $4.1 billion entertainment arm of Bertelsmann AG Bertelsmann AG German media company. Beginning as a religious printer and publisher in 1835, the company grew steadily over the next century. Though virtually destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945, it recovered quickly after World War II. , the $11.8 billion-a-year worldwide media enterprise. With operations in 41 countries, BMG Entertainment's core record labels include Arista Records, Ariola and RCA Records. CONTACT: Manning, Selvage & Lee for BMG Interactive Entertainment Kris Gilbert, 818/509-1840 or Boss Film Studios Bob Mazza, 310/823-0433 |
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