His workload decreased greatly towards the end of 1994, in large part due to the sale of Valiant (Voyager Communications, Inc.) to video game giant Acclaim Entertainment for $65,000,000.00 USD, a deal in which Layton played an instrumental part. His story concepts and design work on "Turok, Dinosaur Hunter" was utilized to great effect by Acclaim when the video game became the largest selling title in Acclaim's history, with over 1.5 million units sold. He continued to work editorially, largely for the new Acclaim imprint Armada Comics, for which he edited a number of "" comics during 1995-96. He edited Bob Hall's four-issue "Armed & Dangerous" (April–July 1996), and returned to "X-O Manowar" for which he wrote the final three issues.