Activision Publishing And Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products
Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse In Retail Stores Today
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Universes are
about to collide as Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), and
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announced today that
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse is now available
at retail outlets nationwide. The console video game takes
the source material from the Family Guy series,
including its hilarious sense of humor and outrageous spirit, to
offer fans an unforgettable, interactive third-person action
experience.
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse introduces an
all-new original story written and voiced by Family
Guy talent and influenced by the famous Family
Guy season eight episode, "Road to the Multiverse", where
Stewie and Brian travel on an out-of-this-world journey through
Quahog's bizarre parallel universes. Gamers will travel
through all-new settings on a mission to save Quahog and stop the
destructive schemes of Bertram, Stewie's nemesis. Playing as
either Stewie or Brian, each equipped with unique special weapons
and abilities, gamers will encounter an array of Family
Guy characters, references and gut-busting jokes.
Additionally, fans can share this hilarious experience and
invite friends and family to jump into the wild Family
Guy world through drop-in/drop-out co-op multiplayer mode
and competitive multiplayer challenges.
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse is now
available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system for a suggested retail price of $59.99, and is rated M (Mature) by the ESRB.
For more information, please visit
www.facebook.com/Familyguythevideogame. For more information
on the animated series, visit www.familyguy.com.
About FAMILY GUY
FAMILY GUY follows the adventures of
endearingly ignorant dad Peter
Griffin and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New
Englanders – wife Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and
dog Brian – in Quahog, Rhode
Island. The animated series, which features the voice
talents of Seth MacFarlane,
Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Mila
Kunis, is a 20th Century Fox Television
production. Seth MacFarlane is
creator/executive producer. Rich
Appel serves as executive producer/showrunner, while
Mark Hentemann, Steve Callaghan, Danny
Smith, Alec Sulkin,
Wellesley Wild and Kara Vallow are executive producers. Become a
fan of FAMILY GUY on Facebook at www.facebook.com/familyguy and
follow the series on Twitter at www.twitter.com/familyguyonfox
(@familyguyonfox).
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 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 website, www.activision.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements:
Information in this press release that involves Activision
Publishing's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies
regarding the future, including statements about the expected
release date are forward-looking statements that are not facts and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could
cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and
other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision
Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any
subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking
statements in this release are based upon information available to
Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of
this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision
Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when
made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not
guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or
Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
For Information, Contact:
Amanda Young
Sandbox Strategies
212.213.2451
amanda@sandboxstrat.com
Cynthia Pascoe
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products
310-369-2492
Cynthia.Pascoe@fox.com
Brian Reinert/Daniella Apfel
Bender/Helper Impact for Fox Consumer Products
212-689-6360
brian_reinert@bhimpact.com/daniella_apfel@bhimpact.com
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trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. FAMILY GUY ™ and © 2012
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation."PlayStation" is a
registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Microsoft,
Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the
Microsoft group of companies and are used under license from
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SOURCE Activision Publishing, Inc.