Topps Company Closing WizKids
The Topps Company announced today that WizKids will immediately cease operations. Catalyst Game Labs has already been informed this should in no way affect Catalyst’ publication of the Classic BattleTech and Shadowrun game lines. “We’re still completely dedicated to the Classic BattleTech and Shadowrun game lines,” said Loren Coleman, co-owner of Catalyst Game Labs. “We’ve got a great line of products coming out heading into 2009 and so see no reason why the 25th [BattleTech] and 20th [Shadowrun] anniversary years for these brands won’t be fantastic for our great fan base.”
As more information becomes available additional announcements will follow.
November 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
[...] Announcement at the Catalyst Game Labs website: [...]
November 10th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
[...] Catalyst Game Labs » Archive » Topps Company Closing WizKids. [...]
November 10th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Whew, I was immediately concerned when I saw the announcement.
Thanks for the reassurances.
Carl
November 10th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Whew, I saw it posted on ENWorld and am glad that the game I’m finally getting into (SR) will continue under capable hands.
November 10th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
[...] Catalyst Game Labs - Battletech and Shadowrun RPG, WizKids - Heroclix, MechWarrior, MageKnight, [...]
November 11th, 2008 at 5:52 am
[...] Shadowrun and Classic Battletech is apparently unnecessary. Catalyst Game Labs posted the following announcement on its site (copied below): The Topps Company announced today that WizKids will immediately cease [...]
November 18th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
[...] Original story here. A sad day for a lot of people and a significant source of uncertainty for many more. I remember picking up the original Mage Knight game when it debuted. I credit that game with getting me into the world of miniatures. [...]