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Majesco Entertainment Company has announced details of its expanded
European operation, which has been established to provide direct
routes to retail within the UK.
 Based
in Bristol, Majesco Europe will oversee the marketing, distribution
and sales of a product catalogue bristling with mainstream titles on
handheld and home console formats, with its first games due to
launch in May 2009.
Jason Dutton, Managing Director, Majesco Europe, comments,
“Establishing a full publishing and sales presence in the UK is
extremely important strategically to Majesco. With a past history of
success in the UK and Europe via third parties, we are now in the
position to move forward with a full self-publishing and sales
operation and build as solid a foundation in the UK as Majesco has
built in the US.” Dutton continues: “With the strong product
catalogue we have in place, along with some talented new personnel,
we are in line to make a real mark on the UK publishing landscape in
2009. We’ll be announcing our new recruits and release schedule for
Q3 very shortly.”
Majesco Europe’s upcoming line-up includes:
- Night At The Museum 2 for Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS
launches in the UK at the same time as Twentieth Century Fox’s
highly-anticipated theatrical release of the same name debuting in
cinemas May 22nd. Featuring the voice and likeness of the
film’s star, Ben Stiller, the video game recreates the excitement
and humour from the feature film as players adventure through
Smithsonian exhibits that come alive at night.
- Major Minor's Majestic March for Wii marks the return of
the creative team behind the renowned PaRappa the Rapper
franchise - legendary game designer and multimedia musician Masaya
Matsuura and famed New York artist Rodney Alan Greenblat. The game
turns the Wii Remote into a "special" baton the bandleader Major
Minor uses to keep tempo, recruit new band members and pick up
valuable items, while marching through whimsical locations.
- Cake Mania: In the Mix! for Wii marks the first
introduction of Sandlot Games' best-selling PC title on the Wii
system. The game integrates motion-based control with the series'
signature cake-baking multi-tasking gameplay style.
- Cake Mania 2 for NintendoDS is the sequel to the
best-selling NintendoDS game based on Sandlot Games' award-winning
downloadable title. Players lead Jill Evans through more than 200
different levels of baking and frosting madness with an all-new
customer base, exotic locations, kitchen upgrades and multiple
endings.
- Powerbike for NintendoDS is an intense motorcycle racer
that
 features
death-defying stunts, intense police chases and competitive
multiplayer modes.
- Puffins Island Adventure for NintendoDS lets players
experience life as part of a Puffin flock as they fly, dive, swim,
explore and start a family in this fun and educational experience
focused on one of nature's more unusual and endearing sea birds.
- Drama Queens for NintendoDS tasks players with juggling
their love life, career and friendships as they compete in a
popularity contest set within a virtual 3D board game.
- Go Play Circus Star for Wii includes a full collection of
all-time favourite circus attractions. Featuring support for the Wii
Balance Board, the game lets players wow the crowd with
death-defying stunts, animal tricks and sleight of hand in 15
different events.
- Wonder World Amusement Park for NintendoDS is the first
game from Majesco Studios Santa Monica. This companion game to the
Wii version lets players experience a complete day at the park in
the palm of their hands. Using the Touch Screen, players can toss,
drive, shoot, whack, fish and spin in more than two dozen mini-games
throughout six themed zones.
- Left Brain Right Brain 2 for NintendoDS allows you to hone
your mental skills to become truly ambidextrous. While training your
hands with all new speed based mini-games, you'll also be training
the left and right hemispheres of your brain. It's like two games in
one!
- Marker Man Adventures for NintendoDS is a unique game based
on drawing and physics challenges in which players manoeuvre the
charming stick figure, Marker Man, through a myriad of scrolling
world puzzles in his attempt to find his best friend, Doodle Dog.
- Our House: Party! for Wii turns the Wii Remote into the
ultimate home renovating tool that lets up to four players compete
‘party-style’ to build their own personalized trophy home that they
can then share with friends via WiiConnect24.
- A Boy and His Blob for Wii is a rebirth of the NES classic
that expands upon
 the
original platform adventure and features groundbreaking hand drawn
and painted animation technology. By feeding the blob jelly beans,
players can activate his special abilities to transform him into
tools that help the pair solve puzzles, defeat monsters and escape
danger.
Electronic Theatre has always found Majesco’s European
releases, bar a few unfortunate mistakes, to be encourageble, and
will bring you details on the UK release dates as soon as they’re
available. |
