Epoch Everlasting Play (EEP) kicked off the holiday shopping season with a special pop-up experience to celebrate the retail launch of the globally popular Calico Critters new Town series. The series, first introduced in 1985, features beautiful, richly detailed animal figures that live like humans with a focus on “Nature, Family and Love.” The collection is now available at specialty stores nationwide and online at Amazon.
The world of Calico Critters came to life at Stella’s Exclusive Town Tea at Lady Mendl’s Tea Salon in New York City. The dazzling interactive day of play featured life-size replicas of the playset fun including a chance to step inside Stella’s Designer Studio, taste testing at the Chocolate Lounge and Gelato stands and a first-ever look at the new Calico Critters animated series debuting on Netflix on November 1st in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Other countries in Europe and Asia will launch in their respective languages on December 1, 2018.
To view the multimedia release go to:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8421351-calico-critters-interactive-new-town-series/
Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that The 3rd Birthday™ will ship to North American retailers on March 29, 2011. Developed exclusively for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, The 3rd Birthday is an action-RPG that offers an all-new story-driven shooter for the handheld platform.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/square-enix/48267/
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence launched today a powerful, new public awareness campaign in concert with National Youth Violence Prevention Week, April 7-11. The campaign, called SPEAK UP, educates students about the important roles they can play in preventing violence, and includes public service announcements, posters and poster contests, interactive BuzzFeed-style quizzes, pledge drive and resource/activity kits.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/64672-speak-up
On June 29, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open the doors to the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program –Space Shuttle Atlantis.(SM)
More than 40 NASA astronauts are expected to participate in the grand opening, many of whom will be making appearances and signing autographs throughout the Visitor Complex. The festivities also include more than 20 special NASA exhibits throughout the Visitor Complex.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/61725-space-shuttle-atlantis-nasa-attraction-kennedy-space-center
As a new survey conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Nutrisystem among over 3,000 U.S adults in December, indicates more than half of Americans (54 percent) are planning to make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight. Nutrisystem (NASDAQ: NTRI), the leading provider of home-delivered weight loss meal plans, is gearing up to help them succeed in keeping those resolutions.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/59643-nutrisystem-survey-weight-loss-new-year-s-resolutions
Marketers who have been struggling to quantify the value of their social media marketing efforts may not be grappling much longer. Today, Boston digital marketing agency Overdrive Interactive launched SocialEye, a robust tracking and measurement dashboard designed to reveal the true ROI of social media marketing.
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The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will open a unique hands-on learning space, the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Object Project, July 1. Made possible by philanthropist Phyllis Taylor, the 4,000-square-foot space in the museum's new Innovation Wing will focus on “everyday things that changed everything.”
Anchored by an array of individual cases–some overhead, others with visitor-activated sound, light and motion effects–“Object Project” will invite visitors to interact with approximately 250 objects within the 9-by-40-foot sculpture that forms the learning space. The space is divided into four sections: Bicycles, Refrigerators, Ready-to-Wear Clothes and Household Hits, which includes a customized interactive version of “The Price Is Right” game show format licensed from FremantleMedia North America Inc.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7433931-national-museum-of-american-history/
With the launch of its 2013 catalogs, Apple Vacations is the first US tour operator to incorporate image recognition into its vacation shopping experience. Using the new Apple Vacations Interactive app shoppers can launch high-definition video vignettes that further explore resorts, destinations and excursions via their smartphones or tablets.
Apple Vacations Interactive is a free app and is available at the Apple App Store, Google Play and Android Zoom. Apple Vacations Interactive can also be used as a universal QR reader.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/55619-apple-vacations-2013-interactive-catalogs-new-vacation-shopping-experience
Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the worldwide debut of Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure, an entertainment breakthrough for the toy and video game industries. Through an innovative use of technology, the game allows players to transport real-world toys into virtual worlds of adventure through the “Portal of Power™.” These “toys with brains” can come to life inside the game in connection with multiple gaming platforms, as well as on handheld gaming devices, mobile devices and on the web, remembering achievements and level-ups wherever they go. This marks a wholesale change in the interaction between toys and video games, opening up new possibilities and revenue streams for both industries.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/skylandersgame/48523/
Travis Air Force Base squadron members took to the sky at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom today, as the first “flyers” to experience the park’s newest thrill ride, SkyScreamer. SkyScreamer, which opens to the public on Friday, May 27, is the latest sensation in tower rides, and takes the concept of spinning round and round to a new level of thrills. The lofty attraction joins the park’s unique array of rides, shows and interactive animal experiences.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/sixflags/49942/
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world’s largest regional theme park company, today announced thrilling new offerings for each of its 18 parks for 2015. The upcoming season will include unique, one-of-a-kind attractions, sophisticated new interactive dark rides and, in signature Six Flags fashion, a selection of world-record-breaking rides from coast to coast.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7309451-six-flags-highlights-new-rides-coasters-attractions-and-season-passes-for-all-18-parks-for-2015/
Imagine upgrading from ARM9™-based product designs to add 3D interactive touch screens, higher resolution displays, faster performance and multiple, flexible integrated connectivity options for a more robust offering — all while keeping design costs and power levels low. Visualize taking these new products to market in six months with an inexpensive development platform and free, complete software development kit. Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) now makes this design vision a reality with its new Sitara™ AM335x ARM® Cortex™-A8 microprocessors .
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