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PhoneSaber Coming Back To App Store As 'PhoneSaber Unleashed'

Submitted by Edward Kirk on September 5, 2008 - 9:19am.
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We were all sad to see PhoneSaber get pulled from the App Store due to copyright claims by mobile Star Wars rights holder THQ Wireless, but THQ announced today that it will be coming back soon. They will be re-launching PhoneSaber under the name PhoneSaber "Unleashed" and will coincide with the launch of the console game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

As glad as we are to see it coming back, it is a little disappointing that its coming back as a promotional stunt, and lacks some of that indy-coolness that free apps from small developers tend to have. Fortunately, THQ is still offering it for free, and it will include the real sound effects and music from the movies.

[via PocketGamer.co.uk]

Submitted by Spoon on September 5, 2008 - 10:15am.
Sounds pretty dorky if you ask me. I'm gonna back up my original PhoneSaber before I upgrade.

Submitted by Kevin Dunahee on September 5, 2008 - 10:43am.
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Sounds pretty dorky if you ask me. I'm gonna back up my original PhoneSaber before I upgrade.
Haha, Spoon. The irony is overwhelming.

Submitted by Peter000 on September 5, 2008 - 11:32am.
I don't get the difference. It's still going to be free, and possibly better if the developers got access to some of the original SFX.

It's actually a success story if you ask me. They were most likely violating copyright by stealing the sounds in the first place, and had really no reason to expect to come back at all. Fortunately the rights-holding company did what most should do—work with developers to come to an amicable agreement.

Submitted by Spoon on September 5, 2008 - 12:58pm.
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Haha, Spoon. The irony is overwhelming.
What's ironic? Because my name is spoon and I'm "pretty dorky" because of it?

Submitted by Beast on September 5, 2008 - 1:03pm.
I'm going to say expect advertisements of some kind. "Free" is a relative word.

Submitted by Kevin Dunahee on September 5, 2008 - 1:47pm.
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What's ironic? Because my name is spoon and I'm "pretty dorky" because of it?
No, no. I just thought that it was funny that the new lightsaber app would be considered dorky as if the original lightsaber phone application wasn't dorky enough. Nonetheless, I too am a proud phonesaber dork.