Tom Krazit
Jul 21, 2011 7:17 PM
You can almost see the lawyers for Rovio debating whether or not they’d like to use the exploding black bird or the dive-bombing white bird against Lodsys, which has extended its patent claims to a number of gaming companies including the maker of Angry Birds, the most popular mobile game…
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Joe Mullin
Mar 8, 2011 11:50 AM
Google’s Android Marketplace, now home to more than 100,000 mobile apps, has fast become the top competitor to Apple’s App Store. But unlike Apple’s store, Android apps aren’t subject to extensive review before they’re made available in the store. Google’s more open system for uploading apps has led to a…
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Tameka Kee
Dec 17, 2009 3:19 PM
Yet another reason for game publishers to read the fine print in the content licensing deals they sign. Toy-maker Hasbro is suing Atari over allegations that Atari entered into an “unauthorized sublicensing relationship” with Namco Bandai for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) games. Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast owns…
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Rafat Ali
Apr 30, 2008 10:33 PM
Not that this is a surprise: Atari’s biggest shareholder Infogrames, the French video games company, has bought the struggling company after its non-binding offer earlier in March. The cost for the rest of 49.6 percent: $11 million…Infogrames already held 51.4 percent. The merger will be funded by Infogrames from existing…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 6, 2008 8:54 PM
The Atari saga continues, as its biggest shareholder Infogrames, the French video games company, has offered to buy the rest of the company for $1.68 a share. This is a non-binding offer, the company said. Infogrames owns 51 percent of Atari. Just last December, Atari said it had completed some…
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