It has emerged that the very soul of defunct games outfit 3DO has attracted some serious attention from some of the world's leading publishers, including Microsoft.
Indeed, the bidding on the firm's various projects has been brisk with Eidos, JoWooD Productions Software AG, Namco Hometek Inc., Turbine Entertainment Software Corp, Crave Entertainment and Ubi Soft all having a sniff.
Placing deposit bids of between $10,000 and $100,000 the hot favourites to see the light of day under another brand include Street Racing Syndicate and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
We'll let you know where these games end up.