Articles in the Video Games Category

THQ Race O Rama Game Winners!
By tizmanian
Posted in CARS, Contests, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Video Games on 12 December 2009
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Welcome to Saturday and the announcement of our four winners for the THQ Race-O-Rama games contest!
Our two “NitroAde Style” Winners are:

SCANDELL
and
HEINZ57BABY
Here are their two winning entries:
“I love CARS gaming because the games give my 5 year old son the ability to win the Piston Cup all by himself; and the joy of revenge as he [...]

Big News! Great New Advertiser & Giveaways
By tizmanian
Posted in CARS, Disney Pixar, Video Games on 30 November 2009
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Hey ho, there TakeFiveADay readers!  Tizmanian here back from the action in the trenches to bring you an exciting announcement:
Please welcome one of the top video game manufacturers in the world – THQ – to our stable of advertisers here on TakeFiveADay.com!

THQ has produced some very cool games over the years and I have had [...]

Amazon & PS3 Black Friday Bundles Update
By metroxing
Posted in Retail, Video Games on 27 November 2009
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One more PS3 deal …
AMAZON UPDATE – PS3 Black Friday Bundle with Infamous and Killzone 2 + $10 Amazon “Credit” for next purchase. Offer starts now & only good until MIDNIGHT tonight. Click for LINK.

Original Post HERE.

Buying an HDTV-Black Friday 2009
By metroxing
Posted in TV, Video Games on 25 November 2009
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Just about every store including Drug Stores are selling some sort of HDTV this Black Friday and it’s impossible to judge for you what size or price you are willing to pay … or of course, whether you want to pay extra for a brand name …
The BIG CHOICE is of course, plasma or LCD.
Plasma [...]

Disney Pixar CARS: THQ Race O Rama Video Game
By metroxing
Posted in Disney Pixar, Video Games on 25 September 2009
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Coming October 12, 2009, the CARS: Race O Rama Video Game from THQ:

Some screenshots …
From THQ:
In the Cars Race-O-Rama video game, players get to race against new characters through action-packed tracks to win the Race-O-Rama trophy as their own personalized Lightning McQueen. Join Lightning McQueen in Radiator Springs as he prepares his academy of student [...]

Disney Pixar CARS: New THQ Video Game Coming October 2009
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, Video Games, collecting, diecast on 7 June 2009
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From THQ, a new CARS racing game, “Cars Race-O-Rama,” is coming this October …

High bandwidth trailer …

From the Press Release:
“In Cars Race-O-Rama, players will join Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks in Radiator Springs as they prepare their academy of student racers to compete in the Race-O-Rama Exhibition. Players will encounter 12 new playable characters making [...]

Disney Pixar CARS: WorldofCars.com Update & Codes Update
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, TV, Toys, Video Games, collecting, diecast on 3 February 2009
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For those who need an introduction, on the back of the name plate “ticket” on each of the Mattel Disney Pixar diecast CARS is a number.

Then go to www.WorldofCARS.com.

Be sure and register first(free) and then enter codes to help you build a race car and unlock tracks to race … for now, the numbers are [...]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: WorldofCARS.com Update
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Disney Pixar, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, Video Games, collecting, diecast on 3 February 2009
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The official launch now reads SUMMER 2009 …

So, until then, the codes contained on the back of the “tickets” for most of the releases will work for EVERYONE. For those unaware, the codes on the back of every CARS name plate (ticket) contains a code which are worth points at worldofcars.com – for now, all [...]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Tokyo Mater CARS TOONS Preview – Bolt 12/12/2008
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, Apple, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, Video, Video Games, collecting, diecast, iPhone on 9 December 2008
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Added to the front of BOLT this Friday is the latest CARS TOONS short – Tokyo Mater.
This will be the 4th Mater’s Tall Tales short – though the longest – almost 6 minutes long and maybe the last – at least for a while.

So, for those hatin’ on Expanded Universe CAR TOONS – avert your [...]