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THQ is being sued by Adidas for $10 million after it failed to bring keep-fit title MiCoach to market, according to reports. TheOregonainclaims that the sports giant has filed a lawsuit through the Multnomah Country Circuit Court in Oregon, US, for breach of contract after a deal signed in December …
Read More »Crytek’s next game? A puzzle title for smartphones
Crytek, the Frankfurt headquartered triple-A studio famous for its work on PC and console, has revealed its first dedicated smartphone title. The new project, called Fibble Flick ‘n’ Roll, is a physics-based puzzle title that is due for a Spring 2012 release. Crytek has not yet announced a smartphone edition …
Read More »Fruit Ninja Kinect reaches 1m downloads
The Kinect version of Halfbrick’s popular game Fruit Ninja has been downloaded 1 million times via Xbox Live Arcade. The figure comes less than a year after the game’s XBLA launch in August 2011. "Hitting 1 million downloads for XBLA is an awesome achievement," said Phil Larsen, chief marketing officer …
Read More »Mojang employees split Notch’s money
Mojang founder and Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has made an unusual decision about what to do with the dividends from his wildly successful game studio: give it to his employees. Last week, Persson announced on Twitter that he was giving the money to his co-workers, who according to him …
Read More »Angry Birds Land to open in Finland
Finland is not just the home of Angry Birds developers Rovio; soon it will also have its very own Angry Birds amusement park. The park will be a part of the Srkenniemi Adventure Park in Tampere, and is due to open on April 28th. Featured attractions will include rides, interactive …
Read More »Moshi Monsters to storm music charts
Moshi Monsters developer Mind Candy has signed a deal with Sony Music to release records for its popular children’s franchise, it has announced. The partnership will see Sony handle UK distribution of all music releases from the UK company’s own record label, Moshi Monsters Music. The first album to be …
Read More »INFOGRAPHIC: How do Vita sales compare with handheld rivals?
With the PS Vita now competing with Nintendo’s 3DS on the world stage, how are these systems faring against each other and the rest of the portable consoles on the market? An inforgraphic by research firmStatista, as reported byVenturebeat, compares first week sales between Nintendo’s portable systems and Sony’s Vita …
Read More »Artplant creates Game of Thrones MMO
BigPoint has announced an upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online RPG based on the popular HBO-series Game of Thrones, with Norwegian studio Artplant on development duties. Artplant, best known in Norway for various games for children based on popular television shows, has expanded heavily in the last two years, and broke through …
Read More »Gamescom 2012 ticket pre-sales detailed
Gamescom is to open up pre-sales for tickets to registered attendees, it has announced. Those wanting to attend the European games convention will be able to reserve tickets starting from April if they register to the Gamescom newsletter by March 17th. Official ticket sales will begin in May, and those …
Read More »Svampriket aims for kids in Sweden
Up-and-coming Swedish gaming blog Svampriket is introducing a new section, called Junior, aimed at younger children – and their parents. The strandis a development of their previous video blog series, Mamma Pappa Barn, where children played games and talked about them with an eye to the younger demographic and their …
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