Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) is developing a video game based on 20th Century Fox’s upcoming Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, the sequel to the 2002 CG-animated blockbuster about animals who protect a human child as they learn to get by during a harsh period in ancient history. The game will hit retail in spring of 2006 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and PC,
In the Ice Age 2: The Meltdown game, the Ice Age is ending and our subzero heroes themselves in a melting paradise of water parks, geysers and tar pits. With the realization that the melting glaciers will soon flood their valley, Manny the Mammoth, Sid the Sloth, and Diego the Sabre-Toothed Tiger must make it across the perilous landscape to safety. Scrat the squirrel, who stared in his own animated short film, Scrat’s Missing Adventure, continues in his never-ending quest to collect acorns and ends up an unwitting hero in this latest interactive caper.
Ice Age enjoyed a record-setting $46 million March opening North America in 2002, and went on to earn $381 million at theaters worldwide. The sequel is again being animated by Blue Sky, Fox Animation’s feature toon partner. Carlos Saldanha, who co-directed the original Ice Age and Robots with Chris Wedge, is back at the helm, working from a script by Jon Vitti. More information about the film can be found at www.iceage2.com. Incidently, the original Ice Age airs tonight (Dec. 23) at 8 p.m. on FOX.
The video game will carry a suggested retail price of $19.99 for PC, $29.99 for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, and $39.99 for consoles. More information of Vivendi Universal products is available at www.vugames.com.
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