Latin American Wanako Games has been acquired by Vivendi Games. Wanako Games had earlier worked with Vivendi Games’ Sierra Online division to develop the Xbox Live Arcade shooter game, Assault Heroes.
Esteban Sosnik, founder and former CEO of Wanako Games quoted, “We are very thrilled to join a creative group like Sierra Online who is focused on bringing truly entertaining and innovative online games to a mass market. In working with Sierra Online on Assault Heroes it swiftly became clear that our companies shared the same core values in game development and by joining together we could develop and deliver wonderful products.”
Ed Zobrist, president, Sierra Online says, “Wanako radiates the commitment to quality and an enthusiasm for developing great games that we ourselves strongly believe in. The studio has an wide-ranging offering of valuable tools and technologies that can be leveraged across all of Sierra Online’s development studios. The blend of Wanako’s development experience, creativity and technical capabilities will contribute greatly to our presence as a leading publisher of console download online games.”
Sosnik will now become the head of Sierra Online Latin America and will be responsible for Sierra Online’s business initiatives in Latin America. Wanako are presently working on 3-D Ultra Minigolf Adventures for the Xbox Live Arcade.