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| Late in 1999 with several game projects underway and dozens of new employees, Hasbro Interactive shut down several studios. The studios effected included the former Microprose offices located in ] and ]. Rumors abounded as to the reason for the closures, but no clear explanation arose. The most agreed upon explanation is that Hasbro didn't know how to or even want to be a video game publisher. Hasbro had a lot of experience in developing board games and toys, but not in developing video games that cost millions to produce and sometimes years to complete. | Late in 1999 with several game projects underway and dozens of new employees, Hasbro Interactive shut down several studios. The studios effected included the former Microprose offices located in ] and ]. Rumors abounded as to the reason for the closures, but no clear explanation arose. The most agreed upon explanation is that Hasbro didn't know how to or even want to be a video game publisher. Hasbro had a lot of experience in developing board games and toys, but not in developing video games that cost millions to produce and sometimes years to complete. | ||
| In early 2000, Hasbro shut down the remaining Hasbro Interactive offices. They sold all of their video game related properties to video game |
In early 2000, Hasbro shut down the remaining Hasbro Interactive offices. They sold all of their video game related properties to video game publsihing giant ]. | ||
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Late in the 1990's, the toy and game giant Hasbro began buying up smaller game developers such as Avalon Hill and Wizards of the Coast. The also bought small video game developers such as Microprose and Spectrom Holobyte. In addition they licensed several game francises from Atari. Bringing all these components together, Hasbro formed the subsiderary Hasbro Interactive. Hasbro Interactive was Hasbro's video game production branch.
In 1998 Hasbro Interactive went to work in some of former Microprose's offices. They started developing video games based on Hasbro's newly acquired properties and on at least two titles based on the Microprose property, X-Com. Hasbro began aggresively hiring to staff the new game projects.
Late in 1999 with several game projects underway and dozens of new employees, Hasbro Interactive shut down several studios. The studios effected included the former Microprose offices located in Alameda, California and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rumors abounded as to the reason for the closures, but no clear explanation arose. The most agreed upon explanation is that Hasbro didn't know how to or even want to be a video game publisher. Hasbro had a lot of experience in developing board games and toys, but not in developing video games that cost millions to produce and sometimes years to complete.
In early 2000, Hasbro shut down the remaining Hasbro Interactive offices. They sold all of their video game related properties to video game publsihing giant Infograme.
External Link
Several former employees of the Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hasbro Interactive studio started a new game development company called Vicious Cycle Software. Their official web site: http://www.viciouscycleinc.com/