Eidos Interactive Signs Worldwide Publishing Deal with Former Bullfrog Members; Mucky Foot Is the New Development Company Formed by Three Former Bullfrog Members.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1997--Eidos Interactive, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment products, today announced a worldwide publishing deal with development start-up Mucky Foot.Mucky Foot is a newly formed games company, based in Guildford, England which has been created by three ex-members of Bullfrog Productions Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux, and was one of the entrepreneurs of video gaming. The company became famous for their third release, the innovative god game Populous released in 1989. . The three founding members of Mucky Foot include Mike Diskett, former project leader and lead programmer A lead programmer is a software engineer in charge of one or more software projects. Alternative titles include Development Lead, Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Software Design Engineer Lead (SDE Lead), Software Manager on Syndicate Wars Syndicate Wars is the third title in the Syndicate Series created by Bullfrog Productions in 1996. It was released for PC and PlayStation, with a Sega Saturn version also planned, but eventually cancelled. , Guy Simmons, project leader on Creation and Fin McGechie who was the lead artist on Magic Carpet magic carpet flew King Solomon and his court wherever he commanded the wind to take it. [Moslem Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 177] See : Magic . "The Eidos philosophy is to publish games created by the best independent teams in the business with proven track records. The Mucky Foot founders are of the highest caliber in the business and we are very excited to be working with them," commented Mike McGarvey, COO of Eidos Interactive. The first game to be released by the new Eidos/Mucky Foot venture will be Dark City. Eidos Interactive develops and publishes interactive entertainment products for the PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 as well as the Internet. Eidos Interactive is part of Eidos plc (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :EIDSY), which includes Eidos Technologies, a software-based video compression and decompression company, Glassworks glass·work n. 1. a. The manufacture of glassware or glass. b. The cutting and fitting of glass panes; glaziery. 2. See glassware. 3. glassworks (used with a sing. , a state-of-the-art post production facility specializing in digital effects and video editing for the television and advertising industries, Eidoscope, an interactive marketing and web design firm, and an independent record label called Naked Records. CONTACT: Eidos Interactive Gary Keith, 415/547-1200 gkeith@eidos.com |
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