Foundation 9 merges Shiny, Collective

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Oct 9, 2007 5:16 pm PT

Studios behind Silent Hill 5 and The Golden Compass adaptation merged by parent company, awaiting new name.

Calling itself "the largest independent games developer in North America and Europe," Foundation 9 has prided itself on the array of studios at its command since it was formed in March 2005. Despite that, the company's roster of studios is shrinking, as it today announced that its recent acquisition Shiny Entertainment would be merged with Foundation 9 cofounding developer The Collective.

Foundation 9 says the merged studio will be better equipped to make "large-scale games based on big licensed properties." The two merged Newport Beach, California-based studios have already moved to Foundation 9's corporate headquarters in nearby Irvine, California.

The new studio will also be given an as-yet undetermined new name, and will be headed up by Shiny studio manager Michael Persson. No staffers will be laid off in connection with the merger. At the moment, Shiny is finishing up development of The Golden Compass for Sega, while The Collective is working on Silent Hill 5 for Konami, and the horror action adventure Harker.

37 Comments

  • sniper2k0

    Posted Dec 17, 2007 7:19 pm PT

    Shiny's The Golden Compass is a real FART!

  • vahid_xbox_360

    Posted Dec 11, 2007 5:06 am PT

    oh yeah

  • ahskip1

    Posted Nov 8, 2007 10:31 am PT

    I dont care. I will keep whining until shiny makes a new Earthworm Jim

  • Basem167

    Posted Oct 18, 2007 2:12 am PT

    I'm a Silent Hill fan since its release on PS one. From what I heard, I hope SH5 won't be the worst game of its year... or may of all time

  • Sergsky

    Posted Oct 11, 2007 12:00 pm PT

    I hope Shiny has plans for a new MDK!!

  • Hell-Fire21

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 6:20 pm PT

    Silently awaiting the hill...that is silent. The Fifth.

  • ocdog45

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 3:20 pm PT

    more news aboyut the game

  • haesuse

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 1:08 pm PT

    boo-hoo! shiny hasnt done crap since days of PSone or at least i dont remember anything worth thinking about. As long as the core remains and they can pump out some new ORIGINAL games and not milk money on 74th sequel to a game they might be able to re-establish themselves!

  • Ranma_X_basic

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 12:22 pm PT

    Silent hill 5 looks stunning i can;t wait for the game to come out

  • brain20035

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 11:51 am PT

    wish silent hill 5 would come to PC...DEEP WISH!!!

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 9:22 am PT

    sweetness

  • newown

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 8:16 am PT

    Anyway , I will be waiting for the both ( Silent Hill 5 and Harker )
    Keep going and release more gameplay videos and interviews about the games

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 12:44 am PT

    Shiny-Collective, lol.

  • sonic2010

    Posted Oct 10, 2007 12:42 am PT

    hope bring out the game as soon as posible. i'm tired of waiting.

  • niteowl74

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 9:38 pm PT

    The Shiny Collective?

  • Pfilosophy

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 9:20 pm PT

    Interesting development. I wanna see what SH5's gonna be like even more now.

  • bernieberry

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 8:38 pm PT

    Hope they do Silent Hill 5 justice !!!!

  • xLeXaRx

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 8:28 pm PT

    I like more the name of Silent Hill....

  • dantesergei

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 8:03 pm PT

    i hope silent hill 5 to be like its predecessors.

  • dothack_zombie

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 8:02 pm PT

    hope this wont affect silent hill much.

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