Digital Jesters

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Digital Jesters was a British

CDV), and their first UK-releases were TrackMania and Virtual Skipper 3, both by Nadeo
.

In the beginning, they concentrated on the UK market only, but began publishing games in other regions as well. Notable releases included

Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich (UK & Scandinavia), the Pro Rugby Manager series (UK) and Chaos League
(UK).

Despite a well publicised investment,[1] on 22 December 2005 a winding-up order was made against the company in the Birmingham District Registry of the UK High Court on the petition of Kaoscontrol Limited.[2][3] This followed a period where the company was accused of withholding payments to various developers[4] they had worked with, resulting in some developers terminating contracts with the publisher.[5] Their website disappeared soon after.[citation needed]

The last game the company released was a racing game based on the Crazy Frog licence in November 2005.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Digital Jesters director slams insolvency rumours // News // GamesIndustry.biz
  2. ^ Digital Jesters ordered liquidated by UK court - News at GameSpot
  3. ^ http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/a4bc528a36d218c2f82edbb179432115/insolvency search on Digital Jesters, and click on company name, and then insolvency history for full details, detailed access not always available
  4. ^ "Devs slam Digital Jesters News // None /// Eurogamer". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-04-16.
  5. ^ Bet On Soldier dev ditches DJs News // PC /// Eurogamer

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