University Games announced the acquisition of Maranda Games, the award-winning manufacturer of outdoor recreation games, including the tailgating classic, Ladderball, and strategy board games, including Sneaky Statues. Maranda Games was founded in 1995 by Dawn and Mark Fuchs as a way to share two enjoyable areas of life – outdoor recreation and …
Read More »BANDAI to Release ‘ZENONZARD: Artificial Card Intelligence’ – Card Battles Meet AI in New Mobile Game – Worldwide in May 2020
BANDAI. announced that it will release “ZENONZARD: Artificial Card Intelligence,” a digital mobile card game utilizing a specialized artificial intelligence, in 56 countries and regions around the world in May 2020. Zenonzard is a new style of card battle game, featuring a specialized AI developed by HEROZ Kishin, an artificial intelligence …
Read More »Dynamite Opens the “Vault” and Releases First Fallout Trading Card Collectors Box
Last year, Dynamite partnered with Bethesda Softworks to create and release the first-ever Fallout trading card series. Available across the globe in stores including Target, GameStop, GAME (UK), Amazon, Toynk Toys and comic book specialty stores, they flew off the shelves and sold out almost instantly at retail. This year, Dynamite celebrates …
Read More »Wizards of the Coast Acquires Tuque Games
Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today announced that it has acquired Tuque Games, a digital game development studio based in Montreal. Tuque is led by veterans of the game industry with experience working for leading publishers. Tuque will continue the development of games for Wizards …
Read More »‘One-Punch Man’ Season 2 Premiere Streams Exclusively On Hulu
VIZ Media proudly announces the premiere of Season 2 of the hit anime series ONE-PUNCH MAN on April 9th, the same day as the Japanese broadcast. ONE-PUNCH MAN will be presented in Japanese audio with English subtitles with new episodes every week on Hulu, the streaming home for Season 2 in …
Read More »Lion Forge Announces ‘Catalyst Prime: Seven Days’ From Gail Simone
Two years ago, “The Event” rocked Free Comic Book Day, and emerged as one of the most talked about titles of that first Saturday in May. This was the introduction of the Catalyst Prime Universe, a new seven-title superhero universe built around genuine representation in comics, hinging on a cosmic event distributing powers to …
Read More »‘These Are The Voyages’ Explores Star Trek After The Initial Cancellation
These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 1, from Jacobs/Brown Press, is the fourth installment in a heralded series of books about the development and legacy of Star Trek. This latest volume delivers surprising revelations concerning the decade-long fight to resurrect the series after its 1969 …
Read More »‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Holds Top Box Office Spot
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World earned another $30 million in its second weekend after traffic surged on Saturday. The film kept the top spot, easily beating the final film in the Madea franchise. The domestic total for the sequel stands at $97.9 million. How to Train Your …
Read More »WizKids Announces Licensing Partnership Featuring ‘The Orville’
Once again expanding its licensing portfolio and suite of collectible miniatures, WizKids, the leader in high-quality pre-painted miniatures and established board games, has announced a licensing partnership to feature a popular sci-fi TV series, The Orville, in upcoming HeroClix releases. The new line is slated to hit shelves worldwide in Fall 2019. …
Read More »VIZ Media Releases ‘The Art Of Magic: The Gathering—Ravnica’
VIZ Media celebrates the highly anticipated Ravnica deck with the release of THE ART OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING—RAVNICA on January 1st. THE ART OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING—RAVNICA is the seventh installment in VIZ Media’s series of hardcover editions that each depict the incredible artwork, lore, and characters of the imaginative worlds …
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