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Blueyonder Gaming Calls Time

Posted by Hotshot at 14:21 8/10/2003.

In a wholly unexpected move, the gaming division of popular UK Broadband Retailer Telewest, will be closing its doors on the 5th of November. The service, which covered games ranging from America's Army to Unreal Tournament 2003, appears to have suffered at the hands of a corporate shrinking strategy designed to focus Telewest on their core business of providing quality broadband services.

Judging from the short press release on the website all does not appear to be lost however:

Just over two years after the launch of blueyonder's online gaming service, we are sad to announce that bygames will be closing on 5th November. The decision has been made by Telewest as part of a wider strategy of focusing on it's core business of internet service provision, whilst using other specialist companies to provide content and applications.

Judging by the statement there a possible Barrysworld-GAME.NET style merger doesn't sound too unlikely.

Good luck to all of the staff involved at Blueyonder in relocating.