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Disney unveils plans to revive its video game business
Long stuck in low gear, Walt Disney Co.’s video game division is aiming for infinity. The entertainment conglomerate on Tuesday unveiled plans for a high-stakes initiative called Disney Infinity that could determine the success or failure of its...
Tags: Pixar Animation, Lucasfilm Ltd., Toys, Toy Industry, Monsters University (movie)
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New Disney video game prompts rivalry with Activision
Disney's unveiling of its new "Infinity" video game was a milestone for a studio that has long struggled in the interactive business. But others saw it as less of a milestone than a duplication. One of the core elements of "Infinity" is its use of toys....
Tags: Wii, Xbox, Gaming, Activision Blizzard, Inc., Entertainment
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NRA-branded video game draws outrage amid Newtown gun debate
As President Obama prepared to announce his gun control proposals Wednesday, an NRA-branded video game was sparking outrage across the country. “NRA: Practice Range” was released Sunday, according to Apple's App Store -- almost one month...
Tags: Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Computer Hardware, Apple iPod, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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In Hollywood, game company Ubisoft takes a thumbs-on approach
For the last two decades, video game movies have been so bad that the genre itself has become shorthand for failure. So when French game publisher Ubisoft, best known for its "Assassin's Creed" series and Tom Clancy-branded military games, decided to...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Activision Blizzard, Inc., Mark Wahlberg, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Michael Fassbender
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Warner, MGM invest in social games company Kabam
Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have invested in social games producer Kabam, marking the first move by Hollywood studios in the space since Walt Disney Co. acquired Playdom for $563 million two years ago. Unlike competitors such as Zynga that...
Tags: Zynga Inc., Movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Gaming, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Movies too long? 'Les Miz' opens strong. RIP Jack Klugman.
After the coffee. Before remembering to put in for this week off next year. The Skinny: My father and grandfather were journalists, but growing up if you asked me who made me want to be a reporter I would have said Oscar Madison. Rest in Peace Jack...
Tags: Charles Durning, Meet the Press (tv program), Les Miserables (musical), Holidays, Movies
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Directors discuss the work and play angles
In the costly and time-intensive discipline of animated filmmaking, every movie comes with high stakes. Five directors who recently came together for the first Envelope Animation Round Table discussed the artistic and business demands of the medium. In...
Tags: ParaNorman (movie), Wreck-It Ralph (movie), PG Rated Movies, Celebrities, Rise of the Guardians (movie)
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‘Disney Infinity’ trailer: New game takes a page from ‘Skylanders’
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comCapt. Jack Sparrow just booked a return voyage to the multiplex – a fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie is ...... -
Violence in America? We're all responsible
For years, the National Rifle Assn. has been telling us that guns don't kill people, people kill people. In the wake of the Newtown shootings, the group has added a twist. Guns don't kill people; television, film and video games do. Breaking its days-...
Tags: Television, Weaponry, Politics, Assault, Ang Lee
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Zynga stock falls following new Facebook deal
Shares in troubled Zynga fell another 4% Friday after the Web gaming giant revealed new terms with Facebook that led to investor concern it would lose preferential treatment on the world's No. 1 social network. Under the terms of an amended agreement...
Tags: Zynga Inc., Nintendo Company Ltd., Media Industry, Gaming, Social Media
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Sony sells 525,000 PlayStation 3 units Thanksgiving week
Sony sold 525,000 PlayStation 3 units during the crucial Thanksgiving week, the Japanese electronics giant said Friday. That's fewer than the 750,000 Xbox 360s that Microsoft sold the week of Thanksgiving, but it beat Nintendo's Wii U and its Wii, which...
Tags: PlayStation 3, Science and Technology, Holidays, Wii, Thanksgiving
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Atari files for bankruptcy in France, too
Atari is now bankrupt in two countries. A day after its American unit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Paris-based Atari S.A. on Monday took a similar measure under Book 6 of that country's commercial code. U.S.-based Atari Inc. contains...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Atari Incorporated
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