"Ubisoft has demonstrated its strong commitment to making quality license-based games and truly understands the spirit of one of the world's most famous children's brands," said Christian Salomon, director of licensing at Ubisoft. "Ubisoft is thrilled to be bringing the Turtles back in an exciting new adventure that will attract the first generation of enthusiasts all the way through to the current and future generations of fans."
Leonardo... sans pizza. "We are excited that the Turtles are returning to the big screen in 2007 and pleased to partner with Ubisoft for the creation of a new movie-based Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game," said Alfred R. Kahn, chairman and chief executive officer of 4Kids Entertainment. "We are confident Ubisoft's commitment to quality, strong international distribution and presence in the worldwide video game market will complement the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie experience and help generate added excitement for the Turtles brand."
So how does Konami's previously existing deal with the Turtles license fit into all this? We don't know yet. Attempts to reach Konami's representatives this morning for comment have, as of yet, gone unanswered. So we'll have to keep you abreast of that situation in the future.
The TMNT movie is the first "completely CG" movie to feature the half-shell heroes. It'll carry a PG rating and be based loosely on the original comic book series rather than the more kid-friendly animated cartoons seen on television over the past 20 years. Expect the game to release in the first half of 2007.
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