Game Publisher O-3 Entertainment Launches to Bring Independent Developer Projects to Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004 Former Capcom USA Executives Open Unique Business to Bridge Gap between Development and Retail Today game industry veteran Bill Gardner Bill Gardner is the current Secretary of State in the State of New Hampshire. He is in charge of the department that oversees all general elections, primary elections, voter registration and recounts within the state, including the New Hampshire Primary. revealed the formation of his new publishing and distribution company, O-3 Entertainment. The company intends to bring high caliber independently developed games to a variety of gaming platforms, including PC, Playstation 2, Xbox, GameCube and WiFi/mobile through a unique game publishing model. O-3 Entertainment will seek out titles from small and mid-size developers and will provide complete publishing functions to get them to market -- including sales and distribution, marketing and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , and more operational elements like replication, warehousing and shipping. O-3 intends to create a reputation for innovative, fun games and make its own brands easily identifiable to consumers and retailers alike. "There are a lot of high quality games being left on the table because they aren't the next installment of last year's licensed blockbuster," remarked Gardner, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President of the new O-3 Entertainment. "O-3 Entertainment's approach to publishing will lead to more diverse and creative choices for gamers at retail. O-3 Entertainment has been founded by Gardner and two former Capcom associates, Chris Jelinek, who is the new company's Vice President of Sales & Marketing, and Hanako Watanabe, O-3's CFO See Chief Financial Officer. . Gardner has more than 20 years experience in the consumer business, overseeing more than $250 million in international annual sales. He was previously responsible for start-up operations of Panasonic in the U.S. and Capcom in Europe. Together the founding managers of O-3 Entertainment have experience in all areas of video game development, retailing, publishing and distribution. O-3's management plans to use their knowledge, key relationships and contacts to provide a new and distinct method for small and medium-sized developers to publish and distribute fresh game content in three easily identifiable brands: Macaroni macaroni: see pasta. Media for children's educational and entertainment titles, Ankle Biters for "E" and "T" audiences and Total Chaos Total Chaos is a series of simple turn based strategy game / card game / board games for the Amiga. They were written by James Conwell and a group of developers known as Team Chaos. for more challenging "T" and "M" rated games with intense graphics. About O-3 Entertainment O-3 Entertainment is an interactive publishing and distribution company, established to bring to the retail marketplace dynamic videogames from independent studios located all over the world. The company has been founded by a group of highly experienced game industry veterans. O-3 Entertainment is based in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . For more information visit www.o3entertainment.com. |
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