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The videogame “Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour” is based on the characters of the Emmy nominated Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana.
Here is a quick primer for parents new to the Hannah Montana phenomenon:
Played by Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana is a preteen who lives a secret life as a pop star. (more…)
Wow. We knew Club Penguin was hot from all the traffic we got after we reviewed it and blogged about it. And today Disney just bought them for a deal that could be worth up to $700 million.
Club Penguin makes a kid-friendly online virtual world that I know my kids enjoy. And they have over 700,000 paying members so a lot of other kids are enjoying it too.
Congratulations Club Penguin!
The highly anticipated “Pirates of the Caribbean Online” Game will not be released until Fall 2007.
Pirates of the Caribbean Online is a massively multiplayer online game. The game was scheduled to launch in 2006. However, the developer felt that the game was not ready and a new launch date was set for spring 2007. The already delayed game has now finished Beta testing and the team decided to push back launch even further.
The Pirates Online Website reads: “Our end goal is simple – make a great game! In order to achieve this we believe we need some additional development time and have therefore decided to move the launch of the game to this Fall.”
Good thing Disney has deep pockets. However, the “Summer Pirate Buzz” will have long worn off by then…
Microsoft announces partnership with Disney at E3 Media Event.
Microsoft’s Xbox360 is without a doubt the system of choice for the serious gamer. According to Microsoft’s Peter Moore and Jeff Bell it will also become the system of choice for family entertainment. (more…)
Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End is without a doubt the best looking Pirate game we have ever seen! And so it is to our utmost disappointment that the gameplay does not make use of such outstanding artwork.
This “T” for Teen rated game follows the movie plot of Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest and the newly released Pirates of the Caribbean At World’s End.
The game takes players to many of the locations found in the two movies, such as Port Royal, Tortuga, Isla Cruces, Singapore, Davy Jones’ Locker and of course the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman. Unfortunately, little to no room is given to explore or interact with these magnificent looking environments. Instead the game sends the player from one un-imaginative fight into the next, while collecting random objects for extra rewards along the way. Some jumping and balancing sections try to mix things up, but even these activities quickly become repetitive. Pirates requires absolutely no thinking because only one objective can be completed at a time and only one predefined path can be taken. The game offers two different Multiplayer games, where players can duel each other in a sword fight or battle in splitscreen mode with or against each other to defeat enemies. Overall Pirates of the Caribbean At World’s End is (another) mediocre movie tie-in action game. Leaving a lot of potential but no follow through. It is definitely not worth the $60. Rent it for your kids.
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