Puzzle Game Phenomenon Meets Classic Disney Fun In Two New Games Co-Created By Disney Online And Buena Vista Games
Games based on Popular Number Puzzle Craze Added to Downloadable Games Lineup
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - May 16, 2006 -
Kids of all ages can now join the worldwide puzzle craze
alongside popular classic Disney characters with two new
downloadable PC games co-created by The Walt Disney Company's
Disney Online and Buena Vista Games. Disney's Disoku
Apprentice and Disney's Disoku Master, two new games based on
the worldwide number puzzle craze, offer players a huge
selection of puzzles, different grid sizes and skill levels,
as well as unlockable exclusive character screensavers and
other cool features. Both are available for download
beginning today at www.disneygamedownloads.com and www.disneysgamecafe.com.
"Disney Game Downloads and Disney's Game Café offers a wide range of premium entertainment for players of all ages," said Steve Parkis, vice president of Premium Products, Disney Online. "Our new Disoku games combine the most exciting and challenging puzzle features with Disney characters fans know and love."
Featuring beloved Disney Characters from 12 animated classics including Aladdin, Peter Pan, and Snow White, Disney's Disoku Apprentice lets everyone from puzzle-solving beginners to avid players join their favorite Disney friends for endless puzzle fun. With 300,000 mind-boggling puzzles to choose from, Disoku Apprentice features three skill levels and grid sizes offering fun for grown-ups and kids of all ages. Players can save and print out their favorite puzzles or prove themselves as the ultimate Disoku pro by solving enough puzzles to unlock one of 12 screensavers that feature Disney characters. Populate your grid with cool Disney Characters or use numbers to solve your puzzles!
Disney's Disoku Master combines the popular number puzzle sensation with notorious Disney Villains. Players choose from two different grid sizes and three skill levels, and can personalize their puzzle theme from a selection of 12 different wicked Disney Villains such as Cruella De Vil, Captain Hook and Ursula. With 200,000 challenging grids, experienced puzzle solvers will be able to conquer enough puzzles to unlock 12 Disney Villain themed screensavers and can save and print out their favorite puzzles.
Disney Game Downloads presents a broad lineup of fun and exciting downloadable games for kids of all ages. The magic of Disney meets the excitement of online entertainment with these high-quality games that let kids experience amazing gameplay with their favorite classic Disney characters.
Disoku Apprentice (recommended for ages 8 and up) and Disoku
Master (for ages 12 and up) are available at www.disneygamedownloads.com for $19.99
each. Free trials of both games are also available on the
site offering fans unlimited access to the game for thirty
minutes.
About Disney Online
Disney Online (www.disney.com) produces the
number one kids' entertainment and family community
destination on the World Wide Web. Launched in 1995,
Disney.com is designed to reflect the vision of an "online
theme park," providing an interactive gateway to all of the
company's many Disney-branded Internet initiatives. Popular
Disney Online places to visit include Disney Channel
(www.DisneyChannel.com), Playhouse Disney
(www.PlayhouseDisney.com), Disney Shopping
(www.disneyshopping.com), Walt Disney Parks
and Resorts (www.disneydestinations.com) Walt Disney Pictures
(www.disneypictures.com), Disney DVD &
Video (www.disneyvideos.com) and
Radio Disney (www.radiodisney.com).
Among the many magical "neighborhoods" found at www.Disney.com is the fun-filled Games area
(www.disney.com/games), which includes
Disney's Toontown Online, the first 3D massively multiplayer
online role playing game for kids and families, and Disney's
Blast (www.disneyblast.com), a
premium subscription service for kids ages 5-9. Disney Online
also produces FamilyFun.com (www.familyfun.com), the premier online family
resource for "great ideas, practical advice, and fun stuff to
do" as well as Movies.com (www.movies.com), a
leading site that provides a broad array of reviews and
information to help movie fans "get movie night right."
Disney Online is a part of the Walt Disney Internet Group,
which provides integrated strategic and operational services
for Internet, broadband, and mobile initiatives of The Walt
Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).
About Buena Vista Games
Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG) is the interactive
entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company. BVG publishes,
markets and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform
video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. The
company also licenses properties and works directly with
third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for
all ages to market. For more information, please log on to
www.bvg.com.
For further information, contact:
Press Contacts:
Brandy Phillips
Walt Disney Internet Group
(818) 623-3764
Brandy.Phillips@dig.com
Stacey Clement
360 Public Relations
(617) 585-5774
sclement@360publicrelations.com