Watch out EA, Foundation 9 is behind you
When we hear about big developers, behemoths like EA normally pop into mind; however, there is a player in town looking to make waves. Meet Foundation 9.
Foundation 9 -- an indie developer -- made the news last month after snapping up Shiny from Atari, adding another development house to its formidable arsenal. This time, Amaze Entertainment (think licensed handheld games) was caught handily in the buy-out cross-hairs. According to Jon Goldman, CEO of Foundation 9, the move was to better diversify F9's already large (725 employees over 11 studios) house.
While we're all for seeing the indie crowd get bigger -- it should help make gaming less stale -- how big can you get before you lose that indie badge? If Foundation 9 gets big enough, they'll be able to wield some significant power over publishers and, if that happens, existing publishers will likely go elsewhere. The only options are to stop expanding or join the ranks of "The Man".
