SCHLUSS MIT DEM FAULENZEN! ‘GARFIELD’S WILD RIDE’ IST AB SOFORT FÜR SMARTPHONES UND TABLETS ERHÄLTLICH
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SCHLUSS MIT DEM FAULENZEN! ‘GARFIELD’S WILD RIDE’ IST AB SOFORT FÜR SMARTPHONES UND TABLETS ERHÄLTLICH
NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe bringt den weltweit ersten Side-Scroll-Runner für Smartphones und Tablets auf den Markt, der komplett auf Lasagne-Basis läuft
CERGY-PONTOISE, FRANKREICH Ja, er ist zurück. Garfield, der Lasagne-besessene König der Faulheit, hat endlich einen Weg gefunden, wie er ein paar Kalorien verbrennen kann: Mit Garfield’s Wild Ride, dem verrückten Side-Scrolling-Runner für Smartphones und Tablets. Der Titel ist ab sofort für 0.89 EUR oder 0.99 US-Dollar in folgenden Stores erhältlich: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/garfields-wild-ride/id653364565?l=fr&ls=1&mt=8
Leider wird sich die Lauferei in dem Spiel nicht allzu sehr auf Garfields füllige Hüften auswirken, denn gerannt wird nur in seinen Träumen. Denn wenn Garfield nicht gerade von Lasagne träumt, stellt er sich nachts vor, wie er federleicht durch die Gegend schwebt, Hindernissen ausweicht und dabei abgefahrene Extras aufsammelt, um am Ende einen fetten Bonus zu kassieren. So schwer man sich das bei Garfields Körperumfang vorstellen kann: Im Schlaf kann Garfield sogar die Gesetze der Schwerkraft aushebeln.
Garfield’s Wild Ride setzt auf eingängiges Ein-Finger-Gameplay. So kann Garfield mit Leichtigkeit an möglichen Hindernissen vorbei und durch 45 unterschiedliche Missionen durch drei liebevoll designte Spiel-Settings geleitet werden. Dabei kann der faule Kater immer wieder abgefahrene Boni aufsammeln: Mal kann Garfield plötzlich als Jockey auf einem riesigen Odie reiten, mal findet sich der Stubentiger plötzlich mit Helm auf einem Skateboard wieder – all das nimmt der Kater auf sich, um Münzen einzusammeln, die er für neue In-Game-Items eintauschen kann. Per Customizing-System kann Garfield nach Herzenslust neu ausgestattet werden: von verschiedenen Kopfbedeckungen bis hin zum Space-Cat-Outfit ist alles möglich. Doch genug geredet: Lasst die Lasagne-Spiele beginnen!
Garfield’s Wild Ride wird von NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe und Anuman Interactive (unter dem Label Microïds – Games for All label) gemeinsam veröffentlicht. Der Titel ist ab sofort für iPhone, iPad und Android-Geräte erhältlich. Eine PC- und Mac-Version folgen in Kürze.
Weitere Informationen zum kompletten Line-up von NAMCO BANDAI Games findet sich unter http://namcobandaigames.eu.
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About NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S., part of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc., is a leading global publisher and developer of interactive content for platforms including all major video game consoles and PC, with marketing and sales operations in 50 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia. The company is known for creating and publishing many of the industry’s top video game franchises, including PAC-MAN™, Tekken™, SOULCALIBUR™, NARUTO™, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™, Dragon Ball®, GALAGA™, RIDGE RACER™ and ACE COMBAT™. More information about the company and its products can be found at www.namcobandaigames.eu or www.facebook.com/namcobandaigames.europe.
About GARFIELD GARFIELD was born on the comics pages on June 19, 1978. The mastermind of cartoonist Jim Davis, GARFIELD is a humorous strip centered on the lives of a quick-witted orange cat who loves lasagna, coffee, and his remote control; Jon Arbuckle, his owner; and Odie, a sweet but dumb dog. GARFIELD was introduced to the world in just 41 newspapers and is now the most widely syndicated comic strip ever, appearing in 2400 newspapers. The success of the comic strip spawned a popular animated TV show, Garfield and Friends, which appeared on CBS-TV from 1988 to 1995, and is currently in worldwide syndication. In 2009, The Garfield Show debuted on Cartoon Network USA and now airs in 135 countries. PEOPLE magazine called the show, „One of the Year’s Best New Kids‘ Shows“ in 2009. In 2004, Twentieth Century Fox invited Garfield to star in his first-ever full-length feature film, Garfield: The Movie. A sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties was released in June 2006. The movies earned over $340 million at the box office. Garfield has also starred in three CGI animated movies, all penned by Jim Davis. Fox released Garfield Gets Real (2007), Garfield’s Fun Fest (2008), and Garfield’s Pet Force (2009) on DVD and in limited theatrical release. Garfield also entertains his fans on a popular web site, garfield.com, and engages kids in interesting and pedagogically sound activities to promote literacy at professorgarfield.org. English, Science and Life Skills are among the topics Garfield and his pals address at learninglab.org, a public service of the Virginia Department of Education. Garfield has long been considered a “classic” or “evergreen” property because he has not only endured, but continues to be fresh and funny after nearly 35 years in the limelight. Follow Garfield, along with 3.5 million other fans, on Facebook (facebook.com/Garfield) and Twitter (twitter.com/Garfield).
About Paws, Inc. Cartoonist Jim Davis’ company, Paws, Inc., located near Albany, Indiana, was founded in 1981 to handle the creative end of the Garfield licensing business. Today, Paws is the sole owner of all copyrights and trademarks for the Garfield property, and controls not only the creative angle of the fat cat’s flourishing empire, but also the licensing, marketing, and brand management of Garfield and the Garfield characters.
About Anuman Interactive Created in 2000, Anuman Interactive is a French publisher of softwares, applications and video games for the general public, and is best known for its Architecture, Highway Code and Creative Activities titles. With the experience and know-how of its teams, Anuman Interactive has widened its sphere, which mainly includes practical and edutainment titles, and now encompasses adventure video games, an industry in which it is becoming a major international player, thanks to the Microïds (Amerzone, Dracula, Still Life, Syberia) brand. At the end of 2009, Anuman Interactive joined the Media-Participations group, the 3rd largest publishing group in France and the top comic book publishing group in Europe, as a subsidiary company, and has shared its multimedia expertise with the different companies within the group to consolidate its progress in the development of new technologies. Today, Anuman Interactive develops, publishes and distributes applications, as well as video games, on a number of different platforms (PC, Mac, Consoles, iPhone, iPad, Android etc.), thanks to a rich and varied license catalogue. As both a major player in Apple’s AppStore, and as the partner of globally known download platforms like Steam or Big Fish, these are certainly exciting times for Anuman Interactive!
