MINNEAPOLIS, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prepare for
ice-cold competition as Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), in
partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announced
today the release of Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic
Games, the latest video game installment for the upcoming
Ice Age movie franchise. Available on Kinect™ for Xbox
360®, Nintendo's Wii™ system, and the Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo
DS™ handheld systems, fans young and old will keep cool in zany
sporting events with their favorite pals, Manny, Sid, Diego and
more!
In Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games, a
secret treasure has fallen into the hands of the Ice Age
gang and trouble has stirred over the glaciers as to who will keep
the prized riches. Naturally, the best way to settle the
score is through a series of wintery sporting events! Join
the jolly "Herd" or the mischievous "Pirates" to compete in the
first ever Arctic Games to determine who can land their paws on the
prize. Play as Manny, Diego, Sid, and other prehistoric pals
in competitive games like glacier hopping, ski jumping, and
squirrel cannon. Gamers can compete through story mode, free
play, and tournament style games to reach for new records and earn
gold, silver, and bronze acorn medals. Ice Age:
Continental Drift – Arctic Games is perfect for gamers of
all ages to get together and laugh their way through silly
competition. It's time to team up with your favorite sub-zero
friend and go for the gold!
Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games is rated
"E" (Everyone) by the ESRB and is available on Kinect for Xbox 360
for a suggested retail price of $39.99, Wii and Nintendo 3DS for $29.99, and Nintendo DS for $24.99. For more information on Ice
Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games please visit
www.activision.com. For more information on the feature film
head over to www.IceAgeMovie.com.
About Ice Age: Continental Drift
With over $4 billion in box
office, home entertainment and consumer products sales, the ICE
AGE franchise is a perennial hit. The next theatrical
installment, Ice Age: Continental Drift, arrives in theaters
in 3-D July 2012. Fans will follow
Scrat's nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he's been after
since the dawn of time, with world-changing consequences – a
continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all
for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid
reunites with his cantankerous Granny and the herd encounter a
ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from
returning home. The film features a returning cast voiced by
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis
Leary, Seann William Scott,
Josh Peck, and Queen Latifah, along with new characters voiced
by Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj,
Drake, Peter Dinklage, Wanda Sykes, Keke
Palmer, Nick Frost, and
Aziz Ansari, among others. For more
information on the feature film, please visit
www.IceAgeMovie.com.
About Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer
Products licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and
Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third-party lines. The
division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of
the top suppliers of primetime entertainment programming to the
broadcast networks.
About Fox Filmed Entertainment
One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion
pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and
distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These
motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of
FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox
Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions and Twentieth
Century Fox Animation.
About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica,
California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading
worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive
entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United
Kingdom, France,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the
Netherlands, Australia,
South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More
information about Activision and its products can be found on the
company's Web site, www.activision.com.
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release date of Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games, are
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