VU Games have today completed their purchase of Radical Entertainment, creators of The Simpsons: Hit & Run and The Hulk.

Vivendi Universal have announced today that VU Games have successfully completed their purchase of Radical Entertainment.

The agreement will mean that VU Games will keep all the current 200 staff, as well as acquire the studio's exclusive game development technologies.

"The purchase of Radical Entertainment reinforces our commitment to strengthening VU Games' creative talent and internal console development capabilities," said Bruce Hack, CEO of VU Games. "Radical's focus will remain on entertainment-based console games for current and next generation platforms."

Radical Entertainment are best known for The Simpsons: Hit & Run, The Hulk and The Simpsons Road Rage, which together sold more than eight million units. Upcoming titles for this year include Scarface, Crash Tag Team Racing and The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

"We've had tremendous success working with VU Games over the past few years, and we believe our integration will be extremely positive for the future of Radical," said Ian Wilkinson, President, Radical Entertainment. "VU Games recognizes and values our unique and creative work environment, as well as our commitment to developing top-selling entertainment products. We are excited to be part of VU Games' global development team."