The Catalis Group announced today that it has acquired leading independent games publisher and developer Curve Digital. Catalis is backed by Private Equity and the parent company of Kuju Entertainment and Testronic.

With the acquisition, a new group has formed within Catalis known as Curve Digital Entertainment. This will be comprised of Curve Digital Publishing as well as Kuju Entertainment, the latter of which encompasses the Zoe Mode and Headstrong Games studios. Kuju is said to be working on titles for Nintendo, Activision, Ubisoft, and more.

Catalis CEO Dominic Wheatley is leading the way on the new UK games powerhouse. Stuart Dinsey, a major investor in Curve Digital at its formation, will be Chairman of the Curve Digital Entertainment group.

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The Swindle gets an update

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Wii U owners who have purchased The Swindle should now be able to download the update. As noted by Curve Digital on Twitter, this patch brings the game in line with the Steam version.

Hey Nintendo folks: The Swindle patch is now live on Wii U! It brings the game into line with the Steam version. Download it and play now 🙂
— Curve Digital (@CurveDigital) October 13, 2015

Here’s an overview of the new patch:

– Improved overall stability
– Improved overall gameplay controls
– Fixed issues with killing a TeslaBot
– Fixed Teleportation issues
– Fixed issues with Hacking
– Fixed issues with user interface
– In game economy has now been re-balanced
– Made improvements to procedurally generated maps
– Made changes to Basilisk security

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Pumped BMX + footage

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Curve Digital brought Pumped BMX + to the Wii U eShop today. NintenDaan has now uploaded footage from the game, which we’ve posted below.

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Pumped BMX + launch trailer

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With Pumped BMX + releasing on the Wii U eShop today, Curve Digital has put out an official launch trailer. Give it a look below.

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Nova-111 Wii U footage

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Curve Digital’s latest game on Nintendo platforms is Nova-111, which came out last week. Check out the video below for footage from the Wii U build.

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Nova-111 also due out this Thursday in North America

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Thanks to yesterday’s Nintendo Download report, we received confirmation that Nova-111 is launching on the European Wii U eShop this week. Now we can say the same about North America as well.

Curve Digital confirmed today that Nova-111 is planned for a worldwide release this Thursday on the eShop. For the first two weeks, the game will have a 25 percent discount.

Nova-111 will be out on the Wii U worldwide on September 24th with a massive 25% launch discount – Just a few more days to go!
— Curve Digital (@CurveDigital) September 22, 2015

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Video: “What is Pumped BMX +?”

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Curve Digital published a new video for Pumped BMX+ in which the original developer talks about the game, the changes in this version, and one of the challenging levels. Check it out below.