After successfully moving into the video game space with a line of Mega Blok Halo construction sets, Mega Brands sets its sights on a racier video game license: EA’s Need for Speed. How’s that going to work? More »
Renowned champion of new age spirituality and alternative medicine Dr Deepak Chopra will soon be reaching a whole new audience, as THQ signs a multi-year licensing agreement to create games based on his teachings. More »
Now, I love Street Fighter, and I love big-arse TVs, but when my friend calls and is all “LOL, turn on Judge Mathis!” I don’t want to wait eight seconds while the screen shows me a picture of Ryu. More »
You’ll have to visit the Alton Towers Resort in the U.K., but Sega Europe has inked an “exclusive video game rights” deal with the amusement park, which includes a “ride and stay experience.” Can we please have more double entendres? More »
It looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more of Eidos’ Mini Ninjas in the future, as film and television production company 4Kids Entertainment becomes the property’s global licensing agent. More »
If you live in the lovely continent of North America, expect all Dragon Ball games you buy (or your parents buy you) in the next five years to have a Namco Bandai label on them. More »
It’s a no holds barred legal struggle between partners Jakks Pacific and THQ over when and if they should renew their licensing agreement with the WWE, set to expire at the end of this year. More »
Ludlum Entertainment has struck a deal with Electronic Arts, granting them exclusive worldwide rights to the works of author Robert Ludlum, with a new Jason Bourne game currently in development at Starbreeze Studios.
Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time Series is one of those fantasy series that I always wanted to read but never gotten around to. Now might be a good time though, as film studio Red Eagle Entertainment readies not only big-screen adaptations of the novels, but video games as well. They’ve just launched Red Eagle Games, a video game publishing company that will oversee the release of video games to coincide with the launch of the movies. Red Eagle producer Rick Selvage explains the company’s plans. “We’ve got a huge running start with this property,” Selvage said. “We expect to have a game based on every movie, and we expect no less than three movies, though that depends on how well each does.”
