the-tale-of-despereaux posts

We've been following the sad tale of Brash Entertainment's brief life as a game publisher. The upstart company shut down last month with a number of movie and TV based titles still in the works. One of those games was actually finished just before Brash's shutdown. The Tale of Despereaux, based on the upcoming CGI film, was pretty much done for the PC and other platforms.

Now Variety is reporting that Atari, who is making a habit of getting games that have been dumped or orphened by other publishers, has grabbed the publishing rights to The Tale of Despereaux game and will quickly ship it to stores on Dec. 19. How quickly was this deal made? It's so quick that the game will still have the Brash Entertainment logo on the front. The fate of other in-development Brash titles is still unknown, however.

We've reported that new publisher Brash Entertainment has run into some troubles since its launch last year; its move to only do movie adaptations has resulted in two crappy games, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Jumper, neither of which burned up the sales charts.

This week, the publisher announced yet another movie-to-game adaptation. This time it's for The Tale of Despereaux, based on the upcoming CGI film from Universal about a brave and courageous mouse in a fantasy world. The game will feature the title character of Despereaux fighting a number of animal enemies to save his princess. The title is due out this winter alongside the movie's release to stores. We are still waiting for Brash to reveal details on their plans for the Saw game which is perhaps their biggest chance for a huge mainstream sales hit.