| | Gamasutra - Marvel, Activision Renew Licensing Deal Until 2017 |
 | | Casuality Keynote: Electronic Arts' Bing Gordon [06.27.06] Leading off the Casuality Seattle conference, keynote speaker and EA co-founder/CEO Bing Gordon talked about what the entire game industry can learn from casual games, discussing 'the joy of click pressure' and why the casual games biz fascinates him. |
 | | Activision, Inc. and Marvel Entertainment, Inc. have jointly announced that the companies have expanded their long-term, broad-based strategic alliance, and signed a multi-year extension to their current video game licensing agreements for the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises through 2017. |
 | | This newly announced deal is apparently the previously mentioned $50 million "landmark, long-term license agreement in the video game category" referenced in Marvel's recent financial results, and is one of the longest-term character license details ever signed in the video game industry. |
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