Geoff Brown Holdings

Kaboom Studios Limited (formerly Geoff Brown Holdings Limited) was a British holding company established by Geoff Brown in 1996 to pursue video game development company investment. The company was started for Brown's December 1996 acquisition of a 75% stake in Silicon Dreams Studio for at least GB£500,000. Silicon Dreams Studio was founded by Brown in March 1994, as in-house development team for his publishing company, U.S. Gold, until the entire CentreGold umbrella (including U.S. Gold and Silicon Dreams) was sold to Eidos Interactive in April 1996. In January 1997, Geoff Brown Holdings also acquired Attention to Detail; a motion capture studio Audiomotion, as well as another developer, Pivotal Games, were established under the Geoff Brown Holdings umbrella in 1997 and March 2000, respectively. In 2003, Kaboom Studios faced major financial struggles, resulsting in the colsure of Attention to Detail and Silicon Dreams Studio on 28 August 2003 and 3 September 2003, respectively. Meanwhile, Audiomotion's managing director Mick Morris performed a management buyout, in order to "reboot" itself and avoid closure. Kaboom Studios went into receivership on 9 September 2003, with all remaining assets, including still-active Pivotal Games, being transferred to Ernst & Young for sale. On 29 September 2003, SCi acquired Pivotal Games from Ernst & Young for a total of GB£2.36 million.

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