Organizers of San Diego Comic-Con International have canceled the event for the first time in its fifty-year history. The organizers cited concerns over being able to hold the event safely during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Upwards of 150,000 people attend the annual event and its surrounding festivities in southern California. Comic-Con Announces Plans in Light[…..] […]
Anime Expo (AX) has canceled its 2020 edition. The event, which takes place in Los Angeles, had been scheduled to take place from July 2 through 5. The California-based event had grown from around 1,750 attendees in 1992 to 115,000 unique visitors last year. Ray Chiang, CEO of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese[…..] […]
Today indie game publisher and developer Crytivo announced that they will be dropping their cut of the revenue on the Crytivo Store, meaning that developers will receive 100% of the profit from sales for the foreseeable future. This extends to their publishing partners, whose titles will receive the same benefits across all platforms. “We have[…..] […]
InnoGames, Germany’s leading developer of online and mobile games,was offering players a variety of events across its entire games portfolio in the period before Easter. Elvenar is the first of these, with the Phoenix Cults gathering since March 23rd. The mighty raven in Tribal Wars gives players mystical items from March 25th on. Beginning March[…..] […]
Gene Deitch, one of the last of the major figures who worked during the Golden Age of American animation, passed away last night in Prague, Czech Republic. He was 95 years old. According to a family friend and neighbor, the cause of death was not related to coronavirus. While Deitch hadn’t been sick, he had[…..] […]
Intel Corporation has invented a spin qubit fabrication flow on its 300 mm process technology using isotopically pure wafers like this one. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation) What’s New: Intel, in collaboration with QuTech, today published a paper in Nature demonstrating the successful control of “hot” qubits, the fundamental unit of quantum computing, at temperatures[…..] […]
April 16, Adobe announced that Dr. Charles “Chuck” M. Geschke has notified the company of his decision to not stand for re-election to the Adobe board of directors at the company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 9, 2020. Dr. Geschke’s retirement will be effective immediately following the Annual Meeting. Dr. Geschke will become[…..] […]
Series produced by Look Mom! Productions, a Blue Ant Studios company Los Angeles, CA – April 16, 2020 – Quibi announced a series order for ‘Doomlands (*working title),’ a new adult series from Josh O’Keefe and Look Mom! Productions, a studio that specializes in original animated programming for teens and adults. In the animated series,[…..] […]
With Schools closed and many staying home, Dreamworks put together a collection of at-home activities from crafts to games to recipes for kids of all ages. Source: Universal Studios […]
PROGRAM WITH MAYA THE BEE FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW Munich, April 15th, 2020. Studio 100 Media and one of Europe’s leading food retailers Lidlare delighted to announce that the Zihadielko Playgrounds featuring Maya the Bee andher friends are proving to be a huge hit in Slovakia. The Zihadielko Playgrounds, a corporate social[…..] […]
