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THE GAME FACTORY UNVEILS Q4 2009 RELEASE SCHEDULE
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - June 24, in
the year of our Lord 2009 – The Game Factory, an
international publisher of family-friendly and casual video
games, announces the company’s product line-up for the remainder
of 2009. New games spanning multiple genres and platforms will
be released this fall and winter, including sequels for both
ZensesTM and Build-A-Bear Workshop®.
Zenses: Zen Garden for Nintendo DS, scheduled
to release in September 2009, is the third title in a series of
relaxing puzzle games targeting women who enjoy a little
spa-like escape when they’re at home or on the go. Building on
popular features of previous titles, Zenses Ocean and Zenses
Rainforest, Zenses: Zen Garden combines the best in game-play
from puzzle and brain-training genres with a clean, fresh and
stylish design. The new game, featuring beautiful Zen
garden-inspired aesthetics such as stones, sand and gravel,
includes six puzzle games, two activity games and a relaxation
area. A soothing, ambient soundtrack also compliments the game’s
calm and relaxing atmosphere. Zenses: Zen Garden allows the
player to transcend the stresses of everyday life, unplug and
experience an “active escape.”
Build-A-Bear Workshop®: Welcome to Hugsville for
Nintendo DS is scheduled to release in October 2009.
It’s the sequel to Build-A-Bear Workshop, last year’s best
selling children’s entertainment title and recipient of a
National Parenting Publication Awards Honors Award. In
Build-A-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville, players create and
take their furry friends into town. In this open-ended, happy
and colorful world, they can sharpen their gardening skills,
build and decorate their home, chat and play with the rest of
the furbulous family in various mini-games and activities.
Build-A-Bear Workshop®: Friendship Valley for Nintendo
Wii is scheduled to release in October 2009. It’s the
ultimate Build-A-Bear adventure/simulation game for the Nintendo
Wii. In the game, furry friends need the player’s help to make
their town the coolest place this side of Build-A-Bearville. By
solving various quests and challenges, players progressively
build and customize their own town, all while making furry
friends along the way. Using the Wii’s unique characteristics,
the adventure takes place in an open-ended 3D world. It’s
berrific fun!
About Build-A-Bear Workshop®
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is the leading and only global
company that offers an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal
retail-entertainment experience. Founded in 1997, the Company
and its franchisees currently operate more than 400 Build-A-Bear
Workshop® stores worldwide, including company-owned stores in
the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom,
Ireland and France, and franchise stores in Europe, Asia,
Australia and Africa. In 2007, the interactive experience was
enhanced - all the way to CyBEAR™ space - with the launch of
buildabearville.com®, the company’s virtual world stuffed
with fun. The company was named to the 2009 FORTUNE 100 Best
Companies to Work For® list. Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW)
posted total revenue of $468 million in fiscal 2008. For more
information, call 888.560.BEAR (2327) or visit the company’s
award-winning Web site at
www.buildabear.com.
About The Game Factory
The Game Factory, trading as The American Game Factory, Inc. in
North America, is an international publisher of video and
computer games based on leading international children
characters. It is a subsidiary of the K.E. Mathiasen Group A/S,
the largest Nordic company within children's licenses and
spanning many different product categories such as: apparel,
toys, candy, home furnishing and games. For more corporate and
product information, please visit
www.gamefactorygames.com