Articles Tagged ‘E3’
E3 2011: Social Climbing
INTERACTIVEIt’s likely that you won’t get to the top of the $25-billion video gaming industry without making a few friends. If there’s one thing to take away from this year’s E3, it’s that companies are clearly making a large push to create and market games designed to keep the living room and families social through interconnected play.
Kidscreened
- How Apple’s brick-and-mortar stores are the secret to the tech giant’s retail success (The Wall Street Journal)
- Nielsen study says Americans are watching TV on their mobile devices 20% more often than last year (Chicago Sun-Times)
- E3 2012 rumors are already surfacing – is a Microsoft Xbox 360 successor in the works? (Techland)
- Borders dodges several bookstore closings (Publishers Weekly)
Kidscreened
- How the Cars 2 video game is looking to blur the animation lines between film and gaming (CNET)
- More about PBS’ dabbling with promotional spots (Time)
- Get your predictions in check: What to expect from the big three at next week’s E3 (International Business Times)
- Dairy Queen zeros in on a new demographic and isn’t afraid to show it (The Wall Street Journal)
E3 2010: A family affair
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / NEWSLast month, the interactive and video game industry’s premier trade and consumer show took place once again in the familiar environs of the L.A. Convention Center. A trio of new devices squarely focused on making game play an all-family affair drove the hype at this year’s E3 event, which drew 45,600 attendees from all parts of the globe.
The definitive kids ent resource.-
Disney to summer with pirates and princesses -
Jack Sorensen tapped to grow Saban’s mobile games division -
DreamWorks’ Turbo app to shell out US$1 million -
Rovio makes move into game publishing -
Target and DC superheroes get exclusive for the summer -
For Grown-Ups Only: 17 Child Un-Friendly Games That You Should Play
Photos
MIPCOM 2012 - Shabnam and Aly from Big Bad Boo at the Nelvana cocktails