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01.03.12
Independent Gaming Lives On With Mega Super Meat Boy Sales

For those of you who think that independent gaming has been overshadowed by the likes of bigger publishers and game licenses, well, yeah, they do dominate the industry.  But there's still room for a modest success story, as two guys who put together one of 2010's more entertaining independent games have recently announced that it has sold over a million downloads.  And that game?  Why, Super Meat Boy, of course.

09.21.11
James Cameron Brings AVATAR to Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide is joining forces with visionary filmmaker James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the world of AVATAR to life at Disney parks. Through an exclusive agreement, Disney will partner with Cameron and producing partner Jon Landau to create themed lands that will give theme park guests the opportunity to explore the mysterious universe of AVATAR first hand. Disney plans to build the first AVATAR themed land at Walt Disney World, within the Animal Kingdom park. With its emphasis on living in harmony with nature, Animal Kingdom is a natural fit for the AVATAR stories, which share the same philosophy. Construction is expected to begin by 2013.

06.14.11
E3 2011 Reactions: Industry Relies Too Heavily on Sequels to Fill the Show
In the past few days, I looked at each major company's E3 press conference and gave my overall impression of each one, elated at some of the things that were announced as well as growl at others. But now, it's time to take a look the big picture. What overall tone did E3 set for the industry? From what I saw, it seems that the industry relied too much on sequels to get things done, not taking enough risks with new IPs to pave the future for each company.
07.18.10
Comic Con 2010: Capcom Says More Street Fighter Movies Are in Development

HONOLULU, Hawaii – When it comes to the Hollywood convergence game, Capcom’s partnership with Impact Pictures on the Resident Evil movies has resulted in the second biggest franchise for Sony Pictures behind Spider-Man. With a fourth movie, Resident Evil: Afterlife, coming to theaters September 10 in 3D, and big budget movie adaptions of Lost Planet, Dark Void, and Onimusha in the works, what went wrong (twice) with the Street Fighter movies? Capcom’s vice president of strategic planning and business development, Christian Svensson, talks about Capcom’s Hollywood game and confirms that the game maker has not abandoned the Street Fighter movie franchise in this exclusive interview from Captivate 2010.