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New Interactive Thomas and Friends Engine Activities Game App
Ultimate Engine App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch Features Activity Packs With Collectible Engine Cards, Come-Alive Puzzles, Coloring Pages & Matching
New York, NY – In time for Christmas, HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading providers of high-quality children’s entertainment, and Callaway Digital Arts, Inc., leading publisher of premium children’s and lifestyle applications for mobile devices, are pleased to announce the launch of Thomas & Friends™: Engine Activities. Now available in Apple’s App Store, this multi-activity game app for iPad®, iPhone® and iPod Touch® features come-alive puzzles, coloring pages, matching games and a series of collectible engine cards from the world of Thomas & Friends.Thomas & Friends™: Engine Activities includes two activity packs based on popular Thomas & Friends home entertainment releases, Pop Goes Thomas and Creaky Cranky. Each activity pack captures fan favorite scenes and engines with three creativity-boosting coloring sheets, three animated puzzles, and three collectible engine cards. A matching game featuring collectible engine cards helps develop a child’s memory and hand-eye coordination. Additional activity packs tied to new home entertainment releases, Wobby Wheels and Whistles, Merry Winter Wish and Rescue on the Rails are currently available for in-app purchase, and more activity packs will be released in coming months.
“Collecting engines is a unique aspect of the Thomas brand and this new game app extends that experience to iPad, iPhone, and iTouch,” said Natasha Fishman, Senior Vice President, Global Brand Management and Digital Media, HIT Entertainment. “With multiple activities, collectible engine cards and the ongoing addition of new activity packs, this is the ultimate engine app for Thomas fans that will provide an endless supply of fun and adventure to little engineers everywhere.”
“Thomas & Friends™: Engine Activities allows parents to customize their child's digital experience by choosing games, puzzles, and coloring pages based on favorite Thomas stories,” says Callaway Digital Arts Chief Creative Officer Nicholas Callaway. “By merging appealing interactive activities with great design and beloved characters, Callaway and HIT are delivering a kids gaming experience like no other.”
HIT Entertainment and Callaway Digital Arts have previously published three Thomas & Friends apps, Misty Island Rescue, Hero of the Rails, and most recently, Day of the Diesels, all of which have reached #1 in the App Store’s Books category. In addition, they launched the game app Angelina Ballerina™’s Bubble Pop! and Angelina Ballerina’s New Ballet Teacher, a story app based on the CG animated series, Angelina Ballerina The Next Steps, which also reached #1 in Books.
Thomas & Friends: Engine Activities is available for $1.99 USD/£1.49 GBP from the App Store on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch at www.itunes.com/appstore/. Additional Engine Activity Packs will be available for in-app purchase for $0.99 USD/£0.69 GBP.