Irvine, Calif. - Video game developer Foundation 9 Entertainment (F9E) announced on Wednesday that it is combining its two Southern California studios, The Collective and Shiny Entertainment, into a single entity that will be housed in the company's new corporate headquarters in Irvine, California. "Bringing the Shiny and Collective teams together into one larger studio will give them the scale and resources needed to deliver top-notch franchise-based releases across multiple platforms," said F9E COO David Mann. The as yet unnamed studio will be headed by Shiny studio manager Michael Persson.

Los Angeles - The Collective, a movie production company ("The Nanny Diaries," "Are We Done Yet?") and talent management firm (Forest Whitaker, Eddie Izzard, Emile Hirsch), has acquired horror movie website Bloody-Disgusting.com, Variety reported.