Elsewhere Entertainment
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| Type | Limited liability company |
| Founded | November 15, 2001 |
| Headquarters | Charleroi, Belgium |
| Industry | Video games |
Elsewhere Entertainment was an independent Belgium video game development company founded by Yves Grolet on November 15, 2001. The company primarily consisted of former employees from Appeal S.A. which was also co-founded by Mr. Grolet and became famous for its groundbreaking game Outcast. On October 19, 2005, German company 10Tacle Studios AG acquired EE and renamed it to 10Tacle Studios Belgium.
Right from the start, Elsewhere Entertainment started working on two different projects, Project Alpha and Project Beta (working titles), as well as an innovative game engine called NeoWorld.
Around 2001, Project Alpha received an official name, The-Incident, and was revealed to be a squad-based action/adventure game taking place in a sci-fi setting. By the time Elsewhere's official website was launched, the game title changed to Symbiosis. It was advertised to have an interactive and emotionally involving story narrated through virtual characters directed by artificial intelligence. [1] [2] [3]
Symbiosis project started undergoing major changes. The game story and even universe were going to be reworked, it wasn't going to be set in the sci-fi setting anymore. The title became a subject for a change as well. [4]
It was revealed that Ex-Symbiosis is going to be set in the urban fantasy universe and will present an alternative version of our world. [5]
Ex-Symbiosis production has came to a halt as Elsewhere Entertainment was hired to do another project, trying to improve their financial situation. [6] The project was a budget racing game for a German publisher 10tacle Studios AG. [7]
The racing game was revealed to be FIA Historic Racing Championship. EE didn't spend much time developing the project as 10Tacle Studios AG decided to give it to another developer, SimBin Studios, and it was released as GT Legends on October 15, 2005. Elsewhere Entertainment began planning a new action/adventure game without announcing any specific details.
October 19, 2005, 10Tacle Studios AG acquired Elsewhere Entertainment and renamed it to 10Tacle Studios Belgium.
August 22, 2007, At the Games Convention in Leipzig, 10Tacle Studios AG officially announced 10Tacle Studio Belgium's new game called Totems, expected to be released in 2009. The project was developed using 10Tacle Studio Belgium's proprietary technology called NeoReality.
End of April, 2008, Considering the financial problems 10Tacle Studios AG was having, Yves Grolet decided to start working on a new, small and simple project utilizing technology developed for Totems. The goal was to get money fast in order to finance the further development of Totems which was far from being complete at the moment. The new project was called Urban Race. After working on it for two months, 10T Belgium recorded a trailer intended for potential publishers. The game was never released, but the video was posted on GameTrailers on August 12, 2008. It's an interesting fact that the trailer didn't feature the 10Tentacle logo, but the Elsewhere logo instead. [8] [9]
August 6, 2008, 10Tacle Studios AG filed for bankruptcy. Yves Grolet decided to close 10Tacle Studio Belgium's doors immediately after 10T was announced insolvent. The fate of 10Tacle's remaining studios, Reakktor Media (Neocron 2) and Blimey! Games, remained unclear.
August 13, 2008, CEO of Reakktor, Kirk Lenke, announced that, despite the 10Tacle Studios AG business discontinuation, Reakktor Media, the subsidiary of 10Tacle Studios AG, will continue its business activity. Neocron 2 will not seize its operation, and development of Black Prophecy will not be halted. [10]
January 12, 2009, It was announced that Ian Bell, CEO of Blimey! Games, has bought Blimey! and its assets after it slipped into administration on January 7, 2009. New company called Slightly Mad Studios will continue the work of Blimey! Games. [11] [12]
External links
- Elsewhere Entertainment official site (web archive search results)
- Planet-Adelpha, post from one of 10T Belgium' ex-employees regarding the company being closed
