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Amiga Games Inc acquired for $500K by Writers’ Group Film

Amiga Games Inc has been acquired by Writers’ Group Film for a mere $500,000 which, considering they are apparently getting access to over 300 titles in the deal under existing licensing agreements with multiple intellectual property owners, seems a bit low. So why the hell are we talking about this news? Because Amiga Games Inc is a company that republishes classic Amiga games onto new platforms such as smartphones and tablets and Writers’ Group Film is a digital content distribution company.

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Olethros is a retro style action platformer where your weapon is a talking bird

A new action platformer has arrived onto Android that was inspired by some of the more classic games of this genre from back in the day where 16-bit games ruled. Developed by PewPewNinjaX, Olethros has you thrust into a weird and terrible world after your wife was kidnapped. For some particular reason, once you are there in this new world, a talking bird speaks to you and offers up his help.

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Hasbro buys majority stake in Backflip Studios, developers of DragonVale and Ninjump

Interesting news today that happens to be in regards to another game development studio getting purchased. While this isn’t a complete buy-out of Backflip Studios, the company has had a majority stake purchase by the massive toy company Hasbro. The toy company has been steadily getting more involved in mobile gaming over the last year or so, mostly with licensing out some of their franchises to have mobile games made from them.