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engageexpo.com - 10/6/2009
February 16-17, 2010 - New York City. Co-located with Toy Fair 2010.
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register now and save As kid and youth entertainment and play patterns change and they become more digital and move away from toys and traditional media it's imperative that toy companies and youth entertainment companies learn how to integrate digital technologies into their product lines. ...
Interview with Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club
games.venturebeat.com - 10/7/2009
Interview with Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club
— games.venturebeat.com — Will Wright has conquered the game industry and is now moving on to bigger things. He made... waves in April when he announced he was leaving Electronic Arts to start his own company, the Stupid Fun Club . Wright, who has made blockbuster games from ... (more) Interview with Will Wright on his entertainment startup, ...

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variety.com - 10/2/2009
EA sets up 'Spore' at Fox - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
— variety.com — 'Ice Age' helmer to adapt game as feature Twentieth Century Fox has paired up with Electronic Arts... to turn the publisher's popular "Spore" game into an animated creature feature, with "Ice Age's" Chris Wedge attached to helm. Greg Erb and Jason ... (more) EA sets up 'Spore' at Fox - Entertainment News, Film ...

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'Spore' video game to be adapted by Chris Wedge for Fox
heatvisionblog.com - 10/2/2009
'Spore' video game to be adapted by Chris Wedge for Fox
— heatvisionblog.com — 20th Century Fox has acquired the rights to Electronic Arts’ “Spore” video game to create a CG... animated feature. Chris Wedge, who directed “Ice Age” and “Robots” for the studio, is attached to direct while writers Greg Erb and Jason... (more) 'Spore' video game to be adapted by Chris Wedge for Fox

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L.A. Times Tech Blog:  Will Wright, creator of The Sims, talks toys

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Will Wright, creator of The Sims, talks toys
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... Hint #1: It's a toy. Wright will be taking his concept to the New York Toy Fair in February, where he will deliver a talk titled "The Evolution of Entertainment: A Toy's Place" at the Engage! Expo, a conference on the convergence of toys, the Internet, virtual worlds, games and social media. ...

Interview with Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club
VentureBeat — ... . Wright, who has made blockbuster games from SimCity to The Sims to Spore, was one of the key brains behind EA’s successful Maxis studio, which has sold billions of dollars worth of games. Wright’s last title, Spore, launched in September, 2008, and it hasn’t quite lived up to its hype. But it still generated millions of unit sales and is now going to be ...

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