★ GAMES ★ EDITEURS ★ DENTON DESIGN SPLITS ★ |
| Denton Design splits | Games Editeurs |
The team that created Shadowfire, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Enigma Force has split up. Denton Designs, the hottest software property around last year, will continue to operate but without the talents of Steve Cain, Karen Davis, Kenny Everitt and top game designer John Gibson. They are leaving the company they founded to join up with former Denton man Ian Weatherburn. The new outfit will design software and act as an agency for software houses looking for freelance programmers. Of the original team, who all worked for Imagine in its final heyday, only Ally Noble will remain at Denton, along with Shadowfire programmer John Heap, Colin Parrot, Dave Colclough and Perry Sanders. Steve Cain was laid up with the flu when we tried to talk to him, but our sources say the break-up was on the cards for some time and perfectly amicable, although “It's a shame because it was such a good strong team." The new, truncated Denton Designs is busily contacting software houses to reassure them that business will continue, and claims to have products already lined up for later in the year. We'll have to wait and see whether Steve and his pals took the magic with them when they left.
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