Disney Interactive Studios will release several new video games this holiday season for the globally successful HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL franchise. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR DANCE! for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Windows-based PC allows players to "dance" along with favorite characters to familiar HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL songs from all three movies, as well as experience another memorable year as Wildcats at East High.
Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group is teaming with leading global publisher of mobile games, Glu Mobile, for the launch of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, based on the hit television series. This action-packed game stations the player aboard the legendary ship in a top-down shooter position for a thrill-a-minute adventure that stretches from one end of the galaxy to another.
Disney.com announced today that for the first time ever the site will stream full-length movies online, featuring selections from the WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. The films will first air on ABC as part of the network's weekly WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY presentation on Saturday nights throughout summer 2008.
The full-length films will then be available for free streaming on Disney.com (www.Disney.com/WonderfulWorld) for the week following the network presentation (Monday through Friday).
Sony Pictures Ent. online video network Crackle will this summer release nine original series that encompass a variety of genres from comedy to music to gaming and lifestyle.
There's something for everyone in Crackle's new slate of short-form programming. For the gaming and pop culture community, Hollywood glitz meets gamer geekdom in THE JACE HALL SHOW, hosted by film, television and video game producer Jason "Jace" Hall.
The next Big Bang is almost here, and it starts with the launch of the SPORE CREATURE CREATOR June 17.
A free downloadable demo, and complete retail version of the SPORE CREATURE CREATOR will be available starting June 17, 2008. The SPORE CREATURE CREATOR gives Spore fans, and those who are creatively curious, the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species and share it with their friends.
Ben Kingsley will play the villain in Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's feature adaptation of the Ubisoft videogame PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, per VARIETY.
Kingsley will play Nizam in the fantasy action flick, who plots to kill his brother King Shahrman and blame it on Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) so he can take over the throne.
Gemma Arterton and Alfred Molina also are playing leads. The film, under direction from Mike Newell, starts filming in July in Morocco and England and will be released next year.
TOMY Corporation and D3Publisher of America announced NARUTO: CLASH OF NINJA REVOLUTION 2, a fighting game for Wii.
As the first NARUTO Wii title designed specifically for the North American audience, CLASH OF NINJA REVOLUTION 2 promises an impressive list of playable characters from the NARUTO universe, a polished and well-balanced fighting engine, and a deep, original storyline that expands upon episodes from VIZ Media's hit animated TV series NARUTO.
Capcom Ent and Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group's Neopets will develop a new multi-platform puzzle adventure game, NEOPETS PUZZLE ADVENTURE (working title), for the Wii, Nintendo DS and PC this holiday season.
Based on the deep storylines of NEOPETS, NEOPETS PUZZLE ADVENTURE is a new puzzle game being developed by Capcom and Infinite Interactive, developers of PUZZLE QUEST.
In this month's column, Peter "The Rizk" Rizkalla loses it completely as he comes face to face with three of the worst video games in the history of the world.
LucasArts and TT Games today celebrate the launch of LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURES.
Developed by the same team at Traveller's Tales that created the LEGO STAR WARS series, LEGO INDIANA JONES presents a tongue-in-cheek take on the first three cinematic adventures of pop culture’s most iconic archaeologist, including INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.
Internet users and cubicle dwellers rejoice! Scott Adams' DILBERT, the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in the world, is now the first globally recognized comic strip to feature a daily animated version.
Janet Hetherington grabs for some popcorn -- and a joystick -- to discover how videogames are enhancing the summer movie experience.
Summer movies mean big videogame tie-ins, and this week Janet Hetherington reports on how IRON MAN, SPEED RACER, LEGO INDIANA JONES, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN and others create their own unique adventures. Also, summer movies require extensive previs, and we have an inside look at some of the planning and problem solving that went into IRON MAN, SPEED RACER and INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. Plus, we additionally have Alain Bielik's interviews with Dean Wright and Wendy Rogers about raising the vfx bar on PRINCE CASPIAN.
Comics publisher Devil's Due and Capcom have signed a deal to turn some of Capcom's popular video games, starting with BIONIC COMMANDO and LOST PLANET, into graphic novels.
The first in the four-property deal will be BIONIC COMMANDO, VARIETY reports, with writer Justin Marks hired on for writing duties.
