Zoo Digital Group PLC
1 October 2003
1 October 2003
ZOO Digital Group plc ('ZOO' or 'the Company')
ZOO acquires 33 titles from Atari and launches 'ZOO Classics' range
ZOO Digital Group plc ('ZOO'), the technology and games publishing company,
today announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights of Gremlin
Interactive together with a catalogue of fifteen PlayStation One ('PSOne') games
and eighteen PC games for an undisclosed one-off payment.
The games are a collection of classic best-selling titles from Gremlin
Interactive, which was acquired by Atari in 1999. ZOO will publish all the
games under its new 'ZOO Classics' range of budget titles. The Company intends
to launch the PSOne range in mid October across Europe, with the view to
capturing the Christmas market. The PC titles will be published in 2004 and
further PSOne and PC titles will be added to the range for release throughout
next year.
The intellectual property rights and games acquired include titles from the
best-selling Actua range such as Actua Soccer 3, Actua Golf 3 and Actua Tennis.
Highly acclaimed titles such as Judge Dredd and Hogs of War are also included.
Ian Stewart, CEO of ZOO commented:
'This is an excellent opportunity for us to take advantage of the value market
which is offering superb prospects across Europe. This acquisition enables us to
enter this marketplace with a substantial line up of established titles, which
should help underpin our financial position this year. We expect to increase
this value range with a number of classic and also previously unreleased games
in Europe during 2004.'
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For Further Information:
Ian Stewart, CEO, 0114 241 3700
Robert Deri, Finance Director, 0114 241 3700
James Chandler / Gemma Smith, Beattie Financial, 020 7398 3300
Alasdair Robinson, Noble & Company Limited, 0131 225 9677
Notes to Editors
ZOO Digital Group Plc (www.zoodigitalgroup.com)
ZOO Digital Group, the DVD technology and games publishing company, was founded
in 1999 by Ian Stewart ( founder of Gremlin Interactive plc). In April 2001 it
reversed into AIM listed technology company Kazoo 3D. ZOO has strong expertise
in two areas - games publishing and DVD authoring software.
• DVD Authoring Software
In DVD, ZOO has developed a technology called DVD-ExtraTM. The software enables
DVD authors to introduce new interactive functionality - playable on standard
DVD players - to the DVD. Additionally, it vastly reduces the time and cost
taken to produce such content. DVD-ExtraTM enables the DVD industry - from
Hollywood to corporate and educational institutions - to provide highly
interactive stand-alone and bonus content for DVD at lower cost and time than
ever before possible. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? will be released on DVD
this November 2003. 40 DVD Authoring houses are currently part of a DVD-ExtraTM
'Early-Adopters' programme including Technicolor and Warner Bros (GDMX).
• Games Publishing
In gaming, ZOO concentrates mainly on licensing and publishing existing games
rather than on the development of new titles. This is a lower risk business
model has been adopted due to the low break even sales levels required and the
ever increasing costs development. ZOO has published and distributed a wealth of
quality titles predominantly on GBA, PS2 and PC platforms including Medal of
Honor Underground, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, Premier Manager, Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire? and Sim City 2000. Over 40 sku's will be released in Q4 2003.
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