THQ announces Wall-e heading to all consoles

THQ have announced today their plans to release a video game based on the upcoming Disney Pixar flick, Wall-e. The Wall-e video game is expected to be released this year, naturally coinciding with the Australian release of the film from the makers of Finding Nemo and Toy Story. Players will take control of WALL-E and EVE through a fast-paced adventure based on the upcoming Disney-Pixar film. The game will also feature head-to-head multiplayer.

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. January 3, 2008 THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced plans to release the WALL●E video game in conjunction with the films eagerly awaited theatrical debut from DisneyPixar in the summer of 2008. WALL●E is anticipated to launch across all major gaming systems including the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStationPortable) system, WiiTM home video game system, Nintendo DSTM, Windows PC and Mac, as well as wireless devices.

The long-running relationship between THQ and DisneyPixar has achieved shipments of more than 35 million units worldwide. THQs current agreement with DisneyPixar, which was announced in 2004, includes rights to create games based on four newly created DisneyPixar film properties. Last years Ratatouille video game was the first property released by THQ under this agreement.

WALL●E is expected to release this summer and will mark THQs next installment in the companys well-established and successful association with DisneyPixar. Development for WALL●E will be led by THQs internal Heavy Iron Studios.

About the WALL●E Videogame

Players will take control of WALL●E and EVE through a fast-paced adventure based on the upcoming DisneyPixar film. The game will allow fans to relive some of the movies most thrilling moments as they explore 10 worlds filled with non-stop action and adventure, along with head-to-head multiplayer challenges. Players will recognize the storyline, characters and key locations from the WALL●E film as they carry out intense missions, dodge dangerous enemies and navigate their way through a futuristic world. In addition, the game will contain new storylines and environments that movie-goers will not see in theaters.

About the WALL●E Movie
What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?

Academy Award-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille) transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALLE.

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After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALLE (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALLE has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planets future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALLE chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Joining WALLE on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.

Filled with surprises, action, humor and heart, WALLE was written and directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris, co-produced by Lindsey Collins and features original and innovative sound design by Academy Award-winner Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial). The film is due for release on June 27, 2008.