Marks has been busy recently spinning pop culture properties into pictures, including VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE, HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, GREEN ARROW: ESCAPE FROM SUPERMAX and Fox's upcoming STREET FIGHTER: LEGEND OF CHUN LI.
DISNEY FAIRIES: TINKER BELL for Nintendo DS will be available nationwide this 2008 holiday season from Disney Interactive Studios. For the first time on the handheld platform, fans of Disney Fairies and Tinker Bell can explore the delightful world of Pixie Hollow and play as the popular Fairy herself.
DISNEY FAIRIES: TINKER BELL allows girls to interact with dozens of enchanting Disney Fairies, including Silvermist, Iridessa and Fawn, and explore Pixie Hollow through time-based activities and mini-quests.
When the house lights go down this fall, a new generation of axe shredders, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and rock with Activision's GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR.
ADV Films and Crunchyroll will bring fan-favorite series WELCOME TO THE N.H.K. to the Internet. ADV Films is the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan and Crunchyroll is the leading destination for Asian content on the Internet.
In a progressive campaign to leverage digital promotion, ADV has made the first two installments of the 24 episode series available for at www.crunchyroll.com. Two additional episodes will be added each Thursday over the next five weeks.
Mark Burnett Productions has signed a deal with online animation site Liquid Generation to produce series for TV, says VARIETY.
The shingle will initially produce three shows from Liquid Generation -- which is making a move from the Internet to TV -- WITNESS PROTECTION, RAPPER IN CHIEF and a third to be determined. Liquid Generation produces its own content, which consists of irreverent animation, interactive games, news and video.
The Video Game Voters Network (VGVN) has just launched a new action focused on sending letters to the Presidential candidates. As the candidates develop their electoral platforms, it is important for them to hear from those who are passionate about video games, have a voice and will use it in the November elections.
The letter outlines the basic argument that video games are a protected form of free speech, no different than films, music, or literature and that educating parents about the ESRB rating system is preferred to the pursuit of unconstitutional regulations.
The path to fitness begins with a single step. Nintendo's new WII FIT, launching today, combines fun and fitness in ways that will have people getting up off their couches, moving around, having fun and maybe even breaking a sweat.
WII FIT gets everyone pumped up about making enjoyable physical activities a part of their daily routines. WII FIT even tracks users' progress, which lets people see how they have improved while challenging them to better their scores and stay motivated to keep going.
EM.Entertainment has issued a license for game adaptations of cartoon classic VICKY THE VIKING for Nintendo DS to INTENIUM, Germany's leading provider of casual games.
The license contract with EM.Entertainment encompasses several editions and includes the marketing of the game in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as England, France and the Benelux countries. The game adaptation is currently scheduled to appear in stores in 2009, in time for the premiere of Michael "Bully" Herbig's live-action feature film version of VICKY THE VIKING.
There is a new social networking site for stop motion animators by creator Marc Spess, author of the book SECRETS OF CLAY ANIMATION REVEALED.
After years of getting involved with various online communities related to the art, Spess realized that stop motion on the Internet is extremely fragmented. This is a major road block for serious stop motion film makers when it comes to self promotion. While stop motion is seeing rapid growth on the Internet, many aspiring animators don't have a central place to meet and share their work.
With WALL-E just over a month away from release, there are even more ways for us to get into the world of everyone's favorite new robot. If you haven't seen the WALL-E vignette series yet, then you are missing out. Watch WALL-E have his first run-in with a magnet, vacuum, and headphones in a series of vignettes, which can be downloaded and shared.
Join your host Mr. Potato Head for fun and games with family and friends like never before. From the Casual Ent. Label of Electronic Arts comes the fun-filled video game HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT, launching fall 2008 on Wii and PlayStation 2.
Featuring six games including: BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, CONNECT FOUR, SORRY! and the all new, SORRY! Sliders, HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT is sure to become a valuable family favorite.
Disney Interactive Studios has released DGamer in North America for Nintendo DS users in conjunction with the launch of the Nintendo DS version of Disney/Walden Media's THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN. DGamer from Disney is the first-of-its-kind online community developed exclusively for Disney video gamers.
