INFOGRAMES INTRODUCES BLENDER BROS. FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE
Japanese Super Hero Blender
Swings Into New Handheld Adventure
BEVERLY,
Mass. – April 16, 2002 – From Infogrames, Inc (Nasdaq: IFGM) straight to a
Nintendo Game Boy Advance near you comes Blender, a mutant dog with super long
ears, in his first adventure for a handheld video game system: Blender
Bros.™
Blender, leader of the Cosmos Keepers, must battle to save the
universe from the evil Zooligans with the help of his allies the “Mini-Bros.”
Blender is looking for new Cosmos Keeper recruits as Blender Bros.
ships to game software retailers today.
“Blender
Bros. will be fun for all fans of the Game Boy Advance that like great
action gaming on the go,” said Steve Arthur, director of brand marketing for
Infogrames’ Beverly studio. “The game has endearing characters and Blender’s
ability to manipulate his environment with his long ears offers players
something really unique on the Game Boy Advance.”
Blender uses
his super long ears to grab items, fight and fly through seven multi-level
planets with widely varying terrain in search of Buffer-Kong, leader of the
Zooligans. The Mini-Bros. that he finds along the way give Blender extra powers
and help in the quest to defeat the Zooligans. Mini-games add to the gameplay
with multi-player capabilities using one cartridge and the Game Boy Advance Game
Link® cable.
Blender
Bros.
was developed by Infogrames Hudson, is rated ‘E’ for Everyone and carries a
recommended retail price of $29.99.
About
Infogrames
New
York-based Infogrames,
Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive
entertainment software in the
U.S. The Company develops video games for all consoles (Sony,
Nintendo and Microsoft), PCs, and Macintosh systems. Infogrames’ catalogue of
more than 1,000 titles includes award-winning franchises such as
Civilization,
Backyard Sports, Deer Hunter, Driver, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Test Drive,
and Unreal,
and key licenses including
Survivor,
Warner Bros. Looney Tunes,
Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues,
Dragon Ball Z,
Mission
Impossible,
Harley-Davidson, Major League Baseball, and the National Football League, among
many others. The
Company’s Humongous Entertainment and MacSoft labels are leaders in children’s
and Macintosh entertainment software, respectively.
Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based
Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) (Euronext 5257), a global publisher and
distributor of video games for all platforms, as well as interactive digital
television, and mobile smart devices (WAP, HDML). In 2001, IESA acquired
Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formerly Hasbro Interactive), including its line
of software based on well-known licenses such as MONOPOLY,
Jeopardy, TONKA, and Atari, which are
published and distributed in the U.S. by Infogrames, Inc. For more information,
visit the Company’s Web site at
www.infogrames.com.
2002
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