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Update to the Class Action lawsuit (June 14th):
It looks like replies to motion to dismiss stuff.
7/12/2021 looks like the date court will rule this.
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/35867262/Verdin_v_Genius_Brands_International,_Inc_et_al
Annual meeting, June 17. 11 am Toronto time (which I think is est.)
All it takes is an email, for a chance to win one.
E3 2021 Day 3 Recap: Indie Games Showcase, Razer Blade 14, Intellivision Amico
https://www.adorama.com/alc/e3-2021-day-3-recap-indie-games-showcase-razer-blade-14-intellivision-amico/
Earthworm Jim game gets a mention and a print giveaway starting at around 8 minutes and 35 seconds:
E3 2021 Presentation | Intellivision® Amico™
Richter Belmont is not the son of Sypha and Trevor (if you care about such things). It's been corrected to some later descendant.
https://www.thewrap.com/castlevania-spinoff-series-richter-belmont-maria-renard-netflix/
or
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #Castlevania https://t.co/avA9JVfYul
— Samuel Deats 🌕 (@SamuelDeats) June 11, 2021
‘Castlevania’ Spinoff About Richter Belmont, Maria Renard Ordered at Netflix
https://finance.yahoo.com/entertainment/castlevania-spinoff-richter-belmont-maria-162600745.html
You would have to be looking for it. But, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance/Interplay got a spot:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in_video_games#April%E2%80%93June
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Three spots.
D&D: Dark Alliance is supposed to be out June 22, 2021. There is probably no hurry when it comes out.
The time to milk it, is when people have the money and time to buy and play the game. No time like the present.
People are heading back to the workplace for work and out of the home for entertainment.
I, also, think we are heading for high inflationary times. High government debt won't be paid off by increasing taxes on businesses and high net worth individuals. I'm not sure the government is up to growing the economy, either.
People may not have the discretionary funds to buy 20 year old video games (I won't say at a premium).
Sorry, hit the submit button twice.
And, the 3.8 cent question is when?
"Castlevania: The Art of the Animated Series", by Frederator Studios.
Hard Cover $39.99 hits the bookshelves August 17, 2021.
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Amazon has it for $35.99
I'm happy to see there is still a buyer. I guess the plans to bring Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance to the PC and mobile devices (? I think), is keeping someone's interest. Those two areas carry the bulk of video game players. I wish they would relay an ETA.
GNUS as a trade makes sense. It's had good volatility over the last year.
Really? When do you expect GNUS to turn a profit?
Stock Awards Pay Off Big for Bobby Kotick, Andy Heyward
https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2021/jun/07/stock-awards-pay-big-kotick-heyward/
Heyward: stocking up
In contrast to Activision’s gains, Genius Brands International had a lousy year in 2020.
The company, which produces video content and related merchandise for children and tweens, saw revenue fall 58% to $2.5 million.
Genius Brands also racked up a loss of $402 million, which was much larger than its 2019 loss of $11 million.
In its annual report, Genius Brands attributed the huge loss to the company’s issuance last year of $390 million in warrants and options to raise working capital for its various entertainment projects and to repurchase shares. The report said the company’s actual operating loss was roughly the same as in 2019.
“These losses, among other things, have had an adverse impact on our results of operations, our financial condition, stockholders’ equity, net current assets and working capital,” the company stated.
Despite this huge loss, Genius Brands’ share price surged 411% to $1.38 in 2020, though that was up from a penny stock level of 27 cents a share at the end of 2019.
In its annual report, Genius Brands notes that the stock has a limited public float and that trading volume is generally low and sporadic, setting the conditions for significant volatility in the share price. “The market price for our common stock may not necessarily be a reliable indicator of our fair market value,” the company said.
Heyward’s compensation package is tied to the company’s share price performance, which begins to explain the huge gulf between his 40-fold gain in compensation and the company’s large 2020 loss.
USC’s Murphy said that much of Heyward’s compensation gain is somewhat illusory. That’s because accounting rules require Genius Brands to state the fair market value of share awards, even before they vest.
Under terms of Heyward’s 2018 employment agreement with the board, on Dec. 7, 2020, he was awarded 7.5 million restricted stock units (equivalent to shares) that on that date had a market value of $10.4 million and 5 million options with a market value on that date of $5.75 million.
The combined equity awards were worth more than $16 million. The remaining $1.3 million of his $17.4 million in compensation came from his salary and bonus as well as nearly $500,000 in producer’s fees paid by third parties.
The annual report also notes that Heyward on Dec. 7 received another 7.5 million restricted stock units with a market value of $10.4 million. The company chose not to count this set of RSUs toward his 2020 compensation, although USC’s Murphy said he saw no reason why they shouldn’t have been counted.
In any event, Murphy said, the value of these shares is transitory.
“He got a big grant of equity that may or may not be worth a whole lot when the RSU shares vest,” Murphy said. “So, it’s a really big number, but next year, there’s a good chance that compensation might fall.”
They didn't mention any specific IP (maybe Catbug). They said IP based stuff can seemingly drop in from out of nowhere. There are less than four weeks left in Q2, though.
I would guess they are in talks,based on the lack of guidance. During the conference call, someone asked if WOW's phones were ringing, based on the company exploring strategic alternatives. They declined to answer.
About 150,000. I sold some two weeks ago. It wasn't me selling today. We are not getting any info from IPLY. I'm currently on the fence on selling.
On, one hand, I think that IPLY might get bought out. The game library would be of use to Amazon (for gaming, IP for animated stories, and graphic novels). It looks like Netflix might want to get into gaming, also.
On the other hand, I think Herve might just run IPLY into the ground, milking it for all the money he can, leaving shareholders high and dry. Selling while the shares were up a few hundred percent makes sense.
