Since it launched last year, Heroes of the Storm has become one of the most popular MOBAs in the world. Its success can be put down, in part, to how the game pulls its playable characters from all four of Blizzard’s main franchises. ...
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The event will feature presentations from senior Cartamundi strategists as well as Tom Vasel, co-host of the YouTube channel The Dice Tower who will discuss Connected Games. Cartamundi is to host a special event discussing the future of ...
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Finalists for this year's Toy & Game Inventor of the Year awards will be announced on September 15th, 2016. Nominations are now open for the 2016 Toy & Game Inventor of the Year Awards. The event, held during Chicago Toy & Game Week, ...
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And it's a family affair this month, as we are also joined by her daughter - and fellow game design star - Freddie Scott Vollrath. Billy Langsworthy and Robert Hutchins are joined by game royalty in this month's ToyNews Inventors Podcast ...
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The award-winning, family-owned retailer, turns ten years old this week and will be hosting its own Birthday Party giving game fans the chance to meet revered table top gaming celebrities. The man who created the hit board game title ...
“This is our biggest investment, and one of our most magical ideas yet, for the Skylanders for the Skylanders franchise on mobile.” Activision Publishing is bringing its toys-to-life Skylanders to the trading card and mobile ...
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Amazon.com has announced plans to open a 1 million-square-foot distribution centre in Carteret, New Jersey, which is expected to create hundreds of full-time jobs at the site when the distribution centre opens (fulfilment centre in Amazon ...
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Alice Taylor has been awarded the Rising star accolade at the annual Chicago Toy and Game Group ceremony. The inventor’s community has a new rising star among its ranks. The Chicago Toy and Game Group has crowned the year’s ...
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China has formally authorised game consoles made in a new Shanghai free-trade zone (FTZ) to be sold in the country, potentially opening its lucrative market up to the likes of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. The move effectively ...
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Jesse Schell, CEO, Schell Games, and Nolan Bushnell, Former CEO, Atari, will kick off the 2013 Serious Play Conference (SPC) Tuesday – Thursday, Aug. 20 – 22, 2013, with a keynote address at DigiPen Institute of Technology in ...
The UK Office of Fair Trading is investigating whether in-app payments on smartphones and tablet computers are illegally encouraging children to spend money. The investigation follows several recent cases in which children have spent ...
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UBM Tech Game Network's 2013 Game Developers Conference® (GDC), the world's largest and longest-running event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, welcomed a record 23,000 industry professionals at ...
Orbotix, the developer of Sphero robotic ball and gaming system controlled by smartphones and tablets, has introduced a software development kit for augmented reality gaming applications. "Right now is the perfect time for augmented ...
The Princeton Review -- one of the nation's best-known education services companies -- today issued its fourth annual report naming the schools with the best programs to study video game design. The report, "Top Schools to Study Video ...
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Games are an important element in every culture around the globe. Simple games give structure to children's playtime and help enforce basic social skills like courtesy, sharing, and taking turns, and more intricate games can help children ...
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