Vivendi Games buys Assault Heroes dev

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Feb 20, 2007 12:45 pm PT

Chilean studio Wanako Games becomes latest addition to publisher's Sierra Online division.

Vivendi Games' Sierra Online division is looking to cement its reputation as a publisher of downloadable console games, and the company today announced another move in that direction. The publisher confirmed that it has acquired Wanako Games, the Chilean developer of the Xbox Live Arcade game Assault Heroes.

Calling Wanako the largest developer in Latin America, Vivendi said it will retain the studio's staff and publish several of the team's original game concepts. Esteban Sosnik, the studio's founder and former CEO, will become head of Sierra Online Latin America, with development manager and creative director Tiburcio de la Cárcova managing Wanako in the future.

Wanako's next game is 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures for the Xbox Live Arcade, and Vivendi said the team is developing a number of unannounced titles for Sierra Online. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

38 Comments

  • kmilo_rws

    Posted Feb 22, 2007 12:43 pm PT

    ya era hora que mi lindo pais se haga noticia por algo bueno y no estupideces
    ojala surgan mas y mejores developers por aki!

  • GrayHalo

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 11:30 am PT

    I hope their next title is something spicy and latin :-)

  • -HCMF-

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 10:41 am PT

    I will update my address book.... (not)

  • Phaje

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 7:30 am PT

    god damn it! VU games ruins anything they touch. Assault Heroes was a badass game, but i guess we can say goodbye to anything else of quality from that dev now that they are owned by VU.

  • doteus

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 5:42 am PT

    iI live in Chile, and I had no idea there was such a company (must be because I don't have a XBOX).

    But anyway this is the kind of news is good to hear of. I always wanted a developer to be located here.... This is just the begining I hope

  • TTDog

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 4:06 am PT

    Think I'll wait for the special edition sequel "3D Super Ultra Mini Golf Adventures and Journeys Uber Deluxe 2".

  • dnathug

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 7:51 pm PT

    Good buy let's see what they can do together.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 6:38 pm PT

    assault heros was good, hope they can do that again

  • godzillavskong

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 6:02 pm PT

    Assault Heroes was great especially for the price.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 4:42 pm PT

    Assault Heroes was pretty cool. Hopefully they can put out a nice game

  • MoogleDragoon

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 4:05 pm PT

    *sigh* I don't trust them. I used to hate when their reps would come into my store and fill me with lies about their games.

  • santiagochile

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:56 pm PT

    Interesante. No sabia que habia desarrolladoras de juegos de video en Chile. Dudo que esta noticia sea el acontecimiento mas grande del mundo, pero siempre me gusta oir algo sobre Chile.

  • squall780

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:54 pm PT

    "CyphenX
    That's all well and good, but "3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures"? WTF? Could they possibly add more junk into that title?"


    Cool, yo soy Chileno (I'm a Chilean guy). Anyways CyphenX it could be "3D Super Ultra Mini Golf Adventures and Journeys".

  • Re_ensurer

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:26 pm PT

    Wow.

  • Somini

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:25 pm PT

    Vivendi are spreading their tentacles all over the world...

  • CyphenX

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:17 pm PT

    That's all well and good, but "3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures"? WTF? Could they possibly add more junk into that title?

  • TWOC2689

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:14 pm PT

    ? Okay

  • Yuri_Volte

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:09 pm PT

    me siento feliz de ser chileno Y_Y , al fin alguien considera a sudamerica para el development!

  • Doolum

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 3:04 pm PT

    Take over season is on

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