Jade City Foods, a creative gourmet food manufacturer, and Don Clemente, Inc, the representative of the Loteria game rights in the U.S., are proud to announce a new collaboration that offers casual and hardcore Loteria fans a whole new and easy way to start their mornings and season their food.
What do a Flibbertigibbet, Chicken Scratch and a Water Bottle Maze all have in common? They were all among the top place finishers at People of Play’s 17th Annual Young Inventor Challenge (YIC) held on November 19th at Radio Flyer Headquarters in Chicago. The YIC is a yearly competition where students between the ages of 6 and 18 have the opportunity to create an original toy or game and then pitch it to professional toy and game inventors for a chance to win big prizes. Past winners have seen their entries licensed, manufactured and sold in major retailers.
Leading media and marketing agency Beacon Media Group and award-winning creative agency Flint & Steel have announced that the two agencies have joined forces in a new alliance to expand client services and offer full-service, comprehensive, integrated marketing services. The new alliance will now allow both Flint & Steel and Beacon Media clients to tap into a robust offering of world-class creative solutions and strategically driven media, marketing and communications services.
NERF’s turning up the heat on social media with two exciting new campaigns. For the first time ever, NERF has entered the NIL space by teaming up with 12 of the nation’s top NCAA athletes for NERF BLITZ! – a fun, two-leg relay race that puts these all-stars to the test, furthering the brand’s expansion into action sports. Competing with the brand’s all-new, hot holiday gift, the NERF Elite 2.0 Motoblitz Blaster, participants including Sedona Prince, Paige Bueckers, Jon Seaton, A.J. Henning, Armando Bacot and RJ Davis will be ranked based on their completion speed time. The person with the fastest time wins the ultimate prize, getting to douse the losing opponent with a NERF Super Soaker!
Award-winning global independent animation studio ZAG will exhibit at Brazil’s upcoming CCXP, the world’s #1 pop culture festival, reaching thousands of fans for the company’s award-winning flagship brand Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, and new cosplay fans for Ghostforce, which debuted in the region in May 2022 on Discovery Kids. In 2019, pre-pandemic, the CCXP convention attracted over 280,000 pop culture fans, thousands more than its popular U.S. counterparts, with over 9 million participating digitally during 2020 and 2021. Organizers anticipate even more attendees at this years’ event, which runs from December 1–4.
Emmy Award winner Craig Gerber, the creative force behind Disney’s acclaimed series Sofia the First, Elena of Avalor and its newest hit Firebuds, has extended his overall development deal with Disney Branded Television. Gerber also wrote the television movie that launched Disney’s first little girl princess, Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess, which debuted 10 years ago (Nov. 18, 2012) and remains TV’s #1 cable telecast of all time among Girls 2-5.
One of the most popular strategy games of all time, Risk, is now available on the Infinity Game Table, Arcade1Up announced. A high-fidelity touchscreen board game table, the Infinity Game Table revolutionizes game night with digital versions of popular games. Risk joins the nearly 100 other classic titles available including Scrabble, Monopoly, Chutes & Ladders, Clue, Harry Potter’s Wizard’s Chess, and Ticket to Ride. A fan-favorite for more than 60 years, Risk is a game filled with diplomacy, conflict and conquest. The goal is simple – conquer your enemies’ territories by building an army, moving their Troops in and engaging in battle. The player who completes the secret mission first wins! On the Infinity Game Table (IGT), you can play in single player mode against the computer or with 2-6 other players. Built-in Wi-Fi allows for virtual game nights with friends and family.
Paramount Consumer Products announced the launch of an array of exclusive products to celebrate the upcoming premiere of the CBS Original Reindeer in Here, a one-hour animated holiday special starring Adam Devine premiering Tuesday, November 29 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Families can start a new holiday tradition with a keepsake deluxe giftable book and plush set that comes with a timeless picture book, along with a lovable, huggable plush Reindeer, complete with air holes for the Reindeer to breathe on its long trip from the North Pole into children’s arms to spend the entire month of December together. This deluxe edition also includes coloring sheets, stickers, and a photo ornament sold exclusively at Target. Additional products inspired by Reindeer in Here, will include pajama sets, cozy throw blankets, and two standalone plush characters; a “Blizzard Plush” reindeer with two mismatched antlers, and a “Pinky Plush,” the only all pink reindeer at the North Pole. All of these items are also available exclusively at Target and Target.com.
More than 300 people from 20 countries gathered under the lights at the Epiphany Center for the Arts in Chicago, and another 260 via livestream, to celebrate and honor the winners of People of Play’s 15th annual Toy & Game International Excellence Awards (The TAGIE Awards). The event, which was back in person for the first time in two years, was sponsored by Disney, Oxford Games, Mattel, The Michael Kohner Corporation, Hasbro, TOMY, Longshore, Nextoy, Spin Master, Super Impulse, Backdrop.com, Peggy Brown Creative and Barry and Jason.