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| Vivendi Games Acquires Wanako Games Vivendi Games has announced the acquisition of Wanako Games, based in Santiago, Chile. Wanako is the largest game development studio in Latin America. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition underscores the commitment by Vivendi Games' Sierra Online division to enhance its internal product development capabilities in the fast growing console download online games space. Sierra Online will bring to life several of Wanako's innovative, original concepts and will retain and grow its talented team of developers. Sierra Online teamed up with Wanako Games on the development of the action-packed Xbox Live Arcade title, Assault Heroes, released in December 2006. Assault Heroes was awarded Xbox Live Arcade Game of the Year by IGN.com, the web's number one videogame information site. Next up, Wanako Games will bring their artistic expertise to the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game, 3-D Ultra Minigolf Adventures. Sosnik will become head of Sierra Online Latin America and assume a broader role responsible for Sierra Online's business initiatives in Latin America. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Game News :: home page |