SIERRA
ENTERTAINMENT
AND 20th
CENTURY FOX
LICENSING &
MERCHANDISING
FLOOD STORES
WITH
ICE AGE 2
THE MELTDOWN
VIDEOGAME
FOR Wii™
Ice Age 2
The Meltdown
for Wii to
Feature
Additional
Movie
Footage and
Celebrity
Voice Talent
From The
Film
LOS ANGELES
(December
05, 2006) –
Sierra
Entertainment,
a division
of Vivendi
Games,
announced
today that
the video
game Ice Age
2 The
Meltdown,
based on the
worldwide
blockbuster
animated
film Ice
Age: The
Meltdown
from 20th
Century Fox
is available
at retailers
nationwide
on the Wii
video game
system..
The unique
Wii Remote
and Nunchuk
controllers
allow
players to
guide their
favorite Ice
Age: The
Meltdown
pals through
challenging
puzzles and
exciting
mini-games.
“Ice Age 2
The Meltdown
and the Wii
are a
perfect
combination
for family
fun this
holiday
season,”
said Cindy
Cook, chief
strategy and
marketing
officer,
Vivendi
Games. “Fox
has stepped
up as a
partner to
offer an
incredible
amount of
talent,
assets, and
effort to
the game,
which also
takes full
advantage of
the Wii
Remote’s
motion
sensors. The
result is an
action-packed
adventure
featuring
non-stop
entertainment
that is sure
to appeal to
gamers of
all ages.”
Elie Dekel,
executive
vice
president,
Fox
Licensing &
Merchandising,
added, “This
game is the
perfect
complement
to the film
and a great
way for fans
to extend
their
experience
with the
story and
its
characters.”
“Ice Age 2
The Meltdown
showed its
strength as
a popular
movie-based
kids video
game with
retail sales
of over 1.3
million
units and in
the box
office with
sales
topping $646
million
worldwide,”
said Pascal
Brochier
president,
global
retail,
Vivendi
Games. “We
are
expecting
Ice Age 2
The Meltdown
for Wii to
follow a
similar
course.”
About Ice
Age 2 The
Meltdown
Video Game
The Ice Age
is ending
and our
subzero
heroes
return in
this action
adventure
video game
set in a
melting
paradise of
water parks,
geysers and
tar pits.
Manny the
Mammoth, Sid
the Sloth
and Diego
the Sabre-Toothed
Tiger are
back and
realize that
the melting
glaciers
will soon
flood their
valley. Fans
will be able
to play as
their
favorite
characters
from the
film and
embark on a
mission
across an
increasingly
dangerous
landscape
towards
their
salvation
from a huge
glacial dam
that is
about to
break,
threatening
to flood the
entire
valley.
Ice Age 2
The Meltdown
Video Game
is currently
available at
retailers
nationwide
for the
PlayStation®2
computer
entertainment
system,
Xbox® video
game and
entertainment
system,
Nintendo
GameCube™,
Nintendo
DS™, Game
Boy® Advance
and PC.
More
information
about the
game can be
found at
http://www.iceage2game.com.
About Ice
Age: The
Meltdown
film
Since its
record March
North
American box
office
opening in
2006 of $68
million, Ice
Age: The
Meltdown has
gone on to
gross $646
million
worldwide in
theaters.
More
information
about the
film can be
found at
http://www.iceagemovie.com.
About FOX
Licensing &
Merchandising
A recognized
industry
leader,
Twentieth
Century Fox
Licensing
and
Merchandising
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
Vivendi
Games
Vivendi
Games (www.vivendigames.com)
is a global
developer,
publisher
and
distributor
of
multi-platform
interactive
entertainment.
The company
is the
leader in
the
subscription-based
massively
multi-player
online
role-playing
games (MMORPG)
category,
holds
leading
positions in
the PC,
console,
handheld and
mobile games
markets, and
is an
emerging
player in
casual
online
games.
Vivendi
Games’ two
principal
studios and
publishing
labels
include
Blizzard
Entertainment,
headquartered
in Irvine,
CA, the
creator of
World of
Warcraft®,
Diablo®,
StarCraft®,
and Warcraft®;
and Sierra
Entertainment,
headquartered
in Los
Angeles,
which
includes
Radical
Entertainment,
Swordfish
Studios,
High Moon
Studios, and
Massive
Entertainment.
Sierra’s IPs
include
Crash
Bandicoot®,
Spyro The
Dragon®,
Empire
Earth®,
SWAT®,
Darkwatch™,
TimeShift™,
Ground
Control® and
Leisure Suit
Larry®.
Vivendi
Games is
also home to
Vivendi
Games
Mobile,
publishing
games for
the mobile
market, and
Sierra
Online,
dedicated to
publishing
casual games
for online
play and
distribution
on all
platforms.
Vivendi
Games
maintains
strategic
relationships
with
industry
leading
content
partners,
including
Universal
Music Group,
NBC
Universal,
Twentieth
Century Fox,
and Ludlum
Entertainment.
The company
has 16
offices
around the
world
conducting
business in
75
countries.
© 2006
Twentieth
Century Fox
Film
Corporation.
All rights
reserved.
Twentieth
Century Fox,
Ice Age 2
The Meltdown
and their
associated
logos are
registered
trademarks
or
trademarks
of Twentieth
Century Fox
Film
Corporation.
Sierra and
the Sierra
logo are
registered
trademarks
or
trademarks
of Sierra
Entertainment,
Inc. in the
U.S. and/or
other
countries.
Vivendi
Games and
the Vivendi
Games logo
are
trademarks
of Vivendi
Games, Inc.
“PlayStation”
and the “PS”
Family logo
are
registered
trademarks
of Sony
Computer
Entertainment
Inc.
Wii, Game
Boy Advance,
Nintendo
GameCube and
Nintendo DS
are
trademarks
of Nintendo.
Xbox and the
Xbox logos
are either
registered
trademarks
or
trademarks
of Microsoft
Corporation
in the U.S.
and/or in
other
countries.