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Hot Wheels speeds to consoles and PCs

My Little Pony gallops to Netfl ix

Hasbro’s global content studio Entertainment One (eOne) has announced that a new computer animated feature fi lm based on the My Little Pony franchise will premiere on Netfl ix later this Autumn. Fans can also look forward to the release of a new My Little Pony G5 series in 2022.

Animated by Hasbro’s Boulder Studio in Dublin, the new feature fi lm is the fi rst time the ponies will be seen in theatrical-quality CG animation.

The entertainment releases will be accompanied with toys informed by the updated animation style, in addition to a portfolio of licensed products across fashion, home, publishing and lifestyle categories.

Fresh content plan is confi rmed for Peppa Pig

Hasbro’s global content studio Entertainment One (eOne) has confi rmed that 104 additional episodes of Peppa Pig have been greenlit for production, ensuring a continuous pipeline of fresh content through to 2027. This will take the total number of episodes in the Peppa Pig catalogue to 485.

Animation studio Astley Baker Davies, the original creator of Peppa Pig, will work closely with eOne to hand the baton of creative production duties to the award-winning British animation studio Karrot. The animation style, music and voice talent is set to remain unchanged.

Series nine kicks off this spring with a four-part US special, which sees Peppa and family take a road trip around America, followed by 22 episodes that will roll out globally throughout 2021.

Bluey heads to cBeebies

Australia’s hit preschool show Bluey launches on CBeebies this month.

CBeebies will be the fi rst free-to-air platform in the UK to broadcast the series, which is backed by BBC Studios. Series 1 will air on the channel every day.

Licensed products set to hit retail in the Autumn include lines from Moose Toys and Ravensburger.

There will also be a Bluey magazine from Immediate Media on newsstands in the summer. Mattel and global racing game developer Milestone have announced the upcoming release of Hot Wheels Unleashed: an action-packed arcadestyle racing game featuring Hot Wheels cars and sky-high tracks. The game is scheduled to launch on 30 September on PlayStation5, PlayStation4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, Nintendo Switch and PC. Gamers can get Fact! ready to drift, boost, jump and crash on Hot Wheels Hot Wheels’ orange tracks in various Singles assortment single-player game was recognised as modes. Gamers the 2020 Global can also challenge Top-Selling Toy of friends in multiplayer races, both online the Year by the and offl ine, NPD Group leveraging a splitscreen mode.

Hot Wheels Unleashed offers players the opportunity to drive the cars as if they were playing with the die-cast toys. The gameplay includes adrenaline-fi lled races, an extended choice of Hot Wheels vehicles with different attributes and rarity levels that players can customise with different skins, and tracks set in everyday-life locations with special track pieces and interactive items. The game also features a Track Editor, enabling players to customise tracks in any game environment and share them with the game’s community.

New video game for Schleich characters

Video game publisher Wild River Games is set to release the fi rst video game based on the theme world created by Schleich.

The horses from Schleich and the environment they live in come alive in Horse Club Adventures, which is available on 27 May for Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 and as digital download for Xbox One and PC.

Horse Club Adventures is described as an open-world game that provides a blend of adventure, roleplaying and racing elements coupled with mystery-solving fun.

Players spend their vacation at the Lakeside Riding Stable and become part of the Horse Club clique, revolving around Hannah, Sarah, Sofi a and Lisa. Together they reveal long-guarded secrets, complete quests, and collect objects such as photos and stickers. The appearance of the player avatars and their horses can be individually customised.