Havas Interactive Signs Former Iguana Stars
Havas Interactive signs former Iguana stars for multi-product console deal with newly formed Inevitable Entertainment.
Havas Interactive UK Ltd are pleased to announced a strategic partnership with Austin, Texas-based Inevitable Entertainment, Inc. to develop console games for Havas Interactive. This marks the division’s significant foray into the console arena and the first in a series of principal relationships with experts in console development for Havas.
The recently created Inevitable Entertainment is a new alliance from three of the top vice-presidents from Iguana, Acclaim’s powerhouse Austin-based development team. With a combined 30 years experience in the video game industry and over five years at Iguana, Russell Byrd, Cyrus Lum, and Craig Galley will be ramping up their new teams in the coming months to deliver exceptional console gaming experiences for Sierra Studios. The impressive credits from this team include best-selling titles Turok, All Star Baseball, the South Park series, and Quarterback Club.
The multi-product slate of console games charges Inevitable to produce state of the art console specific titles using Havas’s intellectual properties as well as developing Inevitable’s own intellectual properties for the next generation console systems.
“This team’s depth of experience and success with console developing is truly the recipe for Havas to expand into the console arena,” said Peter Rezon, Managing Director of Havas Interactive. “We are thrilled to be working with the talent and pedigree Inevitable brings to the table.”
“Havas Interactive has had phenomenal success in the PC market and extraordinarily successful franchises – this partnership is key to launching Inevitable for us,” said Russell Byrd, general manager of Inevitable Entertainment.
The recently created Inevitable Entertainment is a new alliance from three of the top vice-presidents from Iguana, Acclaim’s powerhouse Austin-based development team. With a combined 30 years experience in the video game industry and over five years at Iguana, Russell Byrd, Cyrus Lum, and Craig Galley will be ramping up their new teams in the coming months to deliver exceptional console gaming experiences for Sierra Studios. The impressive credits from this team include best-selling titles Turok, All Star Baseball, the South Park series, and Quarterback Club.
The multi-product slate of console games charges Inevitable to produce state of the art console specific titles using Havas’s intellectual properties as well as developing Inevitable’s own intellectual properties for the next generation console systems.
“This team’s depth of experience and success with console developing is truly the recipe for Havas to expand into the console arena,” said Peter Rezon, Managing Director of Havas Interactive. “We are thrilled to be working with the talent and pedigree Inevitable brings to the table.”
“Havas Interactive has had phenomenal success in the PC market and extraordinarily successful franchises – this partnership is key to launching Inevitable for us,” said Russell Byrd, general manager of Inevitable Entertainment.