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Red Mile Entertainment and MTV Games Release Gameplay Details for Jackass(TM) the Game DS
New Year's Resolution: Go Head to Head With Your Jackass Friends
| Quelle: Red Mile Entertainment
SAUSALITO, CA--(Marketwire - January 3, 2008) - Red Mile Entertainment (OTCBB : RDML ), a
worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software,
and MTV Games, part of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE : VIA ) (NYSE : VIA.B ) and
publisher of innovative interactive products, announced today that Jackass
the Game DS for the Nintendo DS™ will be shipping to stores nationwide
January 15, 2008. The title joins the previously launched versions for the
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the PSP™
(PlayStation® Portable) system.
Inspired by the popular Jackass MTV television and movie series, Jackass
the Game DS will provide endless hours of entertainment, insane stunts,
mind-numbing antics, and ridiculous pranks as players take on the roles
of Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña and many others from
the Jackass crew. New to the DS version are five huge free-roaming,
"sandbox" environments, from snow-capped mountains to sunny coastlands.
Players will explore these richly detailed playgrounds while performing
outrageous stunts and discovering crazy collectibles and hidden power-ups.
Jackass the Game DS takes advantage of the platform's unique features,
offering a variety of multiplayer modes where players compete head to head.
Want to be a hot dog, matador, or good old Uncle Sam? Unlock hidden
costumes that can make you look like an even bigger jackass!
"Jackass is one of the most recognizable and entertaining properties in
today's culture, and the DS game delivers the type of daring stunts, crazy
pranks and wacky antics that fans are accustomed to," said Chester
Aldridge, CEO of Red Mile Entertainment. "By extending the Jackass video
game series onto the Nintendo DS, we are expanding the audience for that
platform while still appealing to its current installed base and
demographic."
The independent Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has rated
Jackass the Game DS "T" for Teen; descriptors include crude humor,
language, mild blood, mild violence, and partial nudity. For more
information about the ESRB visit www.esrb.org.
For more information about Jackass the Game DS, please visit:
www.jackassthegame.com.
About Red Mile Entertainment, Inc.
Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. is a worldwide developer and publisher of
interactive entertainment software that is headquartered in Sausalito,
California. Red Mile creates, incubates and licenses premier intellectual
properties and develops products for console video game systems, personal
computers and other interactive entertainment platforms. Red Mile has
published a number of innovative titles. In 2005, Red Mile successfully
launched its first franchise game, Heroes of the Pacific, for multiple
platforms including the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,
Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and the PC.
About MTV Games
MTV Games is dedicated to creating, marketing and publishing high-quality,
innovative interactive products that are relevant to the MTV audience and
complements the core values of the MTV Networks brands.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE : VIA ) (NYSE : VIA.B ), is one of the
world's leading creators of programming and content across all media
platforms. MTV Networks, with 130 channels worldwide, owns and operates the
following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2,
VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV,
CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL
SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these
networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its
audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than
200 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless
and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements,
joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming
services can be seen worldwide.