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IGN sat down with Factor 5 Company President Julian Eggebrecht. Check out what I highlighted, I am finally glade to see someone push the Wii, to what it is capable …
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Greenberg Glusker Client Ubisoft Wins $13 Million Award in Video Game Licensing Dispute

By James Higginbotham •

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Greenberg Glusker today announced that its client, Ubisoft Entertainment, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, has obtained a $13.2 million judgment in a copyright and trademark infringement dispute against MGA Entertainment, the owner of Bratz™ dolls. Greenberg Glusker attorneys Stephen Smith and Suann MacIsaac, joining with Dale Kinsella of Kinsella, Weitzman, Iser, Kump & Aldisert, represented Ubisoft in the American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitration that led to the judgment.

“We are thrilled with the result, and we feel completely vindicated,” said Ubisoft’s General Counsel Cecile Russeil. “We could not have achieved this outcome without attorneys who mastered every aspect of the case, and thoroughly understood our video gaming business.”
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Spore Coming In September

By James Higginbotham •

No mention is made for a Wii version of Spore, which is sad, but we can be expecting the DS version on September 7.

Redwood City, CA – February 12, 2008 – Get ready for the next Big Bang this fall! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Maxis today announced that Spore™, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims™, will be available at retailers worldwide the weekend of September 7. Spore will be available for the PC, Macintosh, Nintendo DS™, and mobile phones.

“The wait is almost over,” said Maxis Chief Designer Will Wright. “We’re in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, and the team at Maxis can’t wait to see the cosmos of content created by the community later this year.”

Spore gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.
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