Empire Interactive Europe Ltd.

1987:

• Company co-founded in the United Kingdom by Ian Higgins and Simon Jeffrey as Empire Software.

1993:

• The company takes over responsibility for Oxford Digital Enterprises' employees and acquires its principal assets to form an in-house development studio.

1998:

• The company begins developing and publishing games for the PlayStation.

2000:

• The company launches Xplosiv as a value brand selling low-price PC software.

Jul, 2000:

• Empire Interactive plc joins the Alternative Investment Market of London Stock Exchange.

Nov, 2000:

• Company acquires Razorworks which becomes an Empire internal development studio.

Dec, 2000:

• Empire Interactive Europe acquired Rowan Software.

2002:

• Company expands Xplosiv brand to the Playstation 2 market.

Nov, 2006:

• All of Empire is acquired by Silverstar Holdings with 85 percent of the shares.

Dec, 2006:

• The acquisition of Empire is finalized when Silverstar Holdings acquires over 90% of the shares and gains the shareholders' approval.

May 01, 2008:

• Co-Founder and CEO Ian Higgins announces he will be leaving the company after 21 years of service.

Jun 11, 2008:

• It is announced Empire Interactive intends to close or sell the Razorworks studio.

Jul 19, 2008:

• Announcement made that the Razorworks studio has been sold to Rebellion.

May 05, 2009:

• Company officially enters administration, and its closing is confirmed by Silverstar Holdings.

May 07, 2009:

• Zoo Publishing, Inc. announces a deal with New World IP, LLC to license, publish, and distribute the catalog of video game software previously published and developed by Empire Interactive Europe Ltd.. This agreement allows Zoo Publishing the ability to re-release previous Empire titles, to port previously released games to new platforms, and to create new gaming content from existing Empire intellectual property.