Riverdeep Group PLC, which publishes educational software, announced late yesterday it has acquired Broderbund LLC of Novato, Calif., for $57.2 million. Broderbund publishes personal productivity ...

The tangled history of Broderbund, which once gained fame and fortune by publishing Myst, Print Shop, the Carmen Sandiego series and other classics of family-oriented software, took another twist on ...

The Good: A fun program to indulge your nesting instincts with 3D rendering. The Bad: The program tends to steer you to design a home similar to any that a mass-producing builder can offer; it also ...

Broderbund Software founder Doug Carlston donated business records, software and a collection of games that includes Myst, Prince of Persia and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? to The Strong ...

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Riverdeep, an educational software publisher based out of Dublin, Ireland, has paid $57.2 million to purchase Broderbund from Gores Technology, a Los ...

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? She's currently lurking at The Strong museum in Rochester, New York. Broderbund Software founder Doug Carlston has donated company records, design documents and ...

Mac software developer and conversion company Software MacKiev on Wednesday noted that its latest effort, a Mac OS X-native version of Broderbund’s Kid Pix Deluxe 3, will soon ship and will be ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Broderbund has returned to its roots...big time. Since getting out of the PC game business in the early 1980s and publishing fewer than one ...

Educational software giant Learning Co. yesterday snatched up rival Broderbund maker of popular computer software titles Myst, Riven and Carmen Sandiego for $420 million in stock. The deal comes ...

Enjoy the introduction and first level of gameplay from the game that started the hit series, Prince of Persia.

Riverdeep has acquired Broderbund, a personal productivity software publisher for the consumer and school markets. Irish educational software provider Riverdeep has agreed to pay Gores Technology ...