Did the search all the way through both of your links.
The second one links to a site that claims to link to a statement by the CEO of a completely different organisation. But it doesn't. It simply links to more gossip, claiming to have heard it on SimHQ.
The first link goes back to exactly the same source.
They claim that the UK distributor has gone bankrupt. But I checked the Lighthouse Interactive site, which is Dutch and that says nothing.
There is still not a single fact available. We have one vague statement from one person in Florida, who doesn't identify their source. The word "hoax" is starting to loom large...
Give me one link to Lighthouse themselves, or their parent company and I'll be more convinced.
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So far, every one of the reports of this from "all over the net", links back to the same single source on SimHQ (where those posts actually have any links).
Most of the threads don't have any links and seem to be just people making panic-posts.
I have been in touch with an Administrator on another games site and he has been in touch with Lighthouse. Apparently their parent company is having troubles in Canada, but they don't know what effect if any, this will have on the UK or Dutch operations. But he emphasised that even this information is unconfirmed.
However, I am still suspicious of these claims. Lighthouse Interactive's Head Office is in Haarlem, Netherlands. I've been there.
These posts are talking about the "Canadian Parent" and the "UK office". Are we all talking about the same company?
