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• First Star Wars Role-Playing Game for Xbox Sells
  LucasArts’ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a new role-playing game for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, has flown off store shelves at light speed in its first two weeks of availability, selling more than 270,000 units. The game set a new record for Xbox game sales, selling through its initial allocation in its first four days of release.
  Author: Amy Bush - Date: January 27, 2004



• New ground-breaking Professor Noggin’s Card Games
  Four new titles of the Kid-friendly Professor Noggin’s Card Game Series made their official debut today, providing ground-breaking topics that will enrich the education of children on some rarely touched topics such as First Peoples of North America.
  Author: Art Rowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Three Team WARPT Pro Riders Qualify for the 2003 Gravity Games
  Southern California-based WARPT Industries announces that three Team WARPT riders have qualified for and will compete in the 2003 Gravity Games, the world's premiere action sports, music, and lifestyle festival, whose NBC broadcasts are the highest-rated action sports programming in television history. Riding for Team WARPT at the fifth-annual event, taking place at Voinivich Park in Cleveland, Ohio's North Coast Harbor, are Nate Adams and Jimmie McGuire in the freestyle motocross (FMX) category, and Reuel Erickson competing in BMX.
  Author: Amy Bush - Date: January 27, 2004



• Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. to revive 80’s classic KNIGHT RIDER
  Davilex Games, a global publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, is delighted to announce a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Licensing, Inc., negotiated through Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, to produce a brand new Knight Rider based game for the PC and next-generation platforms. The Knight Rider game incorporates elements from racing, action and adventure genres and is slated for release on the PS2, PC, X-Box, Game Cube and GBA in Q4 of 2002.
  Author: Art Rowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Web Site Exclusively Dedicated To Solving Math Problems
  Math.com, www.Math.com, the first-ever online math resource for everyone announced its official launch today, with hundreds of thousands of users already online getting math help. The Company reports that with no advertising or promotion, Math.com's first month of test operations generated more than 850,000 page views and nearly one half million unique users. Math.com already has acquired more than 24,000 registered members since going live.
  Author: Art Rowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Action-Based Video Games Enhance Visual Attention
  Research in the upcoming issue of Nature demonstrates that action video games can give a person the ability to monitor more objects in their visual field and do so faster than a person who doesn't play such games. The study by researchers at the University of Rochester suggests that in addition to making game players more aware of their surroundings while performing tasks such as driving, action game playing might be a useful tool to rehabilitate visually impaired patients or to train soldiers for combat.
  Author: Joan Owen - Date: January 26, 2004



• Campaign for a Game Smart Community
  King County community leaders have joined Mothers Against Violence in America and Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson in a call to action to mobilize the community regarding violent video game sales to children.
  Author: Ushi Boor - Date: January 26, 2004



• GAME Seek New Stores in France for Scoregame
  GAME, Europe’s leading video games retailer, is starting the hunt for a significant number of new retail sites in France to expand its French business ScoreGAME.
  Author: Emma Egan - Date: January 26, 2004



• Seventh Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card
  The National Institute on Media and the Family, the nation's leading resource on the effects of video games on children, released their Seventh Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card today in Washington, D.C. Among this year's findings, the MediaWise Video Game Report Card highlights the growing tendency to depict graphic violence against women in the industry's most popular games. In this season's best-selling game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, players are rewarded for kicking a prostitute to death.
  Author: Emma Egan - Date: January 26, 2004



• Take Science Home For The Holidays
  San Francisco’s Exploratorium is the world’s first hands-on science museum. Like the Exploratorium itself, the Exploratorium Store is full of fascinating things to look at, play with, and learn from. Some of the over 2,500 items on display include products related to the museum's exhibits and programs.
  Author: Ushi Boor - Date: January 26, 2004



• Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. to Present at the Harris Nesbitt Gerard Playtime Conference
  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., today announced that Jeffrey C. Lapin, Chief Executive Officer and Cindi Buckwalter, Executive Vice President, will present at the Harris Nesbitt Gerard Playtime Conference in New York City.
  Author: Ushi Boor - Date: January 26, 2004



