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Thomas & Friends Read & Play Releases
Hong Kong, December 7, in the year of our Lord 2016 — ‘All
Aboard!’ Animoca Brands (ASX: AB1) and Mattel Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT)
today announced the global availability of Thomas & Friends™:
Read & Play, the subscription-based children's entertainment and
learning mobile app based on Mattel’s popular preschool
franchise Thomas & Friends™.
Thomas & Friends: Read & Play is now available for iPhone®,
iPad® and iPod touch® on the App Store℠. It is also available in
Early Access on Google Play™ for Android™ devices. Featuring
Thomas the Tank Engine™, Gordon, James, Percy and other
characters from Thomas & Friends, the new app offers a broad
range of fun and educational content and activities delivered in
an interactive e-book format.
Thomas & Friends: Read & Play encourages preschool children and
emergent readers to learn in a Thomas-themed environment. The
app includes a range of e-books, videos, games, creation tools
and other educational or entertainment activities that a child
can enjoy alone or with parents or friends.
The app features well-loved characters like Thomas the Tank
Engine, Sir Topham Hatt, Cranky the Crane, Toby the Tram and
many other denizens of the island of Sodor. Thomas & Friends:
Read & Play provides children with a fun and interactive
learning experience based on material that they already love.
Thomas & Friends: Read & Play is available for a subscription
fee (US$ 4.99/month), which unlocks access to all available
content and all weekly updates. A trial version is available
free of charge.
With the launch of Thomas & Friends: Read & Play, Animoca Brands
continues to diversify its product portfolio from traditional
freemium games to e-book products and subscription services.
No word on a physical copy of this game at this time. Families
are required to pay for Internet usage fees to download this
game. For more information click
here.