CLONE WARS ADVENTURES

…un­ter die­sem Ti­tel stel­len Lu­casArts und Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment im Herbst die­sen Jah­res ein »kind­ge­rech­tes« MMO vor, dass auf dem Film und der Trick­se­rie glei­chen Na­mens ba­siert. Of­fen­bar im Stile des 2009 ge­star­te­ten und eben­falls sehr er­folg­rei­chen Fre­e­Realms soll hier ins­be­son­dere Kin­dern und Ju­gend­li­chen ein free-to-play MMO ge­bo­ten wer­den. Selbst­ver­ständ­lich wird es aber auch eine be­zahlte Premium-Mitgliedschaft ge­ben und selbst­ver­ständ­lich gibt es auch die Mög­lich­keit, über Micro-Transactions Goo­dies ge­gen harte Dol­lars zu er­wer­ben (was daran »kind­ge­recht« sein soll, will sich mir al­ler­dings nicht er­schlie­ßen).

Ne­ben der Mög­lich­keit mit dem Cha­rak­ter durch die Spiel­welt zu lau­fen, soll man auch Raum­schiffe oder Fahr­zeuge wie Spee­de­r­bikes nut­zen kön­nen, zu­dem will man zahl­lose Mi­ni­spiele ein­bauen, dar­un­ter auch et­was wie ein Tra­ding Card Game. Eben­falls mög­lich ist das Pro­gram­mie­ren von Ro­bo­tern.

Na denn… Ich muss zu­ge­ben, dass mich CLONE WARS auf­grund des Stils der Ani­ma­tion so gar nicht reizt, aber ich bin ja of­fen­sicht­lich auch nicht die Ziel­gruppe… :o)

Die voll­stän­dige Pres­se­mit­tei­lung von Lu­casArts und SOE af­ter the break.

Pres­se­foto CLONE WARS AD­VEN­TURES Co­py­right 2010 SOE & Lu­casArts

SAN DIEGO, CA­LIF. and SAN FRAN­CISCO, CA­LIF. – June 1, 2010 – Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment LLC (SOE) to­day an­noun­ced the de­ve­lop­ment of Star Wars®: Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures™, a free-to-play, ac­tion pa­cked vir­tual world for fans of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars ani­ma­ted te­le­vi­sion se­ries on Car­toon Net­work.

De­ve­l­o­ped and publis­hed by SOE, crea­tors of the cri­ti­cally ac­clai­med kids’ game, Free Realms, and li­cen­sed by Lu­casArts, in con­junc­tion with Lu­cas­film Ltd., Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures will launch on­line and in re­tail stores this fall.

»We have a long run­ning and ex­tre­mely suc­cess­ful part­nership with Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment and look for­ward to working to­ge­ther on our next pro­ject, Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures,” said Mary Bihr, Glo­bal VP of Publis­hing, Lu­casArts.  “Working hand in hand with Lu­cas­film, Lu­casArts and Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment en­su­res that Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures will be the most au­then­tic and ac­ces­si­ble Clone Wars ex­pe­ri­ence for kids and fa­mi­lies to play in their very own li­ving room.«

Fo­cu­sed on crea­ting a fun and safe on­line en­viron­ment for kids and fa­mi­lies, Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures of­fers ex­cit­ing mi­ni­ga­mes, dy­na­mic ac­tivi­ties, li­vely so­cial events and thousands of cu­st­o­miza­tion op­ti­ons.  Play­ers can even battle it out with fri­ends alongs­ide ico­nic Star Wars cha­rac­ters like Ana­kin Sky­wal­ker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Ah­soka Tano.

»Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures is the ul­ti­mate de­sti­na­tion for fans of The Clone Wars se­ries and will bring the ac­tion and ex­ci­te­ment of the show to play­ers on­line so they can ex­pe­ri­ence The Clone Wars uni­verse first­hand” said John Smed­ley, pre­si­dent of Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment. “We’ve worked with Lu­casArts and Lu­cas­film to create a vir­tual world that is se­am­lessly in­te­gra­ted with the TV se­ries and a true ex­ten­sion of the show. It’s also just flat-out fun to play.”

With Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures a new ge­ne­ra­tion of Star Wars fans can be­come the next great hero of the Re­pu­blic and take their right­ful place alongs­ide the Jedi, Pa­da­wan and Clone Tro­o­pers.  Play­ers can speed through space in a star­figh­ter, take out wa­ves of battle dro­ids in Tower De­fense or test their brains with chal­len­ging Droid Pro­gramming puz­zles.  Play­ers can also purchase le­gen­dary Star Wars out­fits, items and ac­cess­ories through micro-transactions using Sta­tion Cash, SOE’s vir­tual cur­rency.

