ACTIVISION
PUBLISHING PARTNERS WITH NICKELODEON
ON GLOBAL LICENSING DEAL AROUND NETWORK’S HIT TV SERIES
SANTA MONICA, CA – May 13, 2009 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), and Nickelodeon today announced a global partnership where the two companies will create an all-new videogame based on the number-one live-action kids’ television show iCarly. Releasing internationally this Fall, the videogame will bring the interactive elements from the series to Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ for the first time.
“iCarly is a groundbreaking show that encourages viewers to contribute content of their own,” said David Oxford, Activision Publishing. “This game is a natural extension of that creativity, and allows players to interact with the characters they know and love through a variety of different ways, any time they like.”
“In order to make a property as huge and irreverent as iCarly into a videogame, we tapped into the interactive model of the show itself,” said Steve Youngwood, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. “iCarly’s entire premise is to allow kids and tweens to actively participate in their entertainment experience, and Activision is doing a phenomenal job in recreating that for Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems.”
In the iCarly videogame, the possibilities are truly endless as players help Carly, Sam, Freddie and the other characters from the hit TV series craft all-new webisodes of the show in an original storyline designed specifically for the game. Fun and frenetic mini-games, presented as show skits, capture the creativity of the series, and allow players to work with the characters through new adventures. The innovative iCreate mode provides opportunities for gamers to add their own touches to the webisodes by swapping out props, characters, color schemes, audio, intros, outros and more. Up to four players can either compete or cooperate together on Wii to complete the skits and earn Web-Cred, which can then be used to purchase new items, props, accessories and locations from in-game websites.
Nickelodeon’s iCarly, a web show within a show, is the number-one live-action program on all of broadcast and basic cable television with kids and tweens, and the top kid-targeted live action series on basic cable with total viewers. It averages nearly 26 million total viewers each week (source: Nielsen Media Research). The show’s companion website www.iCarly.com recently boasted its best month ever in March among total visits, visitors and page views (source: comScore Media Metrix March 2009).
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New York, NY – March 5, 2008 – Apple Corps, Ltd., Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced the 9/9/09 worldwide release of The Beatles: Rock Band. The music-based video game, an unprecedented, experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles, will be available simultaneously worldwide in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo.
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MTV Games officially announced the development of the Nintendo Wii game Rock Band 2, it will have new game modes like competition, solo, world tour, quick play, challenge, battle of bands, etc.. and new online modes. the rock band accesories will be compatible with this new version.
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This is a new gameplay video of the Nintendo Wii game Speed Racer
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These are two new videos of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Kart Wii
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This is an excerpt from an article abaut Sony’s High Velocity Bowling Didn’t Copy WiiSports by joystiq
MTV ninja Stephen Totilo infiltrated the tooth-decaying sugar-fluff of Sony Gamers’ Day and shoved his mic into High Velocity Bowling developer Scott Rohde’s face, asking him the tough question: Dude, like, you know everyone’s sayin’ you just copied Nintendo … so, like, you did, right? Maybe not. With the lens carefully trained on his San Diego tan, Rohde’s fired back with a little-known factoid, “Before we knew that Wii Bowling was coming out we were building [High Velocity], absolutely.” You sure about that, Scott? ‘Cause Nintendo confirmed ‘Bowling’ back in September ‘06. “We started working on it, literally, right before that … and we had a prototype up in place when [Wii Sports] came out,” alleged Rohde.
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MTV’s Pimp My Ride show
This particular pimpage deserves special praise because MTVs car modding experts have managed to stick a Wii inside a Renault Clio.
the modders installed the console in the boot. Pop the trunk and a 19-inch LCD jumps to attention, letting you stand behind the motor and jump around with the Wiimote.
An excerpt from an MTV blog post by Stephen Totilo of the Boogie Wii Hands-On:
The style part really came in with the way Caballero used the Wii remote. The nunchuck moved the alien’s body, but the remote moved its head. The remote had to be pointed at the screen, the point of focus showing up as an icon of two eyes. Wherever those eyes landed on the screen was where the alien looked. Spinning those eyes got its head twirling. Moving them up and down forced a cool nod. As he and the alien got into it, the crowd cheered and lights flashed. A good time was being had by all.
Ubisoft has announced that it is developing a Nintendo Wii game based on the popular animated TV series Totally Spies
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