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U.K. Game Developer Digital Jesters in $5 Million Investment, Merger Deal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 28, 2005 - 10:29am.
London - British video game publisher Digital Jesters announced that it has received a $5 million investment from U.S.-based Myriad Interactive, and will merge with Myriad to form a new company, the DJ Group. "We've big plans for the DJ group," Myriad head Marco Landi, former president and COO of Apple, told GamesIndustry.biz. "We've already set up our infrastructure, and it's our intention that this new group will quickly grow through expansion and acquisition into a real major player." DJ Group labels will include Digital Jesters, DJ Interactive, Turtle Games and Monte Cristo. The company's first title will be "Crazy Frog Racer," based on the animated ringtone character that first became popular in the U.K.; the game is set for release for the PC and PlayStation 2 on Dec. 9. Digital Jesters said that several claims of non-payment of contracts by developers are still outstanding, and will still be taken up in court solely by Digital Jesters.
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Digital Jesters Ships "Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport" for PC

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2005 - 4:25am.
London - Video game publisher Digital Jesters on Wednesday shipped its "Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport" PC game in North America and the U.K. The title was developed by France-based Kylotonn.
tags: PC | Releases | Digital Jesters | Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport |