When this was never realised he formed Alten8 to make use of the gathered licenses and expanded its remit, gaining Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii and Xbox 360 developer status.

[4] As well as developing the code for several retro titles on the VC, Alten8 also worked with new pioneering mobile phone companies such as Greystripe and Vollee.

Bethesda Softworks founder Christopher Weaver even went to the lengths of name-calling Alten8 "... [a] bunch of idiots who don't understand the first thing about social responsibility".

Bernard's anti-holocaust-themed DS game 'concept' was discussed, and then subsequently misdescribed by the press in an interview with the NY Times, Imagination Is The Only Escape, which was then immediately met with a media 'controversy' storm, with everyone from Destructoid who stated the concept was "the evolution of gaming, and the chance for videogames to tackle sensitive issues"[8] to The New York Times itself having a distorted view on the interview they themselves carried out.

[16] Whilst the name of the company was the same, Alten8 itself was more of an umbrella term for the many studios underneath its banner, as well as the publishing brand for upcoming releases.