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Hetherington and Jones seek to take back title post-RTW meltdown
Ian Hetherington and Dave Jones, chairman of Realtime Worlds, may be trying to buy Project MyWorld out of administration with creative director Dave Jones supporting the purchase, according to an as-yet-undetailed source picked up by Gamesbrief.
The rumour suggests the pair may be trying to close a deal quickly. This follows the recent re-hiring of 23 of the original 60 Project MyWorld team by RTW administrator Begbies Traynor after the title received “considerable interest” from both sides of the Atlantic.
Project MyWorld was announced by Realtime Worlds last month in what was believed to be a last-ditch move to secure a publisher and bring much needed funds in to the ailing Scottish studio following the difficult reception of APB.
[UPDATE]
According to a seperate source on GI.biz, it is now believed that a new studio may be being formed around Project MyWorld, with the 23 re-hired staff and a figure "with an existing relationship with Realtime Worlds" running the project from the current RTW Dundee studio.
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The identity of the potential buyer is as yet unknown, but these events suggest that Hetherington and Jones are behind the move to consolidate the new studio behind the project, originally slated for a spring 2011 release.
My initial story said that Dave Jones was "in the wings". Increasingly, it's looking like he's not involved.
Fair point, Nicholas. I'll fix that now.
I'm ex-rtw and no im not bitter I just wish people would get their fucking facts straight before creating rumors. The fact that the 23 people have managed to save their job and feed their families is a good thing regardless of who is buying the project let alone the fact that a games company rising from the ashes can only help strengthen Dundee's game scene. So the next time the mysterious "source" has a story they cooked up in their head perhaps all these websites feeding off other people's misery should tell them they should be concentrating on getting a new job and move on. Yes it's tragic what has happened but you're still breathing right?
It doesn't matter if Dave Jones is involved (although from what I've heard he is). He and Ian Hetherington and the other board members have shut down the company to get rid of the rapidly failing APB and put over 200 people on the dole with no money to pay this month's bills.
Then they sneak in the back door, buy up the only half-decent asset at a cheap price, and carry on with their lives as if niothing happened. While those of us kicked out are wondering if we're going to be living on the street next week.
