Cor-Son Games

Cor-Son Games was a game developer owned by The Corning/Emerson Group. It was formed following the acquisition and rebranding of the Sheffield-based Data Ministry. They operated the label as a publisher of unlicensed NES games, but rechristened it in 1990 after the new staff moved to the US, establishing its new office out of an abandoned strip-mall in Dallas, Texas, but eventually had different offices and teams set up in Las Vegas, Memphis and Boston, along with a temporary studio in Salt Lake City, which was used during their collaborations with Saffire Corporation. While the company took on the Cor-Son name, they originally operated under a proxy, Alive Systems, in its first two years to work around the limitations of NES carts.

In 2006, all regional offices were merged into one as part of a cost-cutting move, save for the Salt Lake City office, which was shut-down in 2008 after they produced their last game. They intended to produce original works, starting with Mr. Water, but returned to the Alison and Colleen series and licensed gaming when that failed to make an impact. However, after learning of the cult impact of Mr. Water, they decided to re-invent themselves and produce more serious titles. Half of the company was sold to Take Two Interactive in 2009, who helped back the production of Cor-Son's titles.

In 2014 however, Cor-Son announced that they would be exiting the gaming industry, as they were uncertain of the future of console gaming. They refused to produce games for the XBOX One, they had little faith in the Wii U, tensions have formed between them and Sony after the former heavily mocked the latter over their non-gaming operations. They intended to keep producing games for the XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3, but turned on it since it would lead to poor sales.

The remainder of the company was sold to Take Two Interactive, with the deal being completed by the end of the year and it getting shut down.