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Disney to buy Chicago gamemaker Wideload

Source: Chicago Tribune

Chicago : IL : USA | 3 months ago

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Walt Disney Co. 's interactive entertainment unit has acquired Chicago-based video gamemaker Wideload Games Inc. and hired the company's founder, Halo creator Alexander Seropian, for a newly created executive position. Financial terms of the agreement, announced Tuesday, were not...

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Disney Interactive buys Wideload Games

News Source: Chicago-Sun Times | 3 months ago

GUY Staff Reporter University of Chicago alumnus Alex Seropian, 39, scored the second big sale of his career Tuesday and got a new job in the process: Chicago-based videogame maker Wideload Games Inc. Disney Interactive Studios, and Seropian takes on...
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News Source: Los Angeles Times | 3 months ago

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News Source: Seattle Times | 3 months ago

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News Source: Chicago Tribune | 3 months ago

Walt Disney Co. 's interactive entertainment unit has acquired Chicago-based video gamemaker Wideload Games Inc. and hired the company's founder, Halo creator Alexander Seropian, for a newly created executive position. Financial terms of the...
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News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | 3 months ago

Walt Disney Co. made another foray into the videogame business Tuesday, hiring game creator Alexander Seropian and agreeing to buy his Chicago-based firm, Wideload Games...Wideload, which is based in Chicago and has 25 full-time workers, was founded...