News
American Mensa Academy Now Available
LOS ANGELES (August 6, in the year of our Lord 2012)
– Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX®
interactive entertainment products in the Americas and Barnstorm
Games, today announce American Mensa Academy™, the ultimate
brain training game, is now available digitally for Windows PC
platforms. It will be available in the near future for iOS
devices, Xbox LIVE for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®Network and Android
products.
Created in collaboration with Mensa, the renowned global high IQ
society, American Mensa Academy is chock-full of fun and
stimulating mini-games and challenges. The questions featured
throughout the game are directly inspired by those attempting to
join Mensa.
“We are thrilled that consumers will now be able to play
American Mensa Academy, the most credible brain training game to
date, to test and stretch their brainpower,” stated Roger
Cheung, Head of Acquisitions, Square Enix Europe. “Whether they
play on the beach on one of the available portable platforms, or
at home, players will experience a clear improvement of their
skills in an entertaining, accessible way.”
American Mensa Academy offers players the ability to determine
and improve their Mensa Academy score in Play, Coach and Test
modes. Play mode challenges players to take on 100+ replayable
levels in five disciplines— Numeracy, Language, Logic, Memory,
and Visual, packed with stimulating questions. For further
training, players can use Coach mode to hone their abilities and
assess their progress in key areas before taking their skills to
the next level in completing the Test, and discovering their
Mensa Academy score; see how all that brain training has paid
off!
For more information about American Mensa Academy, visit
http://americanmensaacademy.com/US/. American Mensa Academy
is developed by Silverball Studios and Barnstorm Games and
published by Square Enix.
A version releasing exclusively in United Kingdom, Scandinavia
and PAL regions, Mensa Academy, is also available today.
About American Mensa
Mensa® is a worldwide organization for people with IQs in the
top two percent. You may take an admissions test from a
certified proctor to find out if you qualify for membership.
Tests and results are scored by Mensa and kept confidential.
In some countries, you may also submit scores from a test you
have taken in the past. Some countries will accept a score in
the top two percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence
test to fulfill the membership requirement.
Visit
www.us.mensa.org in the United States or
www.mensa.org
to find Mensa in your country.
About Barnstorm Games
Nomisian Ltd t/a Barnstorm Games publishes, distributes and
develops interactive entertainment products on multiple formats,
available throughout the world. Titles include: Mensa Brain
test, the No.1 iOS Entertainment App in 17 countries; Let’s
Draw, the UK No.1 DS title; Thomas the Tank Engine and Hello
Kitty Party.
Further information about Barnstorm Games and its products can
be found at:
http://www.barnstormgames.com.
Software © 2012 Nomisian Ltd.
About Silverball Studios
Silverball Studios specialises in high-quality, family-friendly
games and applications for a wide variety of platforms.
Silverball has worked with some of the world's biggest
publishers, including Nintendo, Konami and Square Enix and are
experts in the sensitive treatment of global brands and IP such
as Mario, Thomas the Tank Engine, Frogger and Mensa.
About Square Enix Ltd.
Square Enix Ltd., a part of the Square Enix Europe business
unit, develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE
ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe
and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix Group.
Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network of leading
development studios such as IO Interactive™, Crystal Dynamics®
and Eidos Montréal. The Square Enix Group boasts a valuable
portfolio of intellectual property including: FINAL FANTASY,
which has sold over 100 million units worldwide, DRAGON QUEST®
which has sold over 59 million units worldwide and TOMB RAIDER®
which has sold over 35 million units worldwide; and the
legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. More
information on Square Enix Ltd. can be found at
http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en/.