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Launches

  • Answering the Call of Duty for Release

    On Nov. 9 IGN Activision GameStop and Microsoft Xbox 360 leased the entire south end of New York City’s Union Square Park and created a full-scale military experience featuring military vehicles laser light shows perimeter guards and external big-screens featuring live game play. The objective was to create a launch event by which all video game launches in the future would be compared to drive buyers to retail and to win some new gaming fans in the process.

  • Build-A-Bear Goes to the Movies

    Build-A-Bear Workshop on Saturday Nov. 21 will offer select customers a sneak preview screening of its inaugural TV special “Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure.” The one-hour feature movie will air on Tuesday Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. EST/PST on ABC Family and is based on a book and series of webisodes that introduced Holly and Hal Moose last year.