June 03, 2004 - Recently-founded games publisher O~3 Entertainment announced today that it has signed five independent game developers to its publishing roster. The companies represent diverse perspectives and geographic locations: The Behemoth in San Diego, Espaco Informatica in Brazil, SyberSoft in Cyprus, Virtual Toys in Madrid, and XPEC Entertainment in Taiwan.

O~3 Entertainment was founded earlier this year by industry veteran Bill Gardner, who most significantly put in time as president of Capcom's North American operations. He also helped launch Capcom's European operations. He is joined at O~3 by two other Capcom alums, Chris Jelinek and Hanako Watanabe. The focus of the new publisher is to support truly fresh, innovative titles.

The signing of five developers comes after what the company describes as a very successful showing at this year's E3.

"Our experience enabled us to hit the ground running, so it's no surprise that we're fairly far along in the process of bringing several titles to market already," said Bill Gardner. "Whether the selected game project is from a well-established company like Virtual Toys or a lesser known brand such as SyberSoft, the common factor is that these development teams are all working hard to put together really creative, fun, first-rate titles. Now O~3 is going to get them out there, so people can play and enjoy!"

No title or platform details have been revealed so far, but O~3 promises to unveil much of this information soon. Of course, we'll bring you the details as soon as they come in. Stay tuned.