Ape Entertainment announced a new licensing agreement
with Halfbrick Studios to create a series of original digital comic books and
graphic novels based on the Fruit Ninja game. that has been downloaded over 300
million times. The comic series will explore the yet untold backstory of characters Sensei, Gutsu, Truffles and the Fruit
Ninja universe .
Halfbrick has released Fruit Ninja for iPhone, Android,
Facebook, Xbox 360 Kinect and other digital platforms game and has been
downloaded over 300 million times.
“A key goal for Halfbrick is to bring our content to even more fans around the world,” says Halfbrick’s Chief Marketing Officer, Phil Larsen. “By expanding the Fruit Ninja universe with new stories, characters and adventures, Halfbrick and Ape Comics are free to explore an unlimited number of creative opportunities for comics and take the brand in even more exciting directions.”
“Fruit Ninja is a mobile masterwork and we’re very excited to turn every slice of juiciness into a comic series fans will love,” said David Hedgecock, CEO of Ape Entertainment.
Ape Entertainment plans to release the full-color comic book series digitally through a standalone Fruit Ninja comics app on the App Store as well as print versions in the coming months.
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