by Rainier on Jan. 28, 2011 @ 5:06 a.m. PST | Filed under
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UKpublisher Mastertronic has signed a deal with casual games developer PopCap Games, and bring those titles for PC, handheld and console formats to retail across the UK, Europe and PAL territories.
by Thomas on Aug. 8, 2003 @ 5:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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20 years on, the most famous re-publisher of them all is set to return to the industry. Mastertronic will be re-launched by games software industry veterans Paul Patterson and Andy Payne and the company's mission will be true to the original, all be it updated to handle the demands of the modern software publishing industry.
Besides bringing many a legendary 8 bit game to a true mass market (One Man and his Droid, Hunter Patrol, Spellbound, Phantoms of the Asteroid and Master of Magic to name a few), Mastertronic also brought the Sega Master System into Europe in the late 80's. The name Mastertronic all but disappeared from the industry in 1991 when it was merged with Richard Branson's Virgin Games initially becoming Virgin Mastertronic before being renamed Virgin Interactive Entertainment.