As soon as people were ordered to stay home in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers have had a number of ways to spend their added time at home—including play games. As the chart below shows, the increases in gaming revenue has been huge, month to month, since March. In March of this year,[…..] […]
Press Start!, Thomas Flintham’s award-winning book line from Scholastic, to be adapted into an animated TV series. Emmy Award-Winner Scott Kraft to serve as Executive Producer and Head Writer. Los Angeles, California – Wednesday, June 24th, 2020: Cyber Group Studios, Paris and Los Angelesbased animation producer and distributor, has secured rights to Press Start!, Thomas[…..] […]
Threshold Entertainment Group CEO Larry Kasanoff, Roskino CEO Evgenia Markova and E! founder Larry Namer Discuss International Co-Production, Post-Pandemic Film Industry, and Much More Los Angeles, June 26, 2020 – Cloud21 International and Kultura PR International co-presented the third annual “Global Entertainment Showcase: Cannes 2020” on June 24, 2020, virtually, during this year’s Online[…..] […]
More than 40 new game products and game updates, as well as fan favorite franchises, were unveiled for next level interactive entertainment experiences. Shenzhen, China, June 28, 2020 – Tencent Games, the world-leading game development, publishing and operation platform, unveiled a new chapter in innovative gameplay and quality games with a roadmap of more than 40[…..] […]
The organizers of GDC Summer 2020 have revealed that Walt Disney Imagineering’s Assistant Producer Anisha Deshmane will present a virtual lecture on the development of Star Wars: Datapad, a mobile exploration tool that unlocks the stories of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the Star Wars land at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Star Wars: Datapad allows[…..] […]
19.5 million Germans play games on smartphones PCs back in second place German games industry tops the 6-billion-euro mark Berlin, 25 June 2020 – Smartphones remain the most popular gaming platform among Germans. Puzzles, brain-teasers or building games: 19.5 million people in Germany use smartphones to play games. That’s 900,000 more gamers than in 2018.[…..] […]
The Oscar-winning VFX powerhouse may have shifted to a working from home environment with relative ease, but the company — and the industry as a whole — is anticipating a rocky fall with likely job losses due to the summer production shutdown. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, much of the entertainment industry’s attention and concern —[…..] […]
Aardman Animations reveal details on highly anticipated Chicken Run sequel – ‘This Time, They’re Breaking In!’. 23rd June marks the 20th anniversary of Aardman’s much-loved feature film Chicken Run, which was first released on this day in 2000 and still remains the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time. The sequel to Chicken Run is[…..] […]
Triggerfish, the largest animation studio on the African continent, is going global. It has announced the creation of a new international branch in Galway, Ireland. The Irish studio, whose establishment is supported by the country’s national government, is expected to create 60 new jobs over the next three years. It will be Triggerfish’s first studio[…..] […]
BIAF2020 Poster by Marona’s Fantastic Tale, Director Anca Damian Reveals. The 22nd Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF2020), taking place October 23-27. 2020, Bucheon, South Korea has announced that this edition’s official poster created by Anca Damian, director of BIAF 2019 Grand Prize & Audience Prize winning feature film Marona’s Fantastic Tale. She has previously won[…..] […]
