FedEx announced yesterday that Express, Ground and Freight shipping rates will increase January 6, but said that they will not apply any additional residential surcharges during the holiday season. The company also will make the following Express, Ground and Freight surcharge changes effective January 20, 2020: The list of Delivery Area Surcharge ZIP Codes for FedEx […]
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The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design have made some changes to the Origins Awards for 2020. The organization will add ‘Digital Adaptation of a Physical Game’ as a new category. They have also brought back the ‘Historical Game’ and ‘Historical Miniatures Game’ categories. ‘Game of the Year’ will still be awarded, but will be voted
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Flying Buffalo Inc., the company started and run for almost 50 years by founder, Rick Loomis, will continue after his death, says company manager Steve Crompton. Loomis, a co-founder of GAMA (The Game Manufacturers Association), died August 23 of complications from Cancer. He was hours away from celebrating his 72nd birthday. Crompton said the company, with
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Lance Myxter has joined the Client Services Team at Funagain Logistics as Account Manger. He previously worked for Tasty Minstrel Games. He is known in the industry as ‘The Undead Viking,’ and has a YouTube channel of the same name. Myxter will be the primary representative for Funagain Logistics, and will provide customer support for Funagain clients. He will also
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Snakes & Lattes says it will be scaling back its distribution and retail activities to focus on the service-related part of the business. The company will continue its fulfillment operations in Canada, and will partner with US-based fulfillment centers as it looks to that market for growth. It will also continue publishing. It acquired Morning last year in
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Hasbro have entered into an agreement to purchase Canadian TV, film and music company Entertainment One (eONe) for an all-cash transaction valued at $4 billion. Shareholders of eOne will receive $6.86 for each share. Hasbro expects to maintain its quarterly dividend during the purchase. Brian Goldner, Hasbro chairman and chief executive officer said the acquisition will provide a pipeline
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Hasbro says it will phase out plastic from product packaging starting next year, this includes polybags, elastic bands, shrink wrap, window sheets and blister packs. It hopes to eliminate all new product plastic by the end of 2022. “Removing plastic from our packaging is the latest advancement in our more than decade-long journey to create a
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It’s no secret that AEG is changing its ways. CEO and Chief Creative Officer John Zinser has blogged about the company’s new efforts to make ‘fewer, better games.’ The company says it wants to put more time, and effort, into the development and marketing of the games they make. And that’s all fine until summer, and more importantly Gen
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Konami Cross Media NY have signed licensing agreements with Blacklist Games and IDW Games for the vintage video game titles Contra and Bomberman, according to License Global. Blacklist Games and the Kess Co. will develop a cooperative board game based on ‘Contra’ for the North American market. The title, planed for 2020, will be a card-driven miniature game. IDW Games have licensed the global
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Hasbro is expanding its recycling program to include France, Germany and Brazil. Consumers can send the company’s toys and games to TerraCycle, a product recycling company, who will turn them into materials that can be used in construction. The company launched the Hasbro Toy Recycling Program in the U.S. in 2018. The program allows consumers to box up and
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