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08.03.11
HBO Go On Consoles: Why It'll Work

Both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have their fair share of streaming services available, including NHL GameCenter (just wait till next season!), ESPN, Hulu Plus and Netflix.  But HBO is about to join the fray, as HBO CEO Jeff Bewkes has announced that the HBO Go service will be coming to consoles sometime in the near future, along with high-definition televisions.  Several users out there are complaining that this plan doesn't make much sense, but in the long run, it really does...just as long as HBO performs one small move to solidify its plans.

07.14.11
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Heads Home on Blu-ray 3D October 18

The Walt Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films are bringing home the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which earned over $1 billion at the international box office, will be available on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D (a first for the legendary franchise), DVD, and Movie Download on October 18, 2011.

05.08.11
Johnny Depp and the Pirates of the Caribbean Set Sail at Disneyland
DISNEYLAND -- In what promises to be the 3D event of the season, Disney and XPAND 3D gave a lucky group of fans a first look at one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters. The companies collaborated to show the World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Disneyland. The stars all came out for the big event, including Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane, as well as Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall. The black carpet event, which cost $1,000 per ticket, raised money for the Boys & Girls Club of America in eye-popping active 3D by way of XPAND 3D’s new Infinity Large Screen System. Just in time for the new movie, gamers have LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean games across all platforms to play with.
02.05.11
Big Games of 2011: LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Sets Sail on Stranger Tides
With Johnny Depp set to sail the seven seas as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney Digital 3D this summer with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Disney Consumer Products charted a course for adventure as it unveiled a new toy line that captures the fantasy, action and adventure of the fourth movie from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. At a pirate-themed preview event in New York City, the Pirates of the Caribbean toy assortment from JAKKS Pacific, Inc. and new LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game and construction toys were unveiled before toy industry insiders as a preview to the American International Toy Fair. Disney Consumer Products and JAKKS Pacific also presented actor Ian McShane, who portrays new pirate character Blackbeard, with a one-of-a-kind 12-inch action figure inspired by the toy line. The film’s Academy Award-winning production designer John Myhre was also on hand as guests were treated to the reveal of a life-sized figure of Captain Jack Sparrow standing a full six feet tall and made of 150,000 LEGO bricks. Check out a trailer for one of the big games of 2011 below.
06.22.10
E3 2010: Pirates of the Caribbean Set Sail in New Game and Fourth Film

At E3 2010, Disney Interactive Studios and Propaganda Games showed off a new Pirates of the Caribbean game. Now, production has commenced on location in Hawaii, the United Kingdom and Los Angeles on Walt Disney Pictures’ and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ sweeping comedy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago), the fourth entry in the blockbuster franchise which has already reaped $2.7 billion in worldwide box office from the previous three films, and the first to be filmed and presented in Disney Digital 3D.