Cartoon Network New Media today launched Ben 10 Alien Force: Game
Creator, a new, free online game that merges the popular animated
action franchise with user-generated content, marking the first game of
its kind.
Beginning today, fans can access the tools and animations they need to
build their own action-adventure game featuring the new series Ben
10: Alien Force, which premiered with record-breaking ratings April
18 on Cartoon Network. The game is based on the new Ben 10 series, which
advances the plot five years into the future. The Ben 10: Alien Force
Game Creator lets users easily build their own online games and
share them with fans everywhere. Players choose their own hero from four
of Ben’s new aliens —
Swampfire, Humongousaur, Jetray and Spidermonkey —
each of which has unique powers and abilities that impact game play.
Completed games can be shared with friends and sent to
CartoonNetwork.com's game gallery for other fans to play and rate.
Ben 10 games are consistently among the most popular of the 190+
free games at CartoonNetwork.com. Most recently, the first game based on
the new series, Ben 10 Alien Force: Forever Defense, smashed records
on the site, scoring more than five million game plays in its debut week
of March 10 – 16, 2008. The previous game-play
record-holder for the site was also from Ben 10 with Ben 10:
Savage Pursuit, which grabbed more than four million game plays its
first week online in October of 2007.
“This year we will launch thousands of new
games — or, rather, our audience will,”
said Paul Condolora, senior vice president, Digital for Turner’s
Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media Group. “Ben
10: Alien Force Game Creator gives kids the power and creative
freedom to build and publish their own games and is a first step in our
ambition to become the number one online destination where kids go to
create, play and share games.”
Ben 10 games currently dominate the top 10 most popular games at
CartoonNetwork.com, holding five of the top ten spots, including Ben
10: Alien Force Forever Defense at No. 2; Ben 10: Alien Force
Action Packs at No. 3; Ben 10: Battle Ready at No. 4 and Ben 10:
Cannonbolt Pinball at No. 5.
Ben 10 characters are also part of Cartoon Network New Media’s
upcoming foray into the massively multiplayer online gaming market with Cartoon
Network Universe: FusionFall. In addition, Ben 10 has invaded
the mobile space with its title on Cartoon Network’s
games channel on Smashing Games for Verizon subscribers. Ring tones and
wallpapers for mobile devices also are available at CartoonNetwork.com.
Ben 10 premiered on Cartoon Network in January 2006 and has
consistently been the network’s #1 show on
Saturday mornings. Along with the new series, Ben 10 has also
spawned a tremendously successful toy and video game line as well as two
hit television movies. The live-action movie Ben 10: Race Against Time
set record ratings for the network when over 13 million viewers watched
during its 2007 Thanksgiving weekend premiere.
The newest Ben 10 series, Ben 10: Alien Force, premiered
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 8 p.m. (ET, PT), and was the most-watched
original series premiere in Cartoon Network history. The new series
began the next chapter in the Ben 10 saga five years later, when
15-year-old Ben Tennyson chooses to once again put on the OMNITRIX. He
discovers that it has reconfigured his DNA and can now transform him
into 10 brand new aliens. Joined by his super-powered cousin Gwen
Tennyson and his equally powerful former enemy Kevin Levin, Ben is on a
mission to find his missing Grandpa Max. In order to save his Grandpa,
Ben must defeat the evil DNAliens, a powerful alien race intent on
destroying the galaxy, starting with planet Earth. Ben joins forces with
other young heroes to save the galaxy and his Grandpa Max, while passing
along his knowledge to a whole new generation.
About Cartoon Network New Media
Cartoon Network New Media is responsible for the production of Cartoon
Network’s popular Web sites, which include
CartoonNetwork.com, ToonamiJetstream.com, Awesomehouseparty.com and
CartoonNetworkYa.com (the Spanish-language site for kids). These sites
are some of the most popular entertainment sites in the world for kids,
currently attracting an average of more than 5 million unique users each
month in the United States (Nielsen//NetRatings). The top attraction is
their roster of games, which drew more than 2 billion game plays in
2007. In addition, Cartoon Network New Media is the creative force
behind Cartoon Network’s video-on-demand
offerings, interactive TV and mobile offerings, which include
partnerships with such major carriers as Sprint, Cingular and Verizon.
About Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com), currently seen in more than 91
million U.S. homes and 160 countries around the world, is Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported
cable service offering the best in original, acquired and classic
animated entertainment for kids and families. Overnight from 11 p.m. to
6 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday (ET, PT),
Cartoon Network shares its channel space with Adult Swim, a late-night
destination showcasing original and acquired animation for young adults
18-34.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and
programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media
environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the
world.
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