Friday 11 May 2007 A PC game based on the ace martial arts movie Kung Fu Hustle is being developed by Sony Online Entertainment and Shanghai Northstar, specifically for the Chinese market. The game will be a free-to-play online brawler, with optional fees for extra lives, weapons and so-on. The development team is working closely with the movie's director, Stephen Chow, who is reportedly an avid gamer. His sense of humour will be present in the game, as will familiar characters such as Sin, ...
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10 May 2007

Sony Online Announces Kung Fu Hustle MMO

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PC - Kung Fu Hustle - Sony Online Announces Kung Fu Hustle MMO

Gamasutra reports that Sony Online Entertainment has announced the first details of its online multiplayer Kung Fu Hustle, based on the Stephen Chow movie of the same name and developed by its Taipei-based SOGA studio specifically for the Chinese market.

Sony Online says the game will combine the best elements of classic fighting games from the past and adds compelling character designs, new technology and trademark humor from the movie for a new generation of gamers."
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18 Mar 2009

Kung Fu Panda Game Now on Mac

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PC - Kung Fu Panda - Kung Fu Panda Game Now on Mac

PCWorld:

"GameTree Online on Wednesday announced the release of Kung Fu Panda The Game for the Macintosh. It costs US$30 and is available for online purchase and download.

Kung Fu Panda The Game is based on the popular DreamWorks animated movie featuring Po, a well-meaning but clumsy panda with dreams of becoming a Kung Fu warrior. He's picked to become the Dragon Warrior, and must face off against the evil Tai Lung, who has escaped from prison and seeks revenge on his old friends."
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8 Feb 2008

PC News from N4G | Kung Fu Panda

PC - Kung Fu Panda - More from Activision's conference call: New CoD, James Bond game

Here are some more highlights from Activision's conference call with financial analysts earlier today:

- As expected a new Call of Duty game is due for release in the 2009 fiscal year (again most likely this fall). No other details were revealed except that PS2 and Wii platforms will join the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms for the next game in the shooter series.

- As usual for Activision, the company will not release any new games for the current fiscal quarter that ends on March 31. The next quarter will see the release of the game based on Dreamworks's CGI movie Kung Fu Panda along with more downloadable content for Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4. The company will also release games later in the year based on another Dreamworks CGI movie Madagascar II.

- The James Bond game is still due for release this fall, around the time of the new movie's release. No other details on the game were announced.
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4 Jun 2008

Kwari killed off

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Online game offering 'cash for kills' runs out of money and goes into receivership.

Kwari, the 'cash for kills' online FPS which offered players the chance to win money by betting on their performance, has closed just a year after it launched.

The company behind game, designed in the UK but managed by Australian web firm Micro Forte, has reportedly gone into receivership.

The business had expected to make money by asking players to pay for bullets used during gameplay, but clearly the company ran out of ammo itself.
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3 Jun 2008

Kwari shuts down

PC News from N4G | Kwari

GamesIndustry.biz reports: Kwari, the skill-based online site that was set to launch at the beginning of this year, has gone into receivership.

The project, which had aimed to provide gamers with a free-to-play first-person shooter game in which contestants would wager on the outcome of matches using microtransactions, failed to spark as a successful business model.

The company had intended to make money by charging for the purchase of in-game ammunition, with players taking any winnings made on the match bets and other jackpots available.
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17 Mar 2008

Online Shooter Brings Cash-For-Kills Gaming To U.S., Only In States Where It's Legal

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PC - Kwari - Online Shooter Brings Cash-For-Kills Gaming To U.S., Only In States Where It's Legal

MTV Multiplayer writes: "Ever wanted to translate your gaming skills into dollar bills?

Now's your chance.

In the online multiplayer first-person shooter called "Kwari," players go can head-to-head to win jackpots of cash.

Launched in early January in Europe, "Kwari" is a free downloadable game - but you have to spend money to make money. The ammo will cost you five bucks for 5,000 bullets, and that's the only cut that publisher Kwari Limited gets. The money for the jackpots is pooled together from real money spent on in-game goods - weapons, health upgrades and self-inflicted injuries - and it stays strictly in-game. With Visa, Mastercard and PayPal on board, "Kwari" looks to set its sights beyond Europe."
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8 Jan 2008

Cash For Frags: Kwari Launches

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PC - Kwari - Cash For Frags: Kwari Launches

The developers of Kwari have announced the launch of the first-person shooter game that awards cash for kills:

"On the surface Kwari, a free to download, superior rapid-action first person shooter with all the sci-fi setting weapons and trappings you'd ever need. However there is a whole lot more going on.

Kwari has been designed with a singular purpose in mind Â¿ to give you the opportunity to translate your shooter skills into some serious cash. Everything about the game has been tailored to that effect, so much so that even an average player should be able to get ahead in the game quickly."
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17 Sep 2007

20 new Kwari screenshots

PC News | Kwari

Sept 17, 2007 Kwari means business with its brand-spanking-new batch of screenshots. This PC online first-person shooter brings real cash to the forefront of frag action; it's a game where players make money off each other in ...
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30 Aug 2007

Kwari, new FPS driven by real cash for kills

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PC - Kwari - Kwari, new FPS driven by real cash for kills

London-based Kwari is aiming to shake up the multiplayer online gaming scene in a major way with its PC first-person shooter Kwari, which brings real cash to the forefront of frag action.

Kwari, reckons Kwari (that could get confusing), "will potentially change the PC gaming landscape forever" and explains that it's a game where players make money off each other in real-time.

"The game will ultimately be free to download online, but instead of being subscription based it will use a unique free-to-play/pay-to-play model whereby Kwari sells the player ammunition in place of flat rate charges or monthly subscriptions", the company has said.

Players fighting it out in Kwari for cash set up an account, are then matched on the basis of skill and enter a game at a pre-agreed stake level ranging from 1c to $1 a hit.
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