WB and Sesame (Street that is)

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has signed a deal with Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization which produces "Sesame Street" in over 140 countries, to create and publish a series of games for various platforms based on the 40-year-old children's series starring Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover and all their neighbourhood pals.

The partnership comes three months after Sesame Workshop and Warner Bros. announced Warner Home Video would distribute "Sesame Street" home videos. The companies said they see the latest partnership as an opportunity to create entertaining and educational interactive content for preschool-age children, an audience they said is underserved by game publishers.

"There's a big open hole in the market," said Russell Arons, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment senior vice-president of marketing. "This is the first generation of parents who grew up as gamers. Unlike prior generations where people weren't sure of the value of video games, these are people who know there's value and fun for the whole family."

After appearing in a gaggle of games in the 1980s and 1990s for computers and previous generation consoles, the "Sesame Street" gang have been largely absent from the gaming landscape in recent years. The last console title based on the children's series was "Sesame Street Sports," a 2001 action game developed by Bonsai Entertainment for various platforms.

No specific titles or release dates were announced as part of the deal between Sesame Workshop and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

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  Does Seasame Street even have the pull with the kids it used to have?

  Trent, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Well I still watch it. I leant all my Spanish from the Street.

  Andrew, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  I didn't even think it was still on TV, at least in the UK. Was never really my thing, although I had an obsession with acting like the Cookie Monster when I was younger.

  ganepark32, 30-11--0001 at 00:00