Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing BV

Moby ID: 7618

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Lighthouse Interactive Game Publishing was a Netherlands-based international video game publishing company with offices in Montreal, Toronto and London, England. The company was founded in August 2005 by Erik Schreuder and Steve Wall.

Important games published by the company are Keepsake, Sword of the Stars and WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger. The general focus was on adventure titles and strategy games. The company also managed the Ship Simulator series.

In April 2008 SilverBirch, Inc. announced that it would be acquiring Lighthouse as its first step in building an integrated video company. Near the end of 2008 Lighthouse was hit by a double setback. Mother company SilverBirch had financial trouble and the trade of stock was halted in December. In the same month, Lighthouse's UK distribution partner Pinnacle Software Ltd filed for bankruptcy. On 23rd March 2009 Lighthouse sent out a press release that it had been officially declared bankrupt.

The rights to the then upcoming strategy game East India Company had already been sold to Paradox Interactive, and VSTEP, the studio behind the Ship Simulator series, got back the rights to the games.

Credited on 27 Games from 2006 to 2008

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Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 (2008 on Windows)
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches (2008 on Windows)
Ship Simulator 2008 (Collector's Edition) (2008 on Windows)
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals (2008 on Windows)
Sword of the Stars: Collector's Edition (2008 on Windows)
The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure (2008 on Windows)
SunAge (2007 on Windows)
Avencast: Rise of the Mage (2007 on Windows)
WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger (2007 on Windows)
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder (2007 on Windows)
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy (2007 on Windows, Macintosh)
Overclocked: A History of Violence (2007 on Windows)
Ship Simulator 2008 (2007 on Windows)
Delaware St. John: Volume 3: The Seacliff Tragedy (2007 on Windows)
Belief & Betrayal (2007 on Windows)
Delaware St. John: Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor / Volume 2: The Town with No Name (2007 on Windows)
Ship Simulator 2006 (Collector's Edition) (2006 on Windows)
Undercover: Operation Wintersun (2006 on Windows)
Sword of the Stars (2006 on Windows)
Ship Simulator 2006 (2006 on Windows)

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March 23, 2009: The company announces that it has officially been declared bankrupt.
August 18, 2008: The company is granted a license to publish and develop games for the Nintendo DS and Wii in Europe.
April 28, 2008: SilverBirch announces its intentions to acquire the company as its first step in building an integrated video company.
August 16, 2005: Company formed in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.