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Bring in the hamsters: Ubisoft acquires Digital Kids photo

This is news so big that we could barely contain our excitement, though we're mostly excited for Destructoid Editor-in-chief Nick Chester, as he seems to have a thing for the cute, animal-based games.

Ubisoft has just announced the acquisition of Japanese publisher Digital Kids, who is known for their Petz series of games. These titles, including Dogz, Catz, Hamsterz, and my favorite, Horsez, were develped for Ubisoft by Digital Kids, and are available on the Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and PC.

"When it comes to Nintendo DS games, Digital Kids has demonstrated a leading knowledge that has resulted in creative animal simulation titles that appeal to Japanese and Western audiences alike, which is quite rare," remarked Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

Nick, we're so happy for you! [Note: I'm probably fired.]

[Via GamesIndustry.biz] 


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Variable Gear's Avatar
Variable Gear at 11/05/2007 14:06
Stop with the fucking "z" crap. That is how you make your games look like shit.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 11/05/2007 14:09
Any game title that changes an S to a Z makes me instantly not want to play it
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 11/05/2007 14:10
PRE-ORDERED.
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 11/05/2007 14:12
I don't think the 'z' made a difference in this case
DarkAnubisPwnr's Avatar
DarkAnubisPwnr at 11/05/2007 14:21
O_o......do want?????????
Variable Gear's Avatar
Variable Gear at 11/05/2007 14:23
*Searches Gamestop.com for Nick Chesterz*

I'll take one of these!
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 11/05/2007 14:45
furriez.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 11/05/2007 16:17
Next up: Octopussez
MissHinasaki's Avatar
MissHinasaki at 11/05/2007 17:04
O_O Hamsters? Well at least you can't kill 'em...

I remember being younger and playing the Dogz games for the PC and feeling like I sucked at life because your dog would run away if you didn't feed it everyday. Maybe that memory is subconsciously why I get so addicted to MMOs...

Much like my Tamagatchi that I realize now that my grandmother wasn't really taking care of when I was in school, even though I paid her a dollar everyday to do it... O_o
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar
KaL YoshiKa at 11/05/2007 19:15
Bring back Oddballz
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 11/05/2007 20:21
When I heard hamsters, I was hoping this had something to do with Hamster Ball. Sadly, it does not.
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