It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a LarryBoy game!
Crave brings hugely popular VeggieTales character to videogame consoles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Newport Beach, Calif.--April 17, 2006--Crave
Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames,
today announced they have signed an agreement with Big Idea,
Inc to publish the first VeggieTales interactive title for
videogame consoles, LarryBoy and the Bad Apple. The
action-adventure game features LarryBoy, the popular
plunger-headed crime-fighting cucumber featured in several
best-selling videos, in his quest to save the citizens of
Bumblyburg from temptation.
"The VeggieTales stories are a big hit with children and
adults alike," said Rob Dyer, COO of Crave Entertainment.
"This agreement supports our continuing commitment to
providing quality, family-friendly interactive entertainment
that appeals to a wide audience."
The world needs a hero and LarryBoy is that hero! When
trouble appears, the citizens of Bumblyburg call world-famous
crime fighter LarryBoy! Aided only by his trusted butler
Alfred (played with zest by Archibald Asparagus),
plunger-headed LarryBoy is everything that his alter-ego
Larry the Cucumber is not: bold. confident. relentlessly
driven. brazenly heroic. Well, actually, that's not entirely
true. While he tries to create this impression, inside,
LarryBoy is still plain-old Larry. LarryBoy attempts to save
the day with clever use of his super-suction ears and the
many features of the Larry-Mobile. Call him a kinder,
gentler, slightly slower superhero!
The game is expected to be available in late Summer 2006 for
the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system
and Game Boy®
Advance handheld system for an MSRP of $19.99.
About Big Idea Productions
Big Idea, Inc., a subsidiary of Classic Media LLC, is
committed to providing entertaining stories that help parents
teach children important life lessons in a delightfully wacky
way. Big Idea is best known for its award-winning VeggieTales
animated series, which has sold over 42 million videos and
over five million albums of chart-topping audio since 1993.
In addition to extending the property into licensing,
publishing and live entertainment arenas, the company
released its first-ever feature film, Jonah - A VeggieTales
Movie, in 2002 grossing over $25 million at the domestic box
office. Big Idea is recognized as the leading producer and
creator of values-based product reflecting a Judeo-Christian
worldview in the family entertainment industry. For more
information on Big Idea, visit www.bigidea.com.
About Crave Entertainment
Based in Newport Beach, California, Crave Entertainment is a
subsidiary of Handleman Company. Crave, a publisher of
videogame entertainment products creates games for the major
console platforms including PSPT (PlayStation Portable)
system, Nintendo DST, Game Boy® Advance, Nintendo GameCubeT,
the PlayStation® game console, PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from
Microsoft and the Xbox 360T video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft. For more information about Crave
Entertainment, please visit www.cravegames.com.
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Contact:
Crave Entertainment
Kate Hedstrom
925-551-8181
kate@mmpr.com