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Read More »Despicable Me: Minion Rush hits 100m smartphone downloads
And to think you thought the movie game tie-in as dead! Gameloft has announced that Despicable Me: Minion Rush, its iOS and Android game tie-in with recent movie release Despicable Me 2, has been downloaded over 100 million times in under three months. We’ve been lucky to work with such …
Read More »"Aggressive" EA licensing leads to PES 2014 cuts; Rain also missing
Konami has confirmed a couple of features that won’t make it into the extremely promising looking PES 2014. Chief amongst them is the omission of rain. Rain has not been implemented for 2014 as we had to overhaul the whole game and build it from scratch,” a memo posted by …
Read More »American Express unveils line of League of Legends credit cards
Financial services firm American Express has announced a new line of credit cards featuring scenes and characters from League of Legends. American Express informed The New York Times of the partnership with Riot Games regarding its hugely popular MOBA title – a move that was motivated by LoL’s player base …
Read More »Power List launched by Licensing.biz
Intent Media today launches the Licensing.biz Power List, a new print magazine which will celebrate the top licensed properties of the year. Published in association with miEvents, the glossy book will be launched at the Brand Licensing Europe event at Olympia on October 15th, where Licensing.biz and miEvents (which is …
Read More »Sonic the Hedgehog to star in ‘new media annual’
Pedigree Books has penned a deal to add Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog to its selection of 2013 annuals. The company’s Gaming and New Media range also includes IPs such as Angry Birds, Angry Birds Star Wars and Cut the Rope. These offerings all include what Pedigree describes as free added …
Read More »Skylanders named licence of the year at LIMA Awards
Activision’s Skylanders property was last night named as best licensed programme of the year at LIMA’s International Excellence Awards. Held on the first day of Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, Skylanders also walked away with the award for best character or toy brand. Other big winners included The Very Hungry …
Read More »Audio Special: Tailoring sound for devices
Nimrod Productions' Richard Aitken discusses how to get your audio tuned for specific devices
Read More »EA extends FIFA licence until 2022
Sir Alex Ferguson might be calling time on his relationship with the beautiful game, but EA wants its love affair to continue. EA has announced an extension to its current licensing agreement with FIFA that runs all the way up until December 31st 2022, Polygon reports. The deal grants EA …
Read More »EA to abandon licensing deals with gun manufacturers
America’s ongoing struggle to rationalise its gun laws has now affected the video game space. EA has announced that it will no longer be pursuing licensing agreements with arms manufacturers. However, this isn’t necessarily the U-turn that it first appears to be – EA still intends to feature branded guns …
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