Titus Interactive
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | FR0000050122 |
| founding | 1985 |
| resolution | 2005 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Paris , France |
| management | Eric and Hervé Caen (founders) |
| sales | € 73.2 million (2002) |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website |
www.titus-interactive.com ( Memento from June 11, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) titus-games.com ( Memento from June 30, 1998 in the Internet Archive ) |
Titus Software was a French software publisher and developer, founded in 1985 by the brothers Eric and Herve Caen, dissolved in 2005. In its 20th year of existence, numerous games have been released for various computer systems and game consoles . However, the Titus Interactive Poland division has only produced one game: “ Worms World Party ”, in co-production with Team17 . The Titus logo, a grinning fox head, made a name for itself with players, especially because it was featured on the loading screens.
Company history
The company was founded in 1985 by the brothers Eric and Hervé Caen. The publisher's activity was initially limited to games for the Commodore Amiga and PCs , before being expanded to include consoles such as the Nintendo 64 and handhelds such as the Game Boy . More recently, titles have also been released for the Nintendo GameCube and the Sony PlayStation 2 . The company became a public limited company in October 1996, listed on the French stock exchange. In 1998, Titus began buying up other companies and acquired BlueSky Software and the English developer studio Digital Integration . In 1999, Titus acquired the British publisher Virgin Interactive , which was renamed Avalon Interactive on July 1, 2003.
In 2001, Titus Interactive became the majority shareholder of the then ailing American publisher Interplay Entertainment , without taking it over entirely. Due to disagreements with the new majority shareholder, Interplay CEO Brian Fargo left the company in January 2002 and Hervé Caen took over his position.
With the turn of the century, the burden Titus had placed on expansion became apparent, and the company plunged into financial and then legal difficulties that led to its closure in 2005. Despite the bankruptcy of Titus Interactive, Hervé Caen was able to maintain business operations at Interplay and also remained CEO of the American publisher after the end of Titus.
Some games from “Titus Software”:
- Titus the Fox : To Marrakech and Back
- Ardy Lightfoot
- Blues Brothers
- Prehistory 1 + 2
- F / A-18E Super Hornet
- Automobili Lamborghini
- Superman 64
- Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate
- Top Gun - Combat Zones
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Crazy Cars 1-3
- Battlestorm
- Robocop
Individual evidence
- ^ IGN Staff: Eric Caen of Titus Software (interview) . IGN.com. 1998. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ↑ Thorsten Wiesner: Virgin Interactive is now called Avalon Interactive . Golem.de. July 7, 2003. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ Shane Satterfield: Titus takes over interplay . Gamespot. August 16, 2001. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ↑ LA Times : Titus Takes Control of Irvine's Interplay . FrictionlessInsight.com. 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ↑ Trey Walker: Brian Fargo interview . Gamespot. February 19, 2002. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ↑ Christian Klaß: Games publisher Titus at the end - what will happen to Interplay? . Golem.de. January 31, 2005. Retrieved February 16, 2011.