Rubik’s Cube: The Videogame coming to Wii and DS in Autumn 2008
The Game Factory announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Seven Towns Limited to publish Rubik’s Puzzle World, a 3D puzzle game experience for the Nintendo Wii and DS systems, both inspired by the Rubik’s Cube.
For those who have always wondered what the inside of a Rubik’s Cube looks like, developer Two Tribes will have Rubik’s Puzzle World out due Autumn 2008. Designed for players aged eight and older, this otherworldly game will look and play like no other game on the market. A collection of extremely addictive, easy-to-play puzzle games will increase in difficulty as the player delves deeper into this 3D world.
Each version of Rubik’s Puzzle World will host its own unique and original series of games. Players will test their brainpower by constructing 3D shapes and objects, navigating through mazes and even creating their own soundtracks. The DS version will allow players to connect to a community of Rubik’s Puzzle World enthusiasts through the platform’s wireless connection. The Wii version accommodates up to four players and will feature an online message board.
Key features include:
* Play 8 unique games which mix puzzles, quizzes, music and sound activities – as well as the classic cube solving game!
* Multiplayer will allow you to share the fun with family and friends. Compare your game stats and progress, share environments, music compositions and more!
* Each game requires forward thinking and involves complex mechanics but a simple interface – all based on the idea that every reaction can have multiple reactions/
* Expand your Rubik’s universe. The better you play, the more cubies come to life, unlocking new challenges and activities/
* Cubies behave like living and learning beings. Play and interact with them as you educate and entertain them!
* Use the Nintendo DS microphone to record yourself and use your recordings to compose music. You can even experience your own music being played by the cubies in different places of the game! Or on the Wii version you can compose your own music.
* Post screens of your creations in the Building Activity on the Wii Message Board – and send to people in your address book /
Rubik’s Cube facts
In 1980, the Rubik’s Cube, was launched on an unsuspecting world with a Hollywood party hosted by the “other” famous Hungarian Zsa Zsa Gabor. Little did anyone know it would become the world’s biggest-selling puzzle. So iconic did The Cube become that it earned a place in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary; not to mention worldwide sales exceeding 300 million copies. Today it looks the same, it works the same and it’s still incredibly popular. — The Rubik’s Cube has featured in major movies, ad campaigns, generated huge sales of T-shirts and apparel, been used as an iconic image for lottery games and scratch cards; and along with the brand’s other 3D twisting puzzles still generates a huge amount of public interest, recognition and affection.
