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D3Publisher and Cartoon Network Announce Three New Video Games for Fall 2013
Mordecai and Rigby! Finn and Jake! Ben and Rook! Cartoon Network’s all-stars lead the charge in brand new video game adventures this fall!
LOS ANGELES – May 14, in
the year of our Lord 2013 – D3Publisher (D3P) and
Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) today announced the
development of three new video games based on the most popular
Cartoon Network award-winning animated shows. This fall, video
games based on Cartoon Network’s highest-rated shows Adventure
Time and Ben 10 Omniverse will launch, as well as the first
video game for one of Cartoon Network’s top series, Regular
Show.
Following the mathematical success of Adventure Time: Hey Ice
King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!!, show creator Pendleton
Ward again teams up with developer WayForward to create
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!. The
all-new action game will be available for the first time ever on
the Wii U™ system from Nintendo, the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system, and Windows PC, as well as a return to the
Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system this fall. In a completely new
storyline and adventure and featuring the voices of the show’s
most popular characters, fans will have to save the Candy
Kingdom by exploring the mysteries surrounding a massive Secret
Royal Dungeon deep below the Land of Ooo. Select from an
assortment of fan-favorite characters from the show, including
Finn, Jake, Marceline, Cinnamon Bun, and more, and team up with
your friends in four-player co-operative multiplayer as the
Adventure Time world comes to life. Adventure Time is the pop
culture sensation, Emmy® Award-nominated, top-rated animated
comedy, and its popularity continues to soar across the globe
among fans of all ages.
Making its first foray into the video game world, Regular Show:
Mordecai and Rigby In 8-Bit Land brings the characters and humor
from the Emmy® Award-winning animated comedy to Nintendo 3DS
this fall. Regular Show is the Cartoon Network series starring
best friends Mordecai and Rigby and their adventures as
groundskeepers of the local park. When Mordecai and Rigby get
transported into some of their favorite video games they’ll have
to use their best skills and unique abilities to traverse the
various challenges to escape and get back home in this
‘eggscellent’ journey. Developed by WayForward, in close
collaboration with show creator JG Quintel, Mordecai and Rigby
prove that a day in the life of Regular Show is anything but.
In Ben 10 Omniverse 2, the latest installment in a top-selling
global interactive franchise, players will be able to control
Ben Tennyson in an all new adventure set in the Ben 10 universe
as Ben battles a new foe, the Incurseans, and infiltrates this
new enemy’s intergalactic warship as he finds his way home.
Though he’s still armed with his trusty Omnitrix, Ben will face
brand new challenges including chase and escape sequences as
well as constant battles against the forces of evil. Players
will have to make every action count as you race Ben against the
clock, creating the most kinetic Ben 10 game to date. Developed
by High Voltage Software for consoles, and by 1st Playable
Productions for the handheld version, Ben 10 Omniverse 2 is
based on the long-running, popular Cartoon Network animated
series, and follows the adventures of Ben Tennyson, a teenager
who wields the Omnitrix, a device that allows him to transform
into various alien forms such as Gravattack, Four Arms, and many
more alien forms. Ben 10 Omniverse 2 will be available this fall
for the Wii U system, the Wii™ system, the Nintendo 3DS
hand-held system, Xbox 360, and the PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system.
“We are excited to extend our partnership with Cartoon Network
on the next iteration of Adventure Time and Ben 10 video games
and we now have the opportunity to introduce the very first
Regular Show video game to the millions of fans that watch the
Emmy winning comedy each week,” said Peter Andrew, vice
president of product development, D3P. “Having the creative
talents of these widely popular animated shows working directly
with very proven development teams, it has given us the recipe
to create the very best and most authentic video game
experiences that will please fans of all ages.”
”For Cartoon Network fans, this fall will feature the release of
three fantastic games from D3Publisher that tap in to the unique
tone, fun and adventure of each of these great original series,”
said Pete Yoder, vice president of consumer products, Cartoon
Network Enterprises. “With strong creator involvement and a
sense of what games our fans want to play, we’re excited to
build on the tremendous success of last year’s Adventure Time
game and extend it across all consoles, as well as introduce our
first-ever Regular Show game and continue the global excitement
around an all-new Ben 10 game.”
These video games are currently rated “RP” (Rating Pending) by
the ESRB.