Black Sea Studios founded

Vesselin Handjiev, lead designer on Tzar: The Burden of the Crown , has announced the formation of his new game development company, Black Sea Studios. The studio is based in Bulgaria, and it is developing two real-time strategy games and one arcade-style action game, all of which will be announced later this month at E3. The studio plans to develop games for a wide range of platforms including the PC, Macintosh, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation 2. For more information about Black Sea Studios, visit the official company Web site.