You know how it goes — they always offer the first fix for free. And then, when you need more, you have to pay up. A2M and 505 Games have employed this classic strategy for the release of a new piece of Naughty Bear DLC, dubbed “Chapter 9.” The add-on is out today on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, but unlike the previous DLC release, it’ll cost you: 400 Microsoft Points or $4.99, respectively.

Chapter 9 introduces the Island of Perfection, replete with “exclusive hidden treasures, deadly weapons and brutal buccaneers,” and two boss bears for the cuddly curmudgeon to conquer: Admiral Giggles and The Great Bear Beard. The DLC also includes four new challenges. For avast look (see what we did there?) check out the trailer past the break and the images below.

Artificial Mind and Movement’s murderous mascot goes mobile, as Naughty Bear hacks and slashes his way into the iTunes App Store.

Fresh from a relatively popular Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title and a few Halo: Reach cameos, Naughty Bear is back and smaller than ever. Artificial Mind and Movement brings the pugilistic plushie to the iPhone and iPod Touch, giving on-the-go gamers a chance to murder their way through 30 levels across four locations.

As in the console versions, Naughty will take his vengeance out on his fellow bears using a wide variety of weapons and traps. The one significant change is a new top-down perspective, zooming in when things get brutal. […]

  

Here’s a teaser video from GameTrailers:

L’industrie du jeu vidéo à Montréal n’est pas complètement immunisée contre la récession. Un des studios d’ici, Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M), met à pied 10% de sa main d’oeuvre en espérant que ce soit une mesure temporaire.

L’entreprise a indiqué qu’elle n’avait pas de travail pour une quarantaine de personnes sur les 400 qu’elle emploie.

Michelle Fortier, porte-parole de A2M, confirme la nouvelle a indiqué que l’économie a eu quelque chose à voir avec la décision.

«Essentiellement, c’est l’état de l’industrie du jeu, explique-t-elle. Avec le ralentissement économique des deux dernières années, nous avons vu une baisse des ventes des jeux pour console. En ce moment, le nombre de projets et leur taille ne permettent pas de conserver autant d’employés.»

Il reste un espoir de redonner du travail à ces 40 personnes.

«Il a été plus difficile d’obtenir des contrats ces derniers mois, ajoute la porte-parole. Nous sommes en discussion avec des partenaires et il y a beaucoup de projets probables. Nous ne pouvons pas dire quand mais nous sommes confiants de rappeler les gens dans les prochains mois.» […]

Lisez l’article sur Canoe…

505 Games [and A2M] has released a new batch of Naughty Bear trailers. The standout of the three trailers is probably the Blair Witch parody we’ve embedded above. While the homage to the movie is appreciated, it’s a little low on bear-on-bear violence for our taste. The other two trailers, thankfully, fall a bit closer to the mark. The second is actually a snippet from the third level of the game, which tasks Naughty Bear with destroying cameras mounted on birds (no, really). Finally, the third trailer gives us the violence we crave, as the demented fiend pushes a poor, defenseless comrade into a giant cake mixer.

If that’s not good, clean fun, we don’t know what is.

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Check out the videos at Joystiq…

Montreal, Quebec (Canada) – Artificial Mind & Movement, a world leading independent game studio, is strengthening its activities in the Online, Social and Mobile spaces with the appointment of Patrick Minotti as Head of Studios, Online, Social and Mobile, and Wayne Meazza as Game Executive.

Mr. Minotti has been recognized for his outstanding creative and technical leadership in the interactive multimedia industry for almost twenty years. He comes to Artificial Mind & Movement from EA Mobile, the world leader of mobile video games, where he was responsible for all internal studios around the world. Prior to EA Mobile, he was Vice President of Production for Hexacto, a multiplatform video game company, which he helped create. The company was acquired by Jamdat Mobile in 2003, and subsequently merged with Electronic Arts.

Throughout his career, Mr. Minotti has contributed to win numerous awards and mentions for productions of multiplatform content, notably Lemonade Tycoon (Hexacto),as well as Scrabble Mobile, Skate Mobile and Tetris Multiplayer (EA Mobile).

