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After a recent cease and desist report, development group ManeSix has shifted their development from using the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic property to a new universe with help from the popular series' creator.

Hasbro, owners of the My Little Pony franchise, recently sent a cease and desist letter to ManeSix shortly after the EVO 2013 eight game donation drive which forced the development team to cease Fighting Is Magic. Lauren Faust, known for her works in The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, and creating Friendship Is Magic, joined the Mane6 team in helping development of their fighter now set in an original universe.

You can check out the news release after the jump! You can follow them on Twitter for updates!

Hey everyone!

We have good news and bad news.

First, the bad news: We’ve tried a few different ways of talking to Hasbro about getting special permission to continue the game, but it seems that is officially a dead end, and it's time for us to move on.

The good news is that the game is not dead!

Some even gooder news is that we have a new member in the Mane6 family...

We’d like you all to warmly welcome Lauren Faust to the team:

Hey folks! I’m so super psyched to be a part of this! I hope I can do my little part to help Mane6 finish up this game in a way that stays true to the spirit of the original—but in a way that can freely be shared! I hope you like what we come up with. -LF
She’ll be working with us (or is that the other way around?) to create all new characters for Fighting is Magic.

Yes, we know what you’re thinking, and yes, she is pretty kickass.

So what does this all mean? It means that with Lauren’s help, we are going to finish this game, but it will no longer be based on the MLP franchise. It will be all new characters in a new setting, while keeping the moves, mechanics, and style of the game we wanted to make from the start. This means a lot of work for us, and a bunch of new challenges, but we’re excited about the possibilities that come along with them.

We are still in the early concept stage and can’t wait to update everyone on what we come up with together. We will provide plenty of opportunities for you guys to get to know the characters and their world.

We know you guys will have a lot of questions, we’ll do our best to answer them, but at this early stage some might be a bit hard to tackle.

Thanks for sticking around for the ride. <3


– Mane6 team.