By Mercedes Milligan | March 7, 2019 If you weren’t already planning to adjust your monthly entertainment budget around the launch of Disney’s in-house streaming service, Disney+ (coming late 2019), company CEO Bob Iger has revealed that shortly after its debut the new platform will contain “the entire Disney motion picture library.” That’s right — no longer[…..] […]
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The Release Conference of Sony’s “China Hero Project” Has Concluded, Seven New Domestic Games Debutting
Sony Interactive Entertainment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. today held a release conference of “China Hero Project”, announcing that the development of two works in the first “China Hero Program” has completed and entered the stage of preparation for being listed – “Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher” and “Code:HARDCORE”. At the same time, seven new works from the second session of “China[…..] […]
GLAS Animation Festival Announces 2019 Program, Vimeo Staff Pick Award
For the first time ever, the Vimeo Staff Pick Award will be presented at the GLAS Animation Festival with a $2,500 cash prize and online launch as a Staff Pick. By Jennifer Wolfe | Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 12:40pm The GLAS Animation Festival is right around the corner! The Festival has announced the 2019 Schedule, Special Programs, and a new[…..] […]
Sony PlayStaion Will Hold a Spring Release Conference for China Hero Program on March 7th, with a Number of New Games to be Announced
By PlayStation China The official microblog of PlayStation China has announced that the Spring Release Conference of China Hero Program will be held at 3 pm on March 7, 2019. It has also released a series of mysterious posters with hidden clues implying game information to be revealed at the conference. Can you tell which[…..] […]
Newzoo: Games are the third most-popular mobile app category
Half of mobile app users at least check into gaming apps. Social media and shopping remain more popular. By Rebekah Valentine | Tuesday 5th March 2019 Of those who use apps of any kind on their mobile devices, half of them are using gaming apps, making gaming apps the third most-popular app category. In a survey[…..] […]
Vivendi sells remaining Ubisoft shares
Media conglomerate ultimately gained €1.2 billion from failed attempt to acquire publisher. Brendan Sinclair | Tuesday 5th March 2019 Nearly a year after first announcing an end to its bid to acquire Ubisoft, Vivendi has sold off its final shares in the Assassin’s Creed publisher. As reported by Reuters, Vivendi today said it has sold off the[…..] […]
Call for Entries: New Chitose Airport Festival Announces 6th Edition
Submissions to Japan’s New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival open April 15. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, March 4, 2019 at 4:34pm The New Chitose Airport in Japan, a gateway known as the “Entertainment Airport” for the world to access Hokkaido, has set the sixth edition of the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival for November 1-4, 2019. The[…..] […]
Nominees Announced for Nick’s Kid Choice Awards Hosted by DJ Khaled
By Mercedes Milligan | March 1, 2019 Music mogul DJ Khaled is set to host Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2019, the biggest, slimiest party of the year for kids, broadcasting live Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) from the Galen Center in Los Angeles. The host pick and this year’s nominees were announced by Double Dare host Liza[…..] […]
I Have a Question——Splash Entertainment
CGGE:You have been in China market for a long time. What do you think is the biggest difference between the current China market and that 10-year ago? Splash:Yes, the first series we produced in China was “Dive Olly Dive” which later became “Happy Little Submarines” which in turn become a GDC property. This showed them the[…..] […]
Loot Crate Gets Schwifty with Quarterly ‘Rick and Morty’ Crate
By Mercedes Milligan | March 1, 2019 Loot Crate has announced the launch of a new Rick and Morty Crate, in collaboration with Cartoon Network Enterprises, which will deliver exclusive goodies inspired by Justin Roiland’s Adult Swim smash hit to subscribers every quarter, and allow fans of the franchise to get schwifty in a whole new way![…..] […]