"We are thrilled to add Patrick to our executive team. His deep understanding of both the mobile and casual game worlds will be a tremendous asset for us. The current and upcoming slate of technologies allows for achieving true connected experiences across multiple platforms. With Patrick’s leadership and Artificial Mind & Movement’s world-class development capabilities, we are ready to deliver those experiences to consumers around the globe," commented Remi Racine, President and CEO of Artificial Mind & Movement.

Reporting directly to Patrick Minotti as Game Executive will be Wayne Meazza. Mr. Meazza brings 18 years of senior management experience within the video game industry, with a focus on production management, sales and marketing. His strategic input in development, publishing and distribution has lead seasoned teams to make and sell dozens of highly successful video game products.

Most recently, Mr. Meazza was Head of Production at Ideaworks3D, a privately held technology and game development company headquartered in London, where he oversaw all ongoing projects as well as assisted in business development. Before that, he was Managing Director and Executive Producer at Cenega. In these capacities, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of multimedia computer entertainment, marketing and sales strategies across the United Kingdom, as well as daily operations. Throughout his career, Mr. Meazza has contributed to obtaining many awards and #1 selling titles, including: Best Game Developer 2008 – ME Awards, Best Mobile Studio 2008 – Develop Industry of Excellence, and Mobile Game of the Year in 2006 and 2008.

"Mr. Meazza has consistently lead teams to excellence and commercial success", said R?mi Racine. "His passion to produce renowned products while working with our industry’s most famous brands will be an invaluable advantage for our studios."

About Artificial Mind & Movement
Based in Montreal, Quebec, Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) is Canada’s largest independent game developer, employing 450 talented people in Montreal, Quebec and Santiago, Chile. Since 1992, the company has developed 120 titles across every game platform, including its highly-stylized third person shooter WET. Our studios work with the industry’s top publishers and licensors, including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Disney, Electronic Arts, Fox, Konami, LucasArts, Viacom and Warner. Artificial Mind & Movement is committed to producing unparalleled game experiences with original or licensed Intellectual Properties. From 2006 to 2008, the company has ranked simultaneously amongst the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and also as Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies.

Here is the latest short trailer for A2M’s cute but violent game Naughty Bear.

Viewer discretion is advised!

Naughty Bear does not play nice with others.

Video after the break:

Check out the previous trailer too.

This trailer for Artificial Mind and Movement’s Naughty Bear [Coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Q2 2010] sets up the story, depicting the social slight that turns the title animal toward thoughts of revenge. Which means that this trailer consists almost entirely of footage of a sad, stuffed bear. We kind of think the "sadistic stuffed animal" idea is cute, but seeing Sad Bear just makes us feel, well, sad. That poor bear! […]

Can’t wait to try it out! Does this remind anyone a bit of the game Conker’s Bad Fur Day or the cartoon Happy Tree Friends ?

Video after the break.

From Shacknews:

Exploring the sadistic side of stuffing, developer Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M) today unveiled tortuous action game Naughty Bear.

Coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Q2 2010 via publisher 505, the latest from WET alum A2M tells of a teddy bear "waging psychological warfare on unsuspecting victims."

After being blamed time and time again for everything wrong on the "Island of Perfection," Naughty Bear snapped when he wasn’t invited to the "big birthday party." Now, he’s armed with "a large selection of unique ways to cause naughtiness" including "brutal weapons," with the various approaches scored on a scare-based point system.

From Kotaku:

After a brief delay following our last release announcement for Artificial Mind & Movement’s kung fu beat-em-up, Revenge of the Wounded Dragons is finally hitting the North American PlayStation Store this week, we hope.

Originally scheduled for release on November 24th, the PlayStation Blog post we culled the information from on Revenge of the Wounded Dragons was updated to reflect a brief delay shortly after we posted the news. The dragons went back into hiding for around two weeks, and according to Sony Online Entertainment, they’re ready to kick some ass on your PlayStation 3 this Thursday, December 10th.

Update: Here is a trailer of Revenge Of The Wounded Dragons.