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The Pixel’s New Website: Revolutionary Web Design Imminent

News, Web Development, Website Design by Duncan

Here at The Pixel there have been some dramatic developments in regards to our new website. Our final concept art has materialised and it appears to resemble yet another phenomenally original and revolutionary piece of web innovation from our good, good selves. If we do say so ourselves.

Without further ado, let’s have a gander… Read More…

 

Fun4Kids Re-launch – Increasing Sales for Future Growth

eCommerce, News by Steve

The Pixel have helped Fun4Kids grow into a hugely successful online enterprise that’s now widely seen as the UK’s leading outdoor toy website. This is something we are greatly proud of. And now we have something else to be proud of – the new Fun4Kids website!

We’ve re-launched the Fun4Kids website with a brand new design, navigation and administration system to help accommodate the ever increasing sales demand from the buying public. We’ve taken the branding of the last website and created a brand new design to complement and expand upon that success. Read More…

 

The Pixel Move to New Offices

News by Blog Master

My dear little kilobyte conjuring weblets…Let me tell thee of my wholesome glee. I can hardly contain my gaiety, in such a time of joyous prosperity. For The Pixel have moved! Yes, believe me do, as what I say is…right.

Our new abode has walls, a ceiling, desks and even some kind of running water system that lets us wash indoors. It’s bliss. We don’t even need to batten down the hatches when the airship takes off. Tis’ solid and true. Read More…

 

The Pixel Blog Featured in Brilliant Web Designs Article

News, Website Design by Duncan

The Pixel’s website has this week featured in the article ‘40 Brilliantly Illustrated Web Designs’ by website Psdtuts+.

Psdtuts+ is a blog/Photoshop site that features some of the most useful and fascinating Photoshop and design articles on the web, and we’re very pleased they’ve noticed our blog site. Read More…

 

Play.com Oscars Widget Set to Boost DVD Sales

eCommerce, News by dan

It’s that Oscar time of the year again, when everyone gets dressed up and cries mascara into their Gucci. And to celebrate we’ve just launched the brand new Play.com Movie Awards Widget!

This snazzy little app lets the great movie going public scroll through the 2010 Oscar nominations in all the leading categories, view trailers and even vote thumbs-up or down for their favourite films. Who needs an awards committee? Read More…

 

Video Banners that sell Video Games for Play.com

News, Video Banners by Duncan

It’s not just DVDs and Blu-rays that benefit from our video banner services. We’ve just produced 3 new video game banners for Play.com to advertise the new releases: Aliens Vs Predator, Bioshock 2 and Dante’s Inferno.

Video games have slowly become as narrative driven as any movie or TV show, and most now feature an array of leading characters and a big fat storyline to boot – which lends itself perfectly to our video banner services. Read More…

 

The Pixel’s 3D Animation Featured in ‘Backbreaker’ Football Game

After Effects, News by Duncan

Anyone remember our article entitled 3D animation excellence? If you do, I’m sure you’ll be very pleased to hear that our logo animation for games developer Natural Motion is set to featured in the new game ‘Backbreaker’.

‘Backbreaker’ is the upcoming American football game (well it’s not really football is it?) from NaturalMotion. It’s been built using their euphoria engine that uses full 3D character animation to generate animations as the game is played – so every tackle is unique and not a recording. Read More…

 

Email marketing success – the advantages of email marketing campaigns

eCommerce, News by dan

Our recent email marketing success for 2K Games – a mail-out for the ‘Borderlands Moxxi’s Underdome Riot’ download pack, which resulted in a 30% conversion rate, has lead us to look into the reasons why email marketing has become such an essential part of many businesses’ marketing strategy:

It’s global – It doesn’t matter if your customers are in Outer Mongolia or inner Macclesfield, your mail-out will reach them for exactly the same cost, in exactly the same condition, and in roughly the same amount of time. Read More…

 

‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ Video Banner for Play.com

News, Video Banners by Duncan

We’ve just finished our latest Video Banner for Play.com, this time for the new to DVD feature ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’.

The story’s set in a town where food falls from the sky. Flint Lockwood’s an inventor who’s desperate to create something that will improve everyone’s life – and somehow manages to turn water into food. Read More…

 

Magento – A Platform for Ecommerce Growth in 2010

eCommerce, News by Blog Master

Ahoy me hearties! Hang on that’s pirates…never matter. It’s me The Blog Master and I’m back to spread yet more words of cyber wizardry to all ye merry gentle-persons – this time about that majestic application Magento that everyone keeps making such a fuss about.

T’was just last year when we all noticed Magento dramatically multiply by the ecommerce dozen, with scores of websites converting to the ecommerce application. Read More…