On 29 September 2003, SCi acquired Pivotal Games from Ernst & Young for a total of £2.36 million.
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. In September 2003, after financial struggles of parent company Kaboom Studios, who had at that point had already closed down sister studios Attention to Detail and Silicon Dreams Studio, SCi showed interest in acquiring the company. Between 20, Pivotal Games developed all five instalments in the Conflict series, as well as The Great Escape, based on the film of the same name. In August 2000, the company was acquired by Kaboom Studios. Pumpkin Studios, founded by Bambra and Cook in August 1996, had previously been closed down by its parent company, Eidos Interactive, that same month. Pivotal Games was founded in March 2000, by fifteen employees formerly of Pumpkin Studios (the developer of Warzone 2100), led by Jim Bambra, Nick Cook and Alex McLean. Pivotal Games Limited was a British video game developer based in Corston, England.
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