Black Hole Entertainment (also known as Black Hole Games) was a Hungarian video game developer, founded in 2001 in Budapest by seven young game enthusiasts.
The company's first title was Armies of Exigo, developed with the financial backing of Andy Vajna, published by Electronic Arts and released in the end of 2004. The team has developed Warhammer: Mark of Chaos and Warhammer: Battle March, an expansion for Mark of Chaos, which were released on November 14, 2006 and September 16, 2008, respectively, for the PC. Warhammer: Battle March was also released for the Xbox 360 game console on September 2, 2008.
Black Hole developed the sixth installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series, Might & Magic Heroes VI, in collaboration with Ubisoft. The title was released in October 2011, postponed from its original launch date of March. The studio was reported in various media "Black Hole Entertainment Goes Bankrupt: Heroes VI Creators Blame Ubisoft." geekscape.net, April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012."Heroes 6 dev goes bankrupt, blames Ubisoft." Rock, Paper, Shotgun, April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012. to have gone bankrupt as a result of the nature of this development, and members of the company blamed Ubisoft for the mistake."Alleged Black Hole Entertainment Developer Takes Ubisoft to Task over Heroes VI." 'Gamer Politics,' April 18, 2012. Retrieved 4 April, 2013. As of July 2012, the company is no longer operating.
Many members works in Primal Game Studio, including cofounders Zoltan Zsuffa, Sandor Jakus, Tamas Sandor.
Games developed Armies of Exigo - 2004 Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - 2006 Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars - 2007 Warhammer: Battle March (expansion for Warhammer: Mark of Chaos) - 2008 Might & Magic Heroes VI - October 2011
References (last 2 are defunct)
External links Official site (defunct)