Eidos Interactive
"Michael Owen's WLS 2000" was originally announced by Eidos Interactive in September 1998, as a Nintendo 64 conversion of Silicon Dreams Studio's previous "World League Soccer" game, "Michael Owen's World League Soccer '99". However, it was put on hold as Eidos Interactive did not find itself suitable for the Nintendo 64 market, until it was announced, in August 1999, that THQ had picked up the game for further production.