Ubisoft has announced that a movie tie in game “”Surf’s Up,”” will be heading to all major consoles. The game is heading to the Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PSP, PS2, PS3, PC, and oddly enough, the GBA and Cube as well. Surfs Up takes you on a adventure with Cody Maverick, an up-and-coming surfer entering his first pro competition. The game naturally features surfing, thrilling surf tricks and feature all the characters from the Surfs Up movie. No word on how it will control on the Wii yet or how it will take advantage of the DSs dual and touch screens but the game is a long way off yet. Vooks will keep you posted.
Radical Screens and Press Release inside Ubisoft, one of the worlds largest video game publishers, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Consumer Products, announce that the Surfs Up video game, based on Sony Pictures Animations feature-length CG animated film, in theatres September 13th, will be shipping August 30th, for the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStationPortable) system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and Windows PC.
The Surfs Up video game features the voice talent from the stars of the feature-length movie. Cast members Shia LaBeouf as Cody Maverick; Jeff Bridges as Big Z; Zooey Deschanel as Lani Aliikai; Mario Cantone as Mikey Abromowitz; Diedrich Bader as Tank; and Sal Masekela as the announcer for the sports network SPEN, all provided new and original dialogue for the game. In addition, film clips featuring all the characters from the film including Chicken Joe (Jon Heder) and surfing icons Kelly Slater and Rob Machado (themselves) are showcased in the game.
Ubisoft has the creative and technological abilities to develop a cutting-edge arcade surfing game based on Sony Pictures Animations new film, Surfs Up, said Mark Caplan, Vice President, Interactive at Sony Pictures Consumer Products. Sonys partnership with Ubisoft has helped to expand our properties by creating fun interactive experiences beyond the movies while maintaining the creativity and artistic beauty of the films.
Developed by Ubisofts award-winning Montreal studio, Surfs Up takes players on a tubular surf adventure with Cody Maverick, an up-and-coming surfer, entering his first pro competition. The game plunges players into the exciting world of surfing, featuring thrilling surf tricks, cool surf locales and all the characters from the Surfs Up movie.
Ubisoft is excited to be developing an innovative, first-class surfing game based on all the cool characters from the Surfs Up movie. With its compelling storyline, sports dynamic and humour, the movie lends itself extremely well as a video game experience, said John Parkes, EMEA Marketing Director at Ubisoft. Keeping with its goal to secure strong partnerships and to be one of the leading developers of movie-based games, Ubisoft has worked closely with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Consumer Products to develop a video game that captures the adventure and excitement from the movie.
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