I don't think the games or the IP would be worth much to other companies. It's still worth something, but a Netflix or Amazon could make better use of IPLY's library and IP.
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I think I sold enough to get more out than I originally put in.
Vol.. There you go.
‘Rainbow Rangers’ Coming to Netflix in July 2021
https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/rainbow-rangers-coming-to-netflix-in-july-2021/
CBC SETS FALL SCHEDULE AND UNVEILS 2021-22 PROGRAMMING SLATE, INCLUDING OVER 35 ORIGINAL SERIES FROM CANADIAN CREATORS
https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/press-release/cbc-sets-fall-schedule-and-unveils-2021-22-programming-slate-including-over
UKULELE U About the Show
https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/ukulele-u
Genius Brands to Present Today at the Gabelli Funds 13th Annual Broadcasting & Entertainment Symposium
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/06/03/2241286/0/en/Genius-Brands-to-Present-Today-at-the-Gabelli-Funds-13th-Annual-Broadcasting-Entertainment-Symposium.html
CBC sets fall schedule and unveils 2021-22 programming slate, including over 35 original series from Canadian creators
https://www.tv-eh.com/2021/06/02/cbc-sets-fall-schedule-and-unveils-2021-22-programming-slate-including-over-35-original-series-from-canadian-creators/
About half way down the page:
I'm no longer relying on Kingpin:Reloaded. I think it turned out to be too hard for 3D Realms. It seemed to be really important for them last year, when they started, now less so. I doubt they will ever finish. I, also, doubt it would sell better than Baldur's Gate, Earthworm Jim, or anything else IPLY has going on.
It was still on the list this morning (I checked). I just checked and it's off the list. It was second to the last when I posted yesterday (and checked this morning).
https://www.nintendo.com/games/nintendo-switch-best-sellers/
Judging by the titles on the list, I think it's a 24 hour list, or some limited time period. Some of the games were released years ago. I doubt it takes huge sales numbers to make it on the list.
I think it was great and note worthy to be on the list, even for a limited period. It shows there was more than average interest in the game.
I just don't know why they would delete the post. In the future, it will give me pause, on re-posting anything form Interplay/Black Isle Studios or any other entity involved with IPLY. I doubt I am the only one.
The post hasn't come back and no explanation. Maybe, I should wait a few days before re-posting anything from Black Isle Studios.
Genius Brands Appoints Never Wrong Toys as Global Master Toy Partner for Hit Animated Series “Rainbow Rangers”
https://www.gnusbrands.com/news/press-releases/detail/1127/genius-brands-appoints-never-wrong-toys-as-global-master
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Maybe:
https://neverwrongtoys.com/
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Parent company, not much info on them
https://www.hkcorporationsearch.com/companies/1113191/
Hmm, the Tweet disappeared. Maybe it wasn't such a big deal? BG:DA is still on the best sellers list.
Tweet from Black Isle Studio:
This seems to be current news. Beyond using a game (Fallout 3:Van Buren) that started at Black Isle Studios 18 years ago, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with IPLY or Black Isle Studios, today. It also seems the work on the game started some time ago. I'm not sure what kicked off the articles today.
But, it gets the Black Isle Studios (and Interplay Entertainment) name back out there, so there's that.
Modders Port Van Buren Project to Fallout: New Vegas Engine
https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/fallout-new-vegas-will-be-turned-into-van-buren-by-modders/zc3360
The conference call was pretty short. It ended well before the market opened. There was only a couple of things I found of interest from the questions.
The backlog is front loaded with the first 6 months being worth more than the last 6 months. The backlog is over 24 to 30 months.
WOW will be releasing their own IP stuff starting in Q2 and moving forward.
WOW! Unlimited Media Announces Financial Results For the First Quarter of 2021
COMPANY REPORTS ITS HIGHEST QUARTERLY NET INCOME TO DATE
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/05/27/2237840/0/en/WOW-Unlimited-Media-Announces-Financial-Results-For-the-First-Quarter-of-2021.html
Hey! Make sure to tune in to tomorrow's Power Hour$GNUS CEO, Andy Heyward will be with us LIVE at 12:15pm ET❗️https://t.co/8GWNCA288B pic.twitter.com/X14bLYJ5vs
— Benzinga (@Benzinga) May 25, 2021
Genius Brands Announces Promotion of Jon Ollwerther to President of Kartoon Channel!
https://www.gnusbrands.com/news/press-releases/detail/1125/genius-brands-announces-promotion-of-jon-ollwerther-to
Not about IPLY, but interesting. Articles say Netflix might get into gaming.
Netflix may go all-in on gaming, says report (updated)
https://www.techradar.com/news/netflix-may-go-all-in-on-gaming-says-report
https://www.reuters.com/technology/netflix-looking-hire-executive-gaming-expansion-information-2021-05-21/
https://www.polygon.com/22447410/netflix-executive-games-expansion-the-information-report
Tweet
Reposting!
— Black Isle Studios (@BlackIsleStudio) May 21, 2021
Now that we have released on Switch, we wanted to officially offer review keys to any media outlet or influencer.
Please message us at Lewis@vicariouspr.com
Please link your website or channel in the message! pic.twitter.com/iVcqYYZZhB
WOW! Unlimited Media to Host First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call
I don't know about others, but, when I sell, I'm out. I don't intend to buy back in.
I doubt the release of Kingpin: Reloaded will have more of an impact than Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. And there is no telling when/if it will be released. Also, mass shooting are making the headlines, again.
Whether IPLY is trying to make a comeback or sell itself, I'm assuming a revaluation of the company will come without warning.
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance Giveaway!
https://gleam.io/qXh0n/baldurs-gate-dark-alliance-rerelease-giveaway
I've seen mostly good reviews. The biggest complaint was about the price and lack of online co-op.