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Goodbye, Brash Entertainment [Rumor]
Kotaku —
... Shows how good business promises are these days! The Variety reports says that, ever since company co-founder Thomas Tull jumped ship, the investors propping the company up with cash money have bailed as well, leaving them with...no money. If this checks out, we won't really miss them as a company, since the only thing they ever did was release a few crappy games and talk a lot of talk, but it always sucks to hear of devs and staff losing their jobs en masse. Brash officially shutting down [Variety] ...
Brash Going Out of Business?
Crispy Gamer | Video Game News, Rumors and Updates —
... of the top brass at Brash, with rumors that execs weren’t happy with the overall direction the company was taking. Now, if a story on the ...
Wave goodbye to Brash Entertainment and try not too look too happy about it
Destructoid —
... we've heard about cancelled games and employees getting their pink slips. But all that's over now, according to Variety, as the film franchise game developer shuts its doors. ...
Rumor: Brash Entertainment done?
Big Download Blog —
Filed under: BizThe short run of game publisher Brash Entertainment could be over as of today, according to a post at Variety's Cut Scene blog. The site, citing unnamed sources, is claiming that the company that once boasted of a $400 million funding deal is shutting its doors today as the cash needed to continue is apparently not available anymore.. Launched just 18 months ago, Brash's theme was to license movie and TV shows and make them into games; there was to be no original titles. However the games that actually made it to release like ...
Brash Closing
Blue's News —
Brash Closing [November 14, 2008, 10:23 am ET] - Post a Comment Variety.com reports that Brash Entertainment is shutting down operations, just a week after reports of layoffs for this publisher of movie game tie-ins . The report indicates the company lost $400 million in investments when co-founder Thomas Tull left the board, and the company simply ran out of money. The story also indicates that several games are left in limbo by this news, including Saw and Superman tie-ins. Share Story Enter the email address of the person you'd like the share this story ...
Movie-Game Maker Brash Entertainment Shutting Down
The Escapist : Latest News —
... will be closing its doors tomorrow after the departure of several key management figures and the loss of financial backing. Variety says "several sources" have confirmed the pending closure, which isn't entirely surprising given the company's recent fortunes. Company president and co-founder Nicholas Longano ...
Report: Game Over for Brash Entertainment
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed —
... due to "a tough economic landscape," today it looks like the publisher may be shutting down operations completely, according to a report in Variety . Brash Entertainment's original $400 million in financing apparently never fully materialized. After co-founder Thomas Tull left the board, a number of investors decided to back away from the movie IP focused game company. As Variety put it, "Brash was simply out of cash." Six Flags Fun Park for Wii had been scheduled for release next month, and Brash also planned on launching a game in 2009 based on Saw , but at this point ...
Variety: Brash to cease operations today
Joystiq —
... "High-quality theatrical based games" publisher Brash Entertainment is officially dead, as of today, according to a report from Variety. The company is reportedly planning to cease operations, with investors having walked away following co-founder Thomas ...
Brash officially shutting down
Adrenaline Vault —
... on some ill conceived ideas, and talented executives fled as they saw how things were going. Since co-founder Thomas Tull left the board, investors who had committed $400 million when Brash launched last year have pulled out. Brash is simply out of cash. Now the question is what happens to the many projects in development, from Saw to Superman to Night at the Museum 2, and don’t forget Tale of Desperaux, which was supposed to come out next month?
Source: Variety
Brash shuts down, try to be surprised
Gaming Nexus —
... NEWS - It looks like Brash Entertainment has closed up show. The company was based around the idea of turning out nothing but licensed games based on movies. While the big promise was a game based on the Saw torture porn movies the company only delivered games based on the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie and Jumper...both of which fell into the category of epic fail. The company shut it's doors on Friday and while I feel bad for the people who've lost their jobs the company did seem doomed to fail from the start. While some ...
Video Game Developer Brash Entertainment Shuts Down
Planet Xbox 360 —
Variety reports that Brash Entertainment ceased operations this past weekend. Ben Fritz wrote: In a nutshell, the few games it managed to put out sold poorly, it wasted money on some ill conceived ideas, and talented executives fled as they saw how things were going. Since co-founder Thomas Tull left the board, I understand that the investors who had committed $400 million when Brash launched last year had pulled out. So Brash was simply out of cash. Launched in June 2007, Brash Entertainment focused on theatrical-based video games. The studio announced partnerships with ...
Report: Brash Sued by Developers
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
... states that 7 Studios is owed $468,000 ( 312k) for its work on 9, a game based on an upcoming animated film produced by Tim Burton. It is also looking for $113,000 ( 75k) for its work on Six Flags Fun Park (pictured) , a game which 7 Studios completed for Brash. Zootfly is seeking $748,000 ( 500k) for its work on a game based on Fox s Prison Break. In earlier reports, Variety stated that Brash Entertainment has stopped paying developers before shutting down on November 14th. Earlier, ...
Konami Strikes Publishing Deal for Saw
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
... . Soon after, entertainment news site Variety reported that the company had closed its doors entirely, which reverted the Saw game rights back to Lionsgate. Variety is now ...
Konami Picks up Saw
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed —
Variety is reporting that Konami has signed an agreement with Lionsgate for the gaming rights to the Saw franchise. The rights to the movie series reverted back to Lionsgate when the now defunct Brash breached its contract. Variety also reports that the game is expected to be developed by Zombie Studios and to release Fall 2009 concurrently with the sixth Saw movie. Lionsgate briefly considered publishing the Saw game themselves, but backed down from that and licensed the game to an established publisher. The license agreement between Lionsgate and ...
