"Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" the Game Announced

Vivendi Universal Games has announced that a video game is in development based on 20th Century Fox's upcoming family film, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown video game will be available in stores this Spring 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and PC.

"We are excited to continue our successful partnership with Fox to create an extension of the Ice Age story in a fully engaging interactive entertainment experience," said Peter Della Penna, Chief Operating Officer, Product Development for VU Games. "Academy Award®-winning animation studio Blue Sky, has contributed an impressive visual style and hilarious storyline for our development partners to turn into great family gaming."

Elie Dekel, Executive Vice President Licensing & Merchandising, added, "VUG is a great and proven partner for some of our major theatrical releases. In conjunction with the release of the motion picture Ice Age 2, the release of this outstanding video game brilliantly expands on our Ice Age franchise."