{"id":2593,"date":"2009-06-06T22:18:31","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T22:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/e3-toy-story-mania-and-cars-race-o-rama"},"modified":"2009-06-06T22:18:31","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T22:18:31","slug":"e3-toy-story-mania-and-cars-race-o-rama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/e3-toy-story-mania-and-cars-race-o-rama\/","title":{"rendered":"More Details on Toy Story Mania! and Cars Race-O-Rama Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/742.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>With the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/e3insider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E3&nbsp;Expo<\/a> wrapping up, video games have&nbsp;been in the spotlight lately. Of course games based on Pixar movies were previewed there, specifically&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/disneyparks.disney.go.com\/disneyparks\/en_US\/minisites\/toystorymania\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toy Story Mania!<\/a> for Wii and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thq.com\/us\/game\/show\/5325\/Cars%20Race-O-Rama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cars Race-O-Rama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the Wii version of the extremely popular <span class=\"caps\">DCA<\/span>\/DHS ride. Cover art for the September release of&nbsp;Toy Story Mania! has recently been revealed and I have to say it looks pretty great,&nbsp;let&#8217;s just hope the game is as well. Unlike most Pixar games, this&nbsp;shooter is being developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/disney.go.com\/disneyinteractivestudios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney Interactive Studios<\/a>&nbsp;and Papaya, <span class=\"caps\">DIS<\/span> will be the norm starting with the Toy Story 3 VG. Let&#8217;s&nbsp;also&nbsp;hope Disney&#8217;s in-house developers manage this side of Pixar&#8217;s operations better than <span class=\"caps\">THQ<\/span>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wii\/puzzle\/toystorymania\/video\/6209371?om_act=convert&#038;om_clk=gsupdates&#038;tag=updates;title;1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> for hands on game play!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 129px; height: 137px\" height=\"137\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/743.jpg\" width=\"129\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>Speaking of <a href=\"http:\/\/playthq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">THQ<\/span><\/a>, the&nbsp;interactive house&nbsp;is releasing the third video game in the <a href=\"http:\/\/carsvideogame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cars franchise<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thq.com\/us\/game\/show\/5325\/Cars%20Race-O-Rama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Race-O-Rama<\/a>. In this new installment you play as your own version of Lightning McQueen, customize him as you&#8217;d like and race through new tracks. Out of all the <span class=\"caps\">THQ<\/span>\/Pixar games, Cars has to be one of the most fun and interactive so&nbsp;I have higher hopes. The trailer that premiered at E3 can be seen over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gametrailers.com\/video\/e3-09-cars-race-o\/50890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Game Trailers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Both games have a projected E rating and will cost $49.99. Do you think you&#8217;ll be buying either one of these upcoming Pixar interactives?<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>With the&nbsp;E3&nbsp;Expo wrapping up, video games have&nbsp;been in the spotlight lately. Of course games based on Pixar movies were previewed there, specifically&nbsp;Toy Story Mania! for Wii and Cars Race-O-Rama. Let&#8217;s start with the Wii version of the extremely popular DCA\/DHS ride. Cover art for the September release of&nbsp;Toy Story Mania! has recently been revealed and &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Details on Toy Story Mania! and Cars Race-O-Rama Video Games - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/e3-toy-story-mania-and-cars-race-o-rama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Details on Toy Story Mania! and Cars Race-O-Rama Video Games - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the&nbsp;E3&nbsp;Expo wrapping up, video games have&nbsp;been in the spotlight lately. 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