MARVEL Tsum Tsum Mobile Game Now Available on iOS and Android in North America

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MARVEL Tsum Tsum game to offer single player, 2-player co-op, multiplayer Battle modes

TOKYO – Aug. 31, 2016 – mixi, Japan’s leading social networking service and smartphone gaming provider, today announced the launch of MARVEL Tsum Tsum, a connect-and-erase puzzle game featuring world-famous Super Heroes and Super Villains from the Marvel Universe modeled in the classic Tsum Tsum style, also featured in the hugely popular plush toys available at Disney Stores around the world. The game, which offers a unique 2-player co-op mode, is now available as a free download, with in-app purchases, in the United States and Canada on the Apple App Store® and Google Play™. The game is planned to roll out to territories around the globe later this year. Continue reading MARVEL Tsum Tsum Mobile Game Now Available on iOS and Android in North America

Steel Wool Studios Secures $5 Million Series A Investment from HTC

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Financial Backing to Drive Development and Production Pipeline for Oakland-based VR Studio Formed by Pixar Veterans; Launches Mars Odyssey Simulation

OAKLAND, CA – August 31, 2016 – Steel Wool Studios – an independent VR development studio formed by creative veterans of Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, and Telltale Games – today announced that it has raised $5 million in Series A funding from HTC Corporation. The funding will support development of multiple medium-pushing VR projects already underway, which span game, simulation, and narrative-based concepts. The first of these upcoming projects, interactive simulation Mars Odyssey, will launch on Steam on September 9. In April, the studio launched Quar: Battle for Gate 18, an action strategy title, on Steam for the HTC Vive.

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