 In 2000, the co-founders tried to buy Humongous Entertainment back from Infogrames, Inc., using external funding, but the day of the planned purchase was the day of the dot-com collapse, wherefore the funding was pulled.The founders soon left Humongous, alongside many other key employees, and formed a new studio, Hulabee Entertainment, in 2001.In June 2001, Infogrames, Inc. laid off 82 personnel, over 40% of staff from Humongous Entertainment.