Tag archive: Viva Piñata

The National Institute on Media and the Family has issued its 2007 report card on the video game industry, and has reached some rather unsurprising conclusions: despite a few retailers' steps to curtail childrens' access to violent video games and new software and parental controls, these efforts have not kept pace with game publishers, and violence in video games continues to increase. Furthermore, the group warns the video… Read More

Microsoft began the Electronic Entertainment Expo Tuesday night by announcing several new games that would be finding their way to Microsoft systems within the next year. Here are some highlights from the company’s lengthy show. First up, the company demonstrated Rock Band, and Guitar-Hero-like musical game that is set to be one of the star’s of this year’s E3. Despite the appearance, no new information came from… Read More

Microsoft Game Studios yesterday said in conjunction with 4Kids Entertainment the roll out of "Viva Piñata", an entertainment property created by Rare Ltd. of living piñata animals, to video games, television and a range of merchandise. Viva Piñata ties will begin rolling out this fall. The Viva Piñata brand, said the two companies, will begin first as a television series which airs in the fall Saturday mornings on FOX. In this… Read More