INTERZOWNED

No Response to Open Letters

Former Employees — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:26:33 +0000

We are deeply disappointed to have not received any responses to our open letters (issued 14 July 2010) to Marty Brickey and BigWorld Technology.

The open letter to Marty Brickey was a demand for payment of unpaid wages, entitlements, and superannuation totalling $657,405.57. Unfortunately: this debt remains unpaid; we have not received any notice of intended payment; and we have not been contacted to enter into any other negotiations.

The open letter to BigWorld Technology was to inform them of our ethical and legal concerns regarding their commercial involvement with Interzone (which may involve ongoing development of Interzone Futebol for release as Online Soccer Champions). Unfortunately, they have offered no response to these concerns.

Open Letters to Marty Brickey and BigWorld Technology

Former Employees — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:24:01 +0000

Our first open letters are now available on our Open Letters page.

The first letter, to Marty Brickey (Director of Interzone Pty Ltd, CEO of Interzone Entertainment LLC, and head of Big Collision Games), demands that all outstanding wages, entitlements, and superannuation are paid within 21 days.

Unfortunately, we feel that such a demand is required as much of this debt (totalling over $650,000) has been outstanding for more than a year. Moreover, we have not received any communication on when or how it will be paid.

The second letter, to BigWorld Technology Pty Limited (an Australian company we believe to be working with Interzone Entertainment LLC to launch the game we worked on), seeks to inform BigWorld that they may be (inadvertently) assisting Interzone in avoiding its responsibilities to pay employee entitlements.

If this is the case, we hope that BigWorld will reconsider any involvement they may have with Interzone Entertainment until these pay issues are resolved.

Please feel free to leave public comments or contact us directly.

What Is Interzowned?

Former Employees — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:35:25 +0000

Interzone Entertainment once had four studios across the globe and employed hundreds of people. Now they have been shut down and abandoned, with employees, creditors and government agencies still owed millions of dollars.

The men behind Interzone – Marty Brickey, Greg Chadwell and Mike Turner – have now rebranded themselves as Big Collision Games and are set to launch Online Soccer Champions (the product formerly known as Interzone Futebol) a game which is the result of thousands of hours of unpaid work, and unrewarded dedication from Interzone’s former employees.

Read more about Interzone’s downward spiral by clicking here.

Update: Changed “three studios” to “four studios”. Thanks for the reminder Mike. We want all unpaid employees to be appropriately compensated.