In Real Life

You May Not Get That Wet Sequel You’ve Been Wanting

The revelation that Artificial Mind and Movement’s Wet and Naughty Bear were both getting sequels—despite some mixed reception—was something of a surprise. Less surprising was A2M’s name change to the less giggle-inducing Behaviour. Now it appears that Wet 2 may not happen after all.


November 9, 2010
News

Wet 2, Naughty Bear 2 Coming From Familiar Team With A New Name

The head of 375-person development studio Artificial Mind and Movement realised his company had a bad name. So, today, they’ve changed it, and revealed two sequels in the process.


September 28, 2010
News

Naughty Bear Stalks The iPhone

Artificial Mind and Movement’s murderous mascot goes mobile, as Naughty Bear hacks and slashes his way into the iTunes App Store.


June 19, 2010
News

Wait, Naughty Bear Has Multiplayer?

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Not only does 505 Games’ upcoming killer bear game have multiplayer, it has game modes that actually promote strategic thinking and cooperation. Who knew?


May 15, 2010

Naughty Bear Is Going To Need A Bigger Boat

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The blood-curdling screams of teddies caught in the Jaws of Naughty Bear only make him shake harder.


April 30, 2010
News

OK, This Naughty Bear Victim Deserved To Die

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You’d figure any bear living in the woods would constantly be on the lookout for bear traps.


April 17, 2010

The Naughty Bear Witch Project

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I suppose it was inevitable.


April 15, 2010

A Shocking Naughty Bear-Style Execution

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After months of teaser trailers and bizarre dream sequences, we finally get a chance to see Naughty Bear practising his murderous ways. It’s like Friday the 13th, only with teddy bears.


March 21, 2010

Naughty Bear Does His Chest Burster Impression

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Rather than tiptoe around our nightmares, the fine folks at Artificial Mind and Movement have decided to just tear through our darkest childhood fears like so much tissue paper with their latest Naughty Bear video vignette.


February 10, 2010
In Real Life

Naughty Bear Doesn’t Appreciate Peanut Butter Jelly Time

My opinion of Naughty Bear just went up several notches.

On one hand, 505 Games just made me, even for just a moment, listen to Peanut Butter Jelly Time again. On the other hand, baseball bat.

Baseball bat wins.