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17th of June 2009
FIREBRAND TO TAKE THE DS TO PLANET 51

Firebrand Games, the International handheld development specialists responsible for GRID and TrackMania, today announce details of their next project, the Nintendo DS videogame version of the hugely anticipated animated film Planet 51.

With a US theatrical release through Sony on Thanksgiving, Planet 51 is the tale of US astronaut Captain Charles 'Chuck' Baker (Dwayne Johnson, The Scorpion King, Be Cool) who lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, it's already inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950's American. The film also features the voices of John Cleese, Gary Oldman and Seann William Scott.

Mark Greenshields, CEO of Firebrand Games, commented 'We have a track history of creating incredibly successful handheld titles and now, with the opportunity to work on a huge film tie-in like Planet 51, Firebrand is taking our core skill of producing triple-A driving titles into a wider arena.' He continued 'Planet 51 is a game that has many diverse elements to it and we're committed to turning the game into as big a success as the movie is going to be. With a strong storyline and some amazing visuals we're sure that Planet 51 is going to be a massive hit on the DS.'

Planet 51 The Game is being released in the western markets by SEGA from November 2009.


Posted by Andrew Blanchard

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Placed on 17-06-2009 at 19:13.
I'm quite looking forward to this now that Firebrand are working on it.
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