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19 Jun
Three former developers from Activision Blizzard’s mobile developer The Blast Furnace have formed a new studio called Mars On A Stick. Martyn Bramall will be the studio’s managing director, Jerr O’Carroll will be its artistic director and Lizi Attwood will take the role of technical director. All three previously worked together at The Blast Furnace, […]
18 Jun
In an interview with VentureBeat, Chris Roberts, creator of Wing Commander, revealed that the crowd-funded game Star Citizen now has five studios working on it, encompassing 268 people. “I think at last count [our headcount] was 268, between contractors and in-house,” Roberts said, in part. “We have three internal studios – one here in Los […]
18 Jun
At the Licensing Expo 2014, Activision Blizzard has revealed the expansion of its Skylanders licensing, which now spreads across 175 companies over the world. The new licensing deals include branded fruit snacks and cereals with General Mills, a Skylanders-themed magazine with Immediate Media, a comic book series with publisher IDW as well as coloring books […]
17 Jun
A federal court has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Nintendo’s Wii Remote controller. The suit was first filed in 2010 by Triton Tech, however a Seattle district court judge found the patent “did not adequately describe a complete invention”, therefore rendering the claim invalid. Triton then took the claim to a federal appeals […]