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Koukoi Games to make Ferdinand movie’s mobile game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Koukoi Games has partnered with FoxNext Games to make a mobile game based on the upcoming film Ferdinand, an animated movie about the bull from children’s tales that debuts December 15. The deal is a sign of the times in the $40 billion mobile game industry, where having a brand on a game helps it stand out in the crowd.

Oulu, Finland-based Koukoi Games previously developed Crashing Season, which won some kudos for its art style, and now it will work on a game based on the comedy adventure movie coming from Blue Sky Studios and director Carlos Saldanha, maker of Rio and Ice Age.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.