Fea­tures:

• Ex­tend the Fan­tasy: Kids no lon­ger have to wait un­til the next ex­cit­ing epi­sode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars ani­ma­ted TV se­ries to con­ti­nue ex­plo­ring and en­joy­ing the Star Wars uni­verse.  With Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures, kids can go on­line to ex­pe­ri­ence ex­cit­ing thrills as you duel ico­nic ad­versa­ries with your own cu­stom lights­aber, speed through the ga­laxy in your star­figh­ter, de­feat en­emies and take down star­ships.  Ad­ven­ture on­line to dis­co­ver your destiny!Play Free or Up­grade: Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures is a free-to-play game, but play­ers who want to take the ga­lac­tic ac­tion to the next le­vel can purchase a monthly mem­bership.  Play­ers can also buy cool Star Wars uni­verse items from wi­t­hin the game through micro-transactions using Sta­tion Cash.
• Mi­ni­ga­mes & More: From Droid Pro­gramming to Spee­der Bike Ra­c­ing, Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures puts you in the dri­ver seat to ex­pe­ri­ence epic ac­tion in im­mer­sive mi­ni­ga­mes that take you to your fa­vo­rite lo­ca­ti­ons in the ga­laxy.  Be­come the proud ow­ner of a tri­cked out Droid pet or throw a party in your player house — the fun is end­less!
• Fun With Fri­ends: Whe­ther you are on ad­ven­tures with old fri­ends or com­pe­ting for lea­der­board sta­tus with new ones, Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures is a li­vely vir­tual world that con­nects play­ers in fun and safe ways.  Show off your achie­ve­ments in your Tro­phy Room, use safe chat and emo­ti­cons to ex­press your­self and ce­le­brate in-world events with the ent­ire ga­laxy!
• Em­bed­ded Card Game: Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures card batt­les lets play­ers pit a va­riety of fun cha­rac­ters, crea­tures and ve­hi­cles from The Clone Wars te­le­vi­sion show against one ano­ther in a uni­que, fast-paced com­bat si­mi­lar to the ga­me­play styles of tra­di­tio­nal ga­mes such as War and Con­cen­tra­tion.
• Kid-Friendly: Par­en­tal con­trols al­low for the cu­st­o­miza­tion of safety op­ti­ons, in­clu­ding pre-canned chat and playtime set­tings for youn­ger play­ers.

Co­m­ing this fall, Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures is the ul­ti­mate vir­tual de­sti­na­tion for a new ge­ne­ra­tion of Star Wars fans.  Clone Wars Ad­ven­tures, the Force is in you.

About Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment

Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment LLC (SOE) is a re­co­gnized world­wide lea­der in mas­si­vely mul­ti­player on­line ga­mes, with hund­reds of thousands of sub­scri­bers around the globe. SOE crea­tes, de­ve­lops and pro­vi­des com­pel­ling en­ter­tain­ment for the per­so­nal com­pu­ter, on­line game con­sole and wire­less de­vices. Known for its block­bus­ter fran­chi­ses and hit tit­les in­clu­ding Ever­Quest®, Ever­Quest® II, Cham­pi­ons of Nor­rath®, Un­told Le­gends™, Pla­netS­ide®, and Star Wars Ga­la­xies, as well as the re­cent kids’ pheno­me­non Free Realms™, SOE con­ti­nues to re­de­fine the busi­ness of on­line ga­ming and the crea­tion of ac­tive player com­mu­nities while in­tro­du­cing new gen­res on all en­ter­tain­ment plat­forms. Head­quar­te­red in San Diego, CA, with ad­di­tio­nal de­ve­lop­ment stu­dios in Aus­tin, TX, Se­at­tle, WA, Den­ver, CO, and Tuc­son, AZ, SOE has an ar­ray of cutting-edge ga­mes in de­ve­lop­ment across va­rious plat­forms and gen­res for au­di­en­ces of all ages.

About Lu­casArts

Lu­casArts, a Lu­cas­film Ltd. com­pany, is a lea­ding de­ve­l­oper and publis­her of in­ter­ac­tive en­ter­tain­ment soft­ware world­wide for vi­deo game con­sole sys­tems, com­pu­ters and the In­ter­net. Ba­sed in San Fran­cisco, Ca­lif., as well as on the In­ter­net at www.lucasarts.com, Lu­casArts was crea­ted in 1982 by Ge­orge Lu­cas to pro­vide an in­ter­ac­tive ele­ment to his vi­sion of a state-of-the-art, mul­ti­fa­ce­ted en­ter­tain­ment com­pany.

Lu­casArts and the Lu­casArts logo are re­gis­te­red trade­marks of Lu­cas­film Ltd.  SOE and the SOE logo are re­gis­te­red trade­marks of Sony On­line En­ter­tain­ment LLC.  © 2010 Lu­cas­film En­ter­tain­ment Com­pany Ltd. or Lu­cas­film Ltd. & ® or TM as in­di­ca­ted. All rights re­ser­ved.