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Once thing is clear: When you start receiving legal threats from your competition, you know that you’ve got a great product.

So for those of you who have already purchased Mino and helped us reach #11 on the App Store “Whats Hot” list, thank you so much!. As strange as it sounds, we wouldn’t have received a cease and desist and DMCA notice without you, so thanks for making our day! When we get Mino back on the App store we will celebrate with a 1 week sale, offering our game at 99 cents, and we will raise the Mino Lite multiplayer limit to 200 games (up from 30.)

We’ll keep you posted as events transpire. We are as anxious as you to see Mino back up.

This news shouldn’t be that big of a shock to the Xio Team. After all, Mino is a ridiculously entertaining game.

But its nice to know that other people are enjoying Mino as much as we are, and that the word is beginning to spread!

So, to our users, and especially to the Touch Arcade user forum, thank you for your support!