Arush Entertainment

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Arush Entertainment
Company type Private
Industry Video games
FoundedSeptember 1999 [1]
Headquarters,
United States

Arush Entertainment was a video game publisher and developer based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. It published interactive entertainment software for personal computers and advanced entertainment consoles. As a division of World Entertainment Broadcasting Corporation (Web Corp.,) Arush published PC and console video games for sale in retail outlets and on the Internet. In 2005, the company was bought by HIP Interactive, who eventually went bankrupt. The assets of Arush and HIP were held by a bankruptcy company. Scott Miller of 3D Realms at the time, attempted to acquire the rights to Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, but was not successful. [2] The current status of Arush's rights are unknown.

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History

World Entertainment Broadcast changed its name to Arush Entertainment in January 2001. [3]

Published games

PC

PlayStation 2

Xbox

Developed games

PC

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References

  1. "Investor Information". arushgames.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2001. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  2. Forum post by 3D Realms' webmaster Joe Siegler detailing Arush bankruptcy situation.
  3. "WEB Corp Changes name to Arush Entertainment". arushgames.com. January 22, 2001. Archived from the original on March 7, 2001. Retrieved February 28, 2024.