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| name = Avalon Interactive Group, Ltd. |
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| type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Titus Software]] |
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| industry = Video Games |
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| fate = Closed following [[Titus Software|Titus]]' bankruptcy |
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| successor = [[Ubisoft]] |
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| foundation = {{Start date|2003|7|1}} |
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| defunct = {{End date|2005}} |
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| location_country = [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] |
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'''Avalon Interactive''' was a video game distribution company, originally named [[Virgin Interactive]]. It was acquired in 1999 by the French publisher [[Titus Software]], and its name was changed to Avalon Interactive on July 1, 2003. |
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Avalon Interactive was a subsidiary of [[Titus Software]], responsible for the UK distribution of the group's games as well as [[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay]]'s games. Avalon distributed games for the [[Game Boy Advance]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[GameCube]] and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]. Avalon France was also a subsidiary of Titus who did distribution in France. In other countries other distributors did the work such as [[Virgin Play]] in Spain. |
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In 2005, Avalon Interactive's parent company, Titus Software filed for bankruptcy in January 2005 with €33 million ($43.8 million) debt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/titus-bankrupt-interplays-future-uncertain-6115737 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130629083639/http://uk.gamespot.com/news/titus-bankrupt-interplays-future-uncertain-6115737 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-06-29 |title=Titus bankrupt, Interplay's future uncertain |publisher=Gamespot |date=2005-01-05 |accessdate=2013-05-06 }}</ref> Avalon France and all of Titus' french operations were closed down a while later. the UK branch closed in 2006. |
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==List of Games== |
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*''[[Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader]]'' (2003) |
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*''[[Run Like Hell (video game)|Run Like Hell]]'' (2003) |
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*''[[Barbarian (2002 video game)|Barbarian]]'' (2003) |
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*''[[List of RoboCop video games|RoboCop]]'' (2003) |
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*''[[Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel]]'' (2004) |
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*''[[Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II]]'' (2004) |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Companies established in 2003]] |
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[[Category:Companies disestablished in 2005]] |
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[[Category:Video game companies of the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Video game publishers]] |
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[[Category:Virgin Group]] |
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[[Category:Defunct video game companies]] |
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{{UK-videogame-company-stub}} |
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