UbiSoft Carves Waves with Surf's Up

Ubisoft in collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Consumer Products, announce that the Surf's Up video game, based on Sony Pictures Animation's feature-length CG animated film, in theatres September 13th, will be shipping August 30th, for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, PSP system, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and Windows PC.

The Surf's Up video game features the voice talent from the stars of the feature-length movie. Cast members Shia LaBeouf as Cody Maverick; Jeff Bridges as Big Z; Zooey Deschanel as Lani Aliikai; Mario Cantone as Mikey Abromowitz; Diedrich Bader as Tank; and Sal Masekela as the announcer for the sports network SPEN, all provided new and original dialogue for the game. In addition, film clips featuring all the characters from the film – including Chicken Joe (Jon Heder) and surfing icons Kelly Slater and Rob Machado (themselves) – are showcased in the game.

"Ubisoft has the creative and technological abilities to develop a cutting-edge arcade surfing game based on Sony Pictures Animation's new film, Surf's Up," said Mark Caplan, Vice President, Interactive at Sony Pictures Consumer Products. "Sony's partnership with Ubisoft has helped to expand our properties by creating fun interactive experiences beyond the movies while maintaining the creativity and artistic beauty of the films."

Developed by Ubisoft's award-winning Montreal studio, Surf's Up™ takes players on a tubular surf adventure with Cody Maverick, an up-and-coming surfer, entering his first pro competition. The game plunges players into the exciting world of surfing, featuring thrilling surf tricks, cool surf locales and all the characters from the Surf's Up movie.

"Ubisoft is excited to be developing an innovative, first-class surfing game based on all the cool characters from the Surf's Up movie. With its compelling storyline, sports dynamic and humour, the movie lends itself extremely well as a video game experience," said John Parkes, EMEA Marketing Director at Ubisoft. "Keeping with its goal to secure strong partnerships and to be one of the leading developers of movie-based games, Ubisoft has worked closely with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Consumer Products to develop a video game that captures the adventure and excitement from the movie."

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