{"id":4539,"date":"2010-01-12T18:31:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T08:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2010-01-12T18:31:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T08:31:31","slug":"activision-publishing-announces-upcoming-percy-jackson-the-olympians-the-lightning-thief-video-game-for-nintendo-ds%e2%84%a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4539","title":{"rendered":"ACTIVISION PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES UPCOMING PERCY JACKSON &#038; THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF VIDEO GAME FOR NINTENDO DS\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACTIVISION PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES UPCOMING <em>PERCY JACKSON &amp; THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF<\/em> VIDEO GAME FOR NINTENDO DS\u2122<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney, AUSTRALIA <\/strong><strong>\u2013 January 12<sup>th<\/sup> 2009<\/strong> \u2013 Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the February 3, 2010 release of <em>Percy Jackson &amp; The Olympians: The Lightning Thief<\/em>, the Nintendo DS\u2122 video game based on Disney-Hyperion Books\u2019 best-selling fantasy novel and highly anticipated film from 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Fox. The video game is a tactical role playing game for Nintendo DS\u2122 that puts players in command of Percy Jackson and his fellow demigods as they battle for survival in a world ruled by vengeful Greek gods.<\/p>\n<p>Percy Jackson is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, who is in great danger because of jealousy and fear of his powers and heritage. Players in <em>Percy Jackson &amp; The Olympians: The Lightning Thief <\/em>will adventure across America in search of Zeus\u2019 master lightning bolt while assembling their best fighting team to go head-to-head against ruthless enemies. Joining Percy are his friends Annabeth and Grover, and plenty more allies each with his or her own \u201cgodly\u201d abilities and battle advantages. Planning which team member to take into battle is key to survival \u2013 lots of opportunities exist in the game for different characters\u2019 abilities to interact with one another, and for characters to boost each other\u2019s effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRick Riordan\u2019s <em>Percy Jackson <\/em>books have been on the New York Times Best Seller list for children\u2019s books for over 120 weeks straight, and the <em>Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians: The Lightning Thief<\/