Publisher Mindscape abandons video games

Mindscape has, after thirty years in the games business, decided to work in other technology sectors.

While recent release U-Singsold well at retail, sister site Develop understands the music license costs had a stark impact on profits.Mindscape bet big again on the studio with the PC title Crasher, yet the racing game failed to make an impact.

We had relied much on that game,” a company spokesperson told Develop.It was not a success and was important to us that it was.We are no longer going to work in the game software business.”

Click here for the full story.