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Dead Space 3 is unlikely to be the last game in the series, EA has suggested. Lower than expected sales of February’s release Dead Space 3 led to claims in March that Dead Space 4 had been cancelled. These claims were not denied by EA directly although one media outlet …
Read More »Skylanders figures have outsold EVERY other action figure brand this year
Activision’s Skylanders IP has taken charge of the toy market. The publisher has revealed that Skylanders figures have outsold all other action figure properties in the US and Europe so far in 2013. That means the likes of Transformers, Star Wars, Ben 10, Batman, WWE, Spider-Man, Toy Story and Superman …
Read More »Iwata: Nintendo IP won’t go multiplatform
Nintendo president vows to keep company's roster of big-name franchises to itself
Read More »Iwata vows that Nintendo IP won’t go multi-platform
Don’t expect Mario, Zelda or Donkey Kong to appear on non-Nintendo platforms anytime soon. That’s the message from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who says that while the move may be of short-term benefit it would not be in the long-term interests of the platform holder. "If I was to take …
Read More »Gearbox beat Aspyr and Paradox to Homeworld IP
Randy Pitchford, the boss of developer Gearbox, has revealed further details of the acquisition of the Homeworld licence from THQ. Polygon reports that Pitchford told a PAX Australia Gearbox panel audience that his studio had to fend off interest from two publishers in the final auction – Paradox Interactive and …
Read More »The Amiga is returning!
LA-based content distribution company” Writers’ Group Film Corp has acquired the retro computing Amiga licence. It hopes to use the IP for a fresh range of retro games releases across consoles, PC, smartphones and tablets – or in corporate speech to create new revenue from publisher’s dormant game libraries”. The …
Read More »Outcast dev acquires IP from Atari
Appeal S.A, has purchased the rights to Outcast from Atari Europe. The 1999 PC game was published by Atari, but was originally developed by Appeal.The terms of the deal have not been made public. Studio founders Yann Robert, Frank Sauer, and Yves Grolet are planning a revival of the sci-fi …
Read More »New Intellectual Property Crime Unit to clamp down on piracy
In what is being described as an innovative new strategy”, a new Intellectual Property Crime Unit has been formed to help fight UK piracy. The Unit has the power to seize assets and shut down sites found to be hosting pirated material. Furthermore, it pledges to work with online advertisers, …
Read More »Nordic Games acquires Desperados and Silver IPs from Atari
Growing publisher Nordic Games has moved to acquire yet more IP. Following the news that many of Atari’s owned IP were put up for sale last month, Nordic Games has moved to capture two of its licenses – Desperados and Silver. The former is a stealth-based RTS franchise set in …
Read More »Games veteran calls for Nintendo IP to go multiplatform
Nintendo should go multiplatform, industry veteran and Eidos life president Ian Livingstone has said. The Games Workshop creator devoted his opening briefing at the Bristol Games Hub to offering advice to aspiring as well as accomplished developers, asPocket Gamerreports. Nintendo should have their IP on every platform,” Livingstone said, who …
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