Hothouse has also promoted Andrew Luckett to Head of Studio, to be responsible for all the company's development activities. Andrew has been with Hothouse since April 2001 as Executive Producer.
Co-founder Rob Davies, previously responsible for development, will now become Marketing Director.
Managing Director Martin Carr comments that "Hothouse is delighted to be working on an original game with Konami, which will showcase our new technology. It is an exciting time for the company, with Pop IdolTM looking as if it will be very strong for us this Christmas, and some other concepts at prototype stage which we are looking to discuss with publishers".