Brash Entertainment LLC. was an American

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focused on licensed games. The company was co-founded in 2007 by

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, Bert Ellis, President and COO

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, and CEO and Chairman Mitch Davis. Of the first three games produced (''Alvin and the Chipmunks'', ''Jumper: Griffin's Story'' and ''Space Chimps'') Alvin was the only one to sell moderately well at 360,000 copies. Despite this all three lost money and the stigma of low quality products made some developers wary of doing business with them. The company also announced a series of games built around the '' Saw'' film franchise. On November 6, 2008, Variety reported that Brash was short on money and was in talks of returning the movie rights back to its holders. During this time Brash was forced to stop paying some of its developers as well as modify the release schedule of the next year to only two titles (Saw and Six Flags: Fun Park) On November 14, 2008 the company went out of business."Brash officially shutting down"
from '' Variety'' Several sources such as

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and

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hinted that Brash had the rights to develop titles based on franchises by

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. Developers

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and Bottlerocket Entertainment were developing a title based on Superman and

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, respectively.

Games released

*''

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'' ( PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC) *'' Jumper: Griffin's Story'' (PlayStation 2, Wii,

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) *''

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'' (PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC) *'' The Tale of Despereaux'' (PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC) *'' Six Flags: Fun Park'' (Nintendo DS)

Released under new publishers

After Brash officially ceased all operation due to financial troubles, some of the licenses for games were bought out by other companies. Some games were already far enough into development to be released under a new publisher. *'' Saw'' (2009,

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, Microsoft Windows, published by

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) * *'' Prison Break: The Conspiracy'' (2010, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, published by

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, developed by ZootFly) *'' Clash of the Titans'' (2010, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, published by

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, developed by

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)

References

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