DJ Group to start spinning games
New publishing outfit including Digital Jesters and Monte Cristo receives $5 million commitment from Myriad Interactive.
The UK's game publishing landscape is undergoing a bit of a renovation with the formation of The DJ Group, a publishing and distribution label that includes Digital Jesters and Monte Cristo. The group is being formed with the help of a $5 million investment from Myriad Interactive.
"We've big plans for the DJ Group," said Myriad Interactive president Marco Landi. "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."
The company plans to establish a series of publishing and distribution labels to get a variety of games out globally in the next year. The first of those games, Crazy Frog Racer, will become available in Europe for the PlayStation 2 and PC on December 9, followed by the family-friendly PC game Wild Earth early next year.
The DJ Group will publish games under a number of brands, similar to how Electronic Arts has its EA Sports, EA Games, and EA Big lines. The first few brands to be used by the company will be Digital Jesters (a general gaming label), Monte Cristo (maker of the seedy life sim 7 Sins as well as the dance rhythm game Fame Academy), and Turtle Games (a new label most likely to publish children's games).
The company is aiming for a rapid growth rate in the first year and plans to support that by expanding infrastructure, partnerships, joint ventures, and acquisitions. In the first year in the UK alone, the DJ Group is looking to provide more than 100 jobs for management staff, specialists, and developers.
Hot Stories
Newsmakers
-
GameSpot's Best of 2009 - Special Achievement Winners
Find out our special achievement winners in the Best of 2009 Awards! Full Story
- Posted Dec 21, 2009 11:59 am PT
-
Billionaire buys up 11% of Take-Two
Carl Icahn increases stake in Grand Theft Auto publisher; news of his interest boosts share price more than 11%, sparks speculation of shareholder revolt. Full Story
- Posted Dec 18, 2009 11:29 am PT
- 138 Comments
Featured Stories
-
Final Fantasy XIII day-one sales hit 1 million in Japan
Square Enix's hotly anticipated JRPG busts platinum sales marker in 24 hours on PS3, franchise sales surpass 92 million. Full Story
- Posted Dec 18, 2009 10:53 am PT
- 723 Comments
-
Take-Two year-end results slip 37%, Borderlands sells 2M
Publisher suffers from GTAIV-less 12-month period as sales slip to $968 million, Q4 gap wider than expected; Spec Ops due before November 2011. Full Story
- Posted Dec 17, 2009 2:12 pm PT
- 96 Comments
-
Big in Japan Dec. 7-13: New Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo's portly plumber reprises chart-topping performance, Modern Warfare 2 sells nearly 100K on PS3 alone; Wii leads hardware. Full Story
- Posted Dec 18, 2009 2:21 pm PT
- 64 Comments
-
Wii sells 9M in Japan, PS3 hits 4M mark
Enterbrain reports Nintendo's and Sony's consoles achieved multimillion-unit milestones during week ending Dec. 13; New Super Mario Bros. sells 465K in second week. Full Story
- Posted Dec 16, 2009 12:33 pm PT
- 249 Comments
-
Aliens vs. Predator unbanned in Australia
Classification Review Board overturns initial ban due to violent content in Sega, Rebellion's actioner; game will be released down under with no changes. Full Story
- Posted Dec 18, 2009 2:24 am PT
- 395 Comments
Submit News
Related Game
Recent News
-
Lost Planet 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Monster Hunter Tri pushed past March
Capcom delays trio of anticipated titles to avoid unusually strong first-quarter competition, lowers financial forecast as a result.
6 Comments
Sign in / Sign up