Mobius Entertaiment Acquires Spellbound

British developer Mobius Entertainment, which not long ago completed the Game Boy Advance version of Remedy's shooter Max Payne, today announced its acquisition of another independent British developer Spellbound located near Mobius in the Yorkshire region and like Mobius a member of the Game Republic alliance of developer will become part of Mobius, bringing the team's size to more than 30 staff.

Spellbound greatest in quantity recently completed Barbie Horse Adventures, and has individual unannounced "big brand action title" in exhibition

Mobius' Gordon Hall characterized the propel as preparation for future handheld unravelling "Spellbound has some really capable engineers and artists and we are delighted they are joining our team at similar an exciting time. As we gear up for exhibition on Sony's new PSP format, these shores will prove invaluable in further pushing the high standards we plant ourselves for handheld gaming."

Game Republic, for those unfamiliar with the organization, is a unfasten alliance of several independent developer in the Yorkshire region, also including Team 17 Revolution Software, and collection of laws Monkeys. The alliance allows digest shops to share talent amongst each other, as each individual developer's workload regressions and flows, and create a unified place of best business practices.

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