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At the Consumer Electronics Show, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger announced plans for creating Massively Multi-player Online games based on many Disney properties. He announced the possibility of living in the world of Toy Story, racing in the world of Cars, having superpowers like the Incredibles, entering the world of the Disney Princesses, and entering a world of Pirates. He also mentioned a little thing called Narnia…

Buena Vista Games, for the first time ever, has entered the top 20 Publishers Report published by Game Developer Magazine. It achieved this status due to a boost coming from sales of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and “Kingdom Hearts II.”

Our Moderator Holyboy has sent me a link to a board game that, up until now, I didn’t know exists. Risk Junior: Narnia Edition!

Titles nominated for the GameCube include Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe, Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland, Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and the previously mentioned Madden NFL ’06 from Electronic Arts.

Narnia jumps from No.34 to No.9, but rather than being due to the GC and XBOX releases, it is because of the PS2 version being promoted alongside the DVD movie release…

The PC game demo of The Chronicles of Narnia has been released for download. This announcement was made by NVIDIA, as they stated that it is one of the most unforgettable interactive features of the season, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe from Buena Vista Games.

Buena Vista Games ships more than 2 million units of the Chronicles of Narnia video game to retail outlets in North America and Europe. The launch of Multiplatform Video Game Inspired by Epic Film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe marks BVG’s Largest Self-Publishing Initiative.

Gamer.tv has produced a half-hour behind-the-scenes special based on this autumn’s eagerly-awaited blockbuster movie The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe and the accompanying video game from Disney offshoot Buena Vista Games.