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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Acclaim_EntertainmentAcclaim Entertainment - Wikipedia

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   Acclaim faced significant financial difficulties in 2004, primarily due to poor sales of its video game titles. This situation led to the closure of Acclaim Studios Cheltenham and Acclaim Studios Manchester in England, along with other locations, and resulted in their filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

2. www.gamedeveloper.com › game-platforms › rod-cousensRod Cousens Reclaims UK Acclaim Studios - Game Developer

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   Sep 29, 2004 · The business, to be led by Cousens and former Acclaim head of publishing Barry Jafrato, will operate as a new company, currently unnamed, and hopes to re-employ the 160 or so staff from both studios. Financial backing is provided by Europlay Captial Advisers: a private investor and advisory firm specializing in media and entertainment companies, and run by industry veterans Mark Dyne and Sean ...

3. the-avocado.org › 2019/09/18 › mid-aughts-meltdownMid-Aughts Meltdown #3: The End of Acclaim Entertainment

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   Sep 18, 2019 · Software Creations was bought in 2002 and became Acclaim Manchester. Acclaim also benefited heavily from their genuine role in the innovation (and trademarking) of motion capture technology as led by former employee Wes Trager, contracting it not only to other game studios, but to Warner Bros. for Batman Forever, among other blockbusters. In ...

4. www.gamesindustry.biz › acclaim-ceos-new-companyAcclaim CEO's new company plans to launch next week

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   Oct 6, 2004 · It's expected that along with the Cheltenham and Manchester studios - accounting for some 160 employees - "Exclaim" will also take possession of several of Acclaim's products in development ...

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5. www.gamesindustry.biz › acclaim-uk-studios-futureAcclaim UK studios' future unclear as Exclaim deal stalls

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   Oct 14, 2004 · The future of the Acclaim UK studios in Cheltenham and Manchester seems uncertain once more today, as the launch of new publisher Exclaim by former Acclaim CEO Rod Cousens appears to have been ...

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6. www.gamesindustry.biz › former-acclaim-boss-inFormer Acclaim boss in rescue bid for UK studios ...

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   Sep 30, 2004 · According to a report in UK videogame retail trade magazine MCV, Cousens has teamed up with Europlay Capital Advisers to acquire the Cheltenham and Manchester studios, along with a number of work ...

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   Who owns Acclaim Studios Cheltenham & Manchester?

   • On October 1, 2004, Rod Cousens purchased the former Acclaim Studios Cheltenham and Acclaim Studios Manchester development studios and some of its existing unfinished projects.

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   Who owns Acclaim Entertainment?

   • After Acclaim’s 2004 bankruptcy, the company’s assets were purchased as part of Valiant Entertainment by entrepreneurs Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari in 2005. In 2011, Valiant received a capital infusion from private investment company Cuneo & Company, LLC. Peter Cuneo and Gavin Cuneo joined the company and a relaunch was announced.

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   Why did Acclaim Studios go bankrupt?

   • Acclaim suffered financial problems in 2004, the result of poor sales of its video game titles. This resulted in the closure of Acclaim Studios Cheltenham and Acclaim Studios Manchester in England and other places and their filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, leaving many employees unpaid.

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   Who owns Acclaim Games?

   • In May 2016, the Acclaim brand itself, and not any of the IP previously held by Acclaim, was acquired by Collectorvision, an independent game developer, publisher and manufacturer. In October 2018, Liquid Media Group purchased 65 ex-Acclaim titles from Throwback for $1 million.

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   Is acclaim a video game publisher?

   • In its initial years, Acclaim was exclusively a video game publisher, either farming out the creation of its video games to external developers or localizing existing video games from overseas.

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   When did acclaim go out of business?

   • Originally formed by Greg Fischbach, Robert Holmes and Jim Scoroposki out of an Oyster Bay storefront in 1987, the company established a worldwide development team through a series of acquisitions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. After poor financial returns in their 2003 fiscal year, Acclaim filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September 2004.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Software_CreationsSoftware Creations - Wikipedia

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   Exclaim was set to acquire and reinstantiate Acclaim's two UK studios, namely Manchester and Cheltenham, and re-employ their roughly 160 previous members. [8] Exclaim's opening was expected on 11 October, [ 9 ] 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. [ 10 ]