357:. By February 1996, Sculptured Software employed 140 employees, and all founders but Metos had left the company. Metos left the company the following year to found Kodiak Interactive Software Studios. By December 1997, Sculptured Software was renamed Iguana West. The renaming reflected a major change in the management which involved the former Sculptured Software being overseen by the president of
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and re-employ their roughly 160. Exclaim's opening was expected on
October 11, however, Cousen's ownership over the two studios was challenged by Acclaim's liquidator, Allan Mendelsohn, leaving the UK staff in a state of limbo. A successor to Acclaim Studios Manchester, SilverBack Studios, was founded by Jon Oldham in April 2005 and employed 15 former Acclaim Studios Manchester staff.
361:. With the consolidation of Acclaim Studios' branding in May 1999, Iguana West was renamed Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City. Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City was dissolved as a cost-cutting exercise in December 2002. Through the closure, 70 employees were laid off and an unannounced title was canceled, while the remaining staff and the development of a third installment in the
192:, making McGovern a millionaire. The same year, McGovern also received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work at Probe. McGovern left the company a few years later to found HotGen, also a video game developer. With the consolidation of Acclaim Studios' branding in May 1999, Probe was renamed Acclaim Studios London. Acclaim Studios London was closed in April 2000.
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and head of publishing, respectively, for
Acclaim, announced in September 2004 that they were planning to create as new video game publisher, Exclaim, with the help of Europlay Capital Advisers. Exclaim was set to acquire and reinstantiate Acclaim's two UK studios, namely Manchester and Cheltenham,
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Software Creations, which was renamed Acclaim Studios Manchester. At the time, Software Creations had approximately 70 employees. Acclaim Studios Manchester was closed as part of Acclaim Studios and all of its development facilities on August
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arcade games. It was established in July 1994. Leon Deith served as sales director for the company, as of
January 1998. Acclaim Coin-Operated Entertainment was closed in March 1998, as Acclaim wanted to shift development resources to Acclaim Studios closer to the company's headquarters in New York
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focused on the production of coin-operated "redemption games". The company was acquired by
Acclaim on August 31, 1995, in exchange of 1,123 shares of Acclaim's common stock. Acclaim sold off all assets of Lazer-Tron on March 5, 1997, for
226:. Subsequently, further employees, including the Follin brothers and Mike Ager, followed after Ruddy and joined Software Creations. Successful titles produced or ported by Software Creations include
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149:. By 1988, the company employed 72 people. Several games developed by Probe included references to McGovern's name or likeness, including the sentence "Is that you, Fergus?" presented to players of
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September 1, 2004. Through a series of acquisitions between 1990 and 2002, Acclaim built itself a large portfolio of subsidiaries acting in the fields of development and publishing.
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793:"Acclaim Studios Evolves into a Single Worldwide Entity; Internal Development Cornerstone of Product Success. - Free Online Library"
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1861:"Worms Studio Team17 Amps Up Social Strategy With Iguana Acquisition"
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Bevan, Mike (December 2013). "Bubbles, Baseball and Buzz Saws...".
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1798:"Falcus Brothers Complete 15 Years in Business - Timeline Event"
1547:"The End Game: How Top Developers Sold Their Studios - Part One"
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was a division of Acclaim launched in June 2000, that released
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2096:"ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT INC - 10-K Annual Report - 08/31/1997"
2033:"ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT INC - 10-K Annual Report - 08/31/1995"
1928:"Bites or bytes, there's a huge appetite for Tees excellence"
1018:"ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT INC - 10-K Annual Report - 08/31/1996"
891:"Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus Smashes Target - Retro Gamer"
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1362:"Acclaim UK studios' future unclear as Exclaim deal stalls"
1422:"SilverBack Studios launches from the ashes of Acclaim UK"
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to undisclosed terms. The company moved to new offices in
981:"Fergus McGovern: The games whizzkid who had everything"
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Acclaim Studios Manchester was founded in Manchester as
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was formed in July 1999 to focus on the development of
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27, 2004. Rod Cousens and Barry Jafrato, who served as
1332:"Acclaim CEO's new company plans to launch next week"
1272:"Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games"
924:"Probe Software founder Fergus McGovern passes away"
1485:"FindLaw's Supreme Court of Utah case and opinions"
1455:"ONCE-STRUGGLING S.L. VIDEO FIRM HITS THE BIG TIME"
1302:"Former Acclaim boss in rescue bid for UK studios"
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2062:Johnston, Chris (March 6, 1998).
1994:"Acclaim Joins Arcade Initiative"
1992:Jebens, Harley (April 28, 2000).
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979:Johnson, Bobbie (June 24, 2008).
694:label. Bob Picunko was appointed
2162:"Acclaim Talks 2000 Game Lineup"
2064:"Acclaim Closes Arcade Division"
1958:"Owner's Manuel NBA Jam Extreme"
1926:Live, Teesside (July 21, 2003).
1669:"Acclaim Shakes Up Developers".
2233:Lists of corporate subsidiaries
2131:"Acclaim pumps up sports games"
1607:IGN Staff (December 16, 1997).
95:, moved to Austin and acquired
1723:"Acclaim Announces New Studio"
1392:"Former Acclaim title returns"
856:Strohm, Axel (June 26, 2001).
294:Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City
289:Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City
152:Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper
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1181:"Acclaim Acquires New Studio"
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300:. The company was founded as
2192:"The best game EVAR! - News"
1721:Kennedy, Sam (May 9, 2000).
1679:. December 1997. p. 23.
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1081:"Obituary: Fergus McGovern"
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827:"Acclaim Closes Offices"
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1609:"Iguana Breaks the Ice"
599:Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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1578:"EA Invests in Kodiak"
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587:Back to the Future
208:Software Creations
105:breach of contract
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