Zoo Digital Share Discussion Threads

[bodgit] 27/2/2007 14:35

Bodgit is still here very much alive and well. Still sitting on a paper loss about the equivalent of a nice holiday in the Galapagos Islands! C'est la vie.

[macca28] 27/2/2007 13:52

where's ,Bodgit jj scotty donnydave siwel

hope there's not been a mass suicide

[dunderheed] 27/2/2007 11:40

opmoc certainly very well argued - except for the small fact the video wasn't actually about whales - it was about dolphins!!

[macca28] 26/2/2007 23:15

as we stand today:

Blu-ray's biggest blunder is still the lack of interactive content on their discs, the studios blame the authoring tools, Warner is rumored to be delaying certain titles on Blu-ray that are already available on HD DVD till the authoring tools are "mature". HD DVD's biggest challenge is still lack of content support and player support.


remember my post from last april

That would be great once they can get it to work.

I would guess at least 1 year for that stuff as iHD and Blue ray is still being figured out.

Ta, Clive

[partridge2] 25/2/2007 22:20

Well at the current price this still looks grossly overvalued. I expect ZOO to crash in spectacular fashion in the coming weeks to a far more realistic value. My target is 0p.

[robhen] 24/2/2007 16:57

CAN'T FAULT YOU AT ALL FOR POSTING THIS DAVE, WHAT AN OUTRAGE...

[cashmagnet] 23/2/2007 14:25

macca nothing is going to alter, ZOO is dead

[artey] 23/2/2007 13:56

Yep me too macca, could have done without the mention of debugging too.

[macca28] 23/2/2007 10:34

artey: would have preferred clients

[macca28] 23/2/2007 09:42

cashmagnet: nobody left to shoot you down:

no doubt if things were to alter for the better
that would soon change ;-)

[macca28] 23/2/2007 09:38

Developers swoop for ex-CiRCLE Studio staff

Matt Martin 11:58 (GMT) 22/02/2007
Rebellion and Free Radical confirm talks with employees

Leading development studios based in the Midlands have already begun recruiting staff from defunct outfit CiRCLE Studio, GamesIndustry.biz can reveal.

Although the closure of the studio is yet to be made official, as revealed on Tuesday, the company founded by industry veterans Jeremy Heath-Smith and Adrian Smith has gone into liquidation.

However, staff at the Derby-based developer could soon be recruited by a number of studios in the region, including Free Radical Design, Swordfish Studios, Rebellion and Eurocom.

"The closure of CiRCLE Studios means that we are now talking to some ex-CiRCLE employees," confirmed David Doak, director of Free Radical Design, based in Nottingham.

CEO of Rebellion, Jason Kingsley, also revealed the company is currently in talks with members of the CiRCLE team, stating: "We're talking to some selected individuals who have sent in CVs direct to our Rebellion Derby [offices]."

Although a studio closure can be bad news for the industry as a whole, Doak sees the opportunity to recruit skilled staff and keep them in a region well-populated with some of the UK's world-class development teams.

"Whilst the closure of a studio is obviously unfortunate for those involved, it does present an interesting opportunity for recruitment," said Doak.

"A number of skilled and experienced people who may have been quite happy in their jobs are now looking for new work. The challenge for us is to find the good ones."

Sources close to CiRCLE revealed that Birmingham developer Swordfish Studios is another interested party, demoing a new title at the studio the very afternoon that employees had been informed of their redundancy.

Swordfish had clearly been made aware of the impending crisis, allowing them to prepare a pitch to recruit key personnel and keep staff in employment.

Recruitment firms are also said to be hovering over the studio, as is Pirates of the Caribbean developer Eurocom, a company situated in the same city as CiRCLE.

CiRCLE had released only one game for home consoles since the outfit was formed in 2003, the poorly received Without Warning with publisher Capcom.

Since then, the company had gone on to forge a niche in the interactive DVD market, signing partnerships with The Discovery Channel, Sony BMG, EMI and Universal Music.

The company also mooted a flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 2005, and in May 2006 secured a seven figure sum from The Royal Bank of Scotland to invest in official iDVD titles for FIFA, Eurosport and the NBA.

[macca28] 23/2/2007 09:28

GOOD NEWS:

Analysts have predicted that the increasingly popular interactive DVD market will grow to a value of $1 billion by the end of 2007.

[macca28] 23/2/2007 09:27

BAD NEWS:

Confusion Over Brit Developer CiRCLE


Confusion still reigns as to the future of British developer CiRCLE, with persistent rumors that that company is about to confirm a move into liquidation going unanswered by the company.

When contacted by Gamasutra earlier today no staff were available for comment, with the company's offices in Derby, England currently being manned only by a single receptionist – with no development or senior staff present.

Original reports from UK game business site GamesIndustry.biz had indicated that, according to un-named sources: "Heath-Smith informed staff of the closure at lunchtime [yesterday]. They were told that CiRCLE has gone into liquidation and will cease operations with immediate effect."

[artey] 23/2/2007 09:19

Phase 1, of 4 delivered to client.

[artey] 23/2/2007 09:18

In reality that applies to us all, winker.

[cashmagnet] 23/2/2007 08:51

ZOO DIGITAL - DEATH COMES CLOSER EVERY DAY ;O)

[macca28] 22/2/2007 12:20

it'll make a small contribution,
no more or no less than some of the others

[macca28] 22/2/2007 12:15

In the meantime in a faraway land

[artey] 22/2/2007 09:04

macca, penny has just dropped...lol

so there is some progress.

[macca28] 22/2/2007 00:20

not much work going on, everything is behind time