• Video Games May Be More Harmful Than Violent Television and Movies
  Playing violent video games like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D or Mortal Kombat can increase a person's aggressive thoughts, feelings and behavior both in laboratory settings and in actual life, according to two studies appearing in the April issue of the American Psychological Association's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Furthermore, violent video games may be more harmful than violent television and movies because they are interactive, very engrossing and require the player to identify with the aggressor, say the researchers.
  Author: Ushi Boor - Date: January 26, 2004



• Child's Play Toys Hosts Favorite Children's Characters
  The favorite children’s book character Madeline, the little French girl who lives in the house with the vines, will be visiting Child’s Play Toys in Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine.
  Author: Rex Lowe - Date: January 26, 2004



• Child Development Depends On Play And Toys
  Toys are an essential tool of children’s play, said Professor Jeffrey Goldstein, Social Psychologist from the University of Utrecht, in response to a newspaper article published yesterday which claimed that too many toys may harm a child’s development. Professor Goldstein, who is also head of the International Play Research Organisation, stated There are many established research studies that show that children play longer when a wide variety of toys is available. One study in particular shows that access to a wide range of well-selected toys can actually improve a child’s emotional, physical, social and intellectual development, even increasing potential IQ, regardless of their sex, race or social class.
  Author: Alex Gore - Date: January 24, 2004



• Legendary Toy Slinky® coming to animation with two films and a television series from H2V Entertainment
  On the heels of their three recently announced animated feature films for spring 2004, H2V Kids, a new addition to Montreal-based H2V Entertainment, and their partner UKFS, have signed a deal with DoubleTake Spring Partners, Inc. and James Industries, Inc. to give the world famous SLINKY a starring role, launching the legendary toy into the world of animation. H2V's CEO Henrique Vera-Villanueva and the partnering companies will produce two feature length animated movies and an animated television series based on characters from the hit collection of Slinky Pets toys.
  Author: Alex Gore - Date: January 24, 2004



• Explore Toys Online Store is Showcased
  Explore Toys, an online educational toy store dedicated to space and sea exploration, has just been showcased at Bigstep.com, one of the premier web sites on the internet today. Bigstep.com has selected ExploreToys.com as an outstanding example of how to develop a professional looking web site that is eye appealing and easy to navigate, using their custom web site design and marketing tools. Bigstep.com was recently chosen by PC magazine as one of the Top 100 Web Sites for quarter 1 of year 2001, as well as Best of 2000 in web development.
  Author: Dana Wells - Date: January 23, 2004



• New Line of Videos, DVDs and CDs Being Designed To Enrich Infant
  Fisher-Price, the world’s leading manufacturer of infant and preschool toys, will bring its unmatched reputation and expertise in creating products that help parents bring out their baby’s full potential to the home entertainment marketplace with the creation of a truly unique infant development media series. This brand new line of videos, DVDs and CDs is being designed to entertain babies while at the same time meet specific development needs. To help successfully bring the line to the marketplace, Fisher-Price will partner with Artisan’s Family Home Entertainment division, one of the world’s leading family home entertainment marketers and distributors. The initial Fisher-Price media products are currently in production and are expected to be released in Spring 2004.
  Author: Britt Halle - Date: January 21, 2004



• BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® Ships Rock N' Roll Racing® for the GAME BOY® ADVANCE
  Blizzard Entertainment announced today that it has begun shipping Rock N' Roll Racing® for the Game Boy® Advance under its Blizzard Classic Arcade label.
  Author: Britt Halle - Date: January 21, 2004



• Families Spending More Time Together at Home Playing Classic Board Games
  The family is home for the holidays and its time to pull out a board game to liven things up. But which game? Following the success of last year's THE SIMPSONS, SCOOBY-DOO and I LOVE LUCY Editions of the MONOPOLY game, USAOPOLY, a licensee of Hasbro, Inc., promises more fun family entertainment in 2002 with the PEANUTS and SPIDER-MAN Editions of the MONOPOLY game, as well as the award-winning CLUE: SCOOBY-DOO Edition.
  Author: Britt Hale - Date: January 21, 2004



• Game will Take Advantage of the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology
  Intel Corporation and LEGO Interactive announced today they are working together to deliver and co-market a fast-paced adventure game that combines the top-selling BIONICLE® toy line with the latest in PC technology. The game, co-published by Electronic Arts, is scheduled for release in fall 2003.
  Author: Britt Halle - Date: January 21, 2004



• NPD Reports TV and Movie Licensed Toys are Tops on Kids’ Wish Lists
  According to new research from leading market information provider The NPD Group, if you want to know what toys your kids will want this year for the holidays, just turn on your TV during Saturday morning cartoons, or flip through the local newspaper and find out what movies are tops with kids.
  Author: Ross Mak - Date: January 20, 2004



• PENTAGONIA – The Winning Continues
  Pentagonia, a board game that was created and designed in Western Canada, has received an Award of Excellence from Discoveryschool.com.
  Author: Ross Mak - Date: January 20, 2004



• VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES Announces Four New Adventure-Filled Fisher-Price® Software are Titles For 2003
  Vivendi Universal Games today announced four new titles for boys featuring Fisher-Price's® Rescue Heroes™ characters and Imaginext™ adventure themes. Demonstrating the power of teamwork, combined with important life lessons, are two action-packed Rescue Heroes titles -- Rescue Heroes™ Billy Blazes™, debuting on the Game Boy® Advance video game system, and Rescue Heroes™ Mission Select CD-ROM. Based on the popular Imaginext playset system, the Imaginext™ Pirate Raider and Imaginext™ Battle Castle CD-ROM games will encourage creative thinking by allowing boys to invent their own unique adventures. Developed by Knowledge Adventure, the Rescue Heroes titles and Imaginext™ Pirate Raider will ship in the Summer of 2003 and Imaginext™ Battle Castle will be released in the Fall of 2003.
  Author: Ross Mak - Date: January 20, 2004



• All Aboard! 2003 National Monopoly Championship Takes a Ride on the Reading
  Pass Go and collect $15,140. Forty-eight U.S. contestants are playing to own it all on board a chartered Amtrak train, entitled the Reading Railroad, as the 2003 National MONOPOLY Championship takes to the rails. First held in 1973, this year's competition marks the first time the National Championship takes place aboard a moving train. Reminiscent of a whistle stop tour, the train will be making multiple stops as it travels from Chicago to Atlantic City for the final competition. Mr. MONOPOLY christened the ceremonial train and to wished the players good luck on their historic and competitive journey.
  Author: Ross Mak - Date: January 20, 2004



• Beyblade Tops, The Number-One, Authentic High-Performance Tops
  One of the hottest toys of 2002, the BEYBLADE phenomenon spun swiftly across the globe, winning fans, awards and rave reviews. More than two million BEYBLADE tops have been sold in the U.S. alone! Kids everywhere are playing with Hasbro's customizable, high-performance tops that battle.
  Author: Ross Mak - Date: September 25, 2005



• HASBRO Is COOKIN' UP a Storm With New Easy-Bake Real Meal
  In 2003, the EASY-BAKE brand is as hot as ever with a new light-bulb free oven that creates a variety of sweet and savory treats and another that transforms a simple snack into a sweet surprise!
  Author: Ross Mak - Date: January 20, 2004



• Tonka toys and trucks help little hands build big projects in sand boxes all over the world
  Children that have spent time in a sand box anytime over the past forty or fifty years has very likely played with Tonka toys and trucks. They are tough toys and can withstand years of dream building and imagination moving. Tonka toys and trucks are authentic reproductions of actual vehicles. Most models are small versions of work trucks and other construction vehicles. You may find a crane or a backhoe. There are trucks of all sizes and suited for any job your child can dream up. The first two trucks the company produced in 1947 were a steam shovel and a crane. They won immediate acceptance in the market place and the tiny little garden supply company that produced them turned out thirty seven thousand in the first year.
  Author: Laurie Simpson - Date: September 11, 2005