Titus to Acquire Control Of VIE

Titus to Acquire Control Of VIE is today’s business-side update, the sort of suit-and-spreadsheet news that still decides what games actually reach players.

The useful part: Following the majority investment in US games publisher Interplay (Nasdaq: IPLY – news), who in February 1999 acquired 43.9% of VIE, Titus has now agreed to acquire 50.1% of the publisher and distributor VIE. VIE is one of the most recognized and established brands in the European interactive industry and boasts a significant direct sales and distribution infrastructure, with offices in the UK, Germany, France and Spain. File it under the usual 1999 PC pile: interesting, crowded, and probably fighting five other releases for attention.