In the course of their continued strategic growth 10Tacle Studios AG has taken over the Berlin-based developing and marketing firm The Games Company Worldwide, co-founded by Silver Style Entertainment's Carsten Strehse known for The Fall: Last Days of Gaia, and Simon the Sorcerer.

Significantly expanding its in-house development capacity 10Tacle Studios today announced it acquired a 100% stake in Budapest based developer Stormregion, known for the Codename Panzers RTS franchise, currently employing a staff of 95.

10tacle Studios today announced its preliminary results for 2006, which exceeded analysts' expectations and internal goals. Consolidated revenue for FY2006 was €29M, a 62% increase over last year's €17.9M. Operating income also sharply increased during the same time frame to €4.7M, beating last year's €1.7M by 181.6%. CEO Michele Pes credits the success to 10tacle strengthening its position in key Asian markets.

10Tacle Studios announced an extensive cooperation with Chinese Nineyou IT, to cover the sales and marketing of 10T products on the Asian market, the joint development of new multi-player games and the porting of existing concepts to Europe.

While GTR 2 has yet to be released, 10Tacle has revealed that is it already working on their next racing title, codenamed Project Falcon. AutoSimSport interviewed Blimey! Games' Ian Bell, where he mentioned the new title is scheduled for end of 2007, will be multiplatform, and although not part of the GTR series will feature multiple authentic racing types, with real world tracks.

10Tacle Studios will participate in this year's Games Convention in Leipzig. During the trade show, 10TACLE will focus on titles such as GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game and Elveon as well as on further productions to be specified later on which will be presented to trade visitors in the Business Center with the help of elaborately designed theme worlds.

10tacle Studios announced today that it has already started the development of four new products. The projects are being realised in several of the company's international studios and focus on the growth markets of the Next Gen consoles, as well as on the mass market of Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG).

10Tacle Studios announced today that it has acquired the majority of shares in the Belgian development studio elseWhere Entertainment and thus founds 10Tacle Studios Belgium. Yves Grolet’s team made up of 22 members became known due to their work on the PC game Outcast which made history thanks to an innovative technical approach and a completely new and exciting gameplay concept.

10TACLE Studios announced today that it has signed an agreement with Stormregion for Codename Panzers II, which will be developed from scratch and even leave the World War II scenario. The game is schedule for release on the PC in 2008, but adaptations to other gaming consoles are being discussed.