[Gerucht] Lighthouse Interactive failliet

In diverse forums wordt door developers wiens games uitgegeven worden door Lighthouse Interactive beweerd dat ze failliet zouden zijn. Waarschijnlijk is Lighthouse Interactive getroffen door de huidige economische crisis. Lighthouse was onder andere bekend met games als Sword of the Stars, Steel Fury en Rhiannon. Op diverse forums zijn er sommige fans van games als Sword of the Stars of Rhiannon in paniek geraakt en hebben op forums om uitleg gevraagd. Voor Sword of the Stars-liefhebbers is er gelukkig goed nieuws:

It has no bearing on SotS whatsoever. El is correct...Kerberos owns the SotS IP and thus the game, and more importantly for you guys, the support for it continues without a hiccough.
While we are saddened by this setback for our many friends at Lighhouse. I wish I could say that over the past year of economic sturm and drang that something like this is shocking or unheard of but sadly it is not. The crunch has hit all sectors of the business world and in gaming even the largest publishers have been forced to step back and regroup while those with smaller resources to fall back on have suffered greatly.

SotS will always remember and be grateful to its first step parent but it will go on. Never fear on that score.

--Martin E. Cirulis
CEO Kerberos Productions

Arberth Studios, developer van Rhiannon, heeft het volgende te melden:

Hi all

Sorry for the confusion. I'll be making a formal announcement about this in the press quite soon but the bottom line is;
NO - RHIANNON HAS NOT BEEN DISCONTINUED
But the European publisher has become insolvent so as developers, we're finding new ways of distributing it, more news VERY soon.
Meanwhile - by EB, do you mean Electronics Boutique? If so which store?

Best

Noel Bruton
Arberth Studios

De games blijven gelukkig nog in de winkelrekken, maar dat dit gevolgen voor de developers zal hebben is bijna zeker. Ook is het nog niet honderd procent zeker of Lighthouse Interactive, of haar moederbedrijf, failliet is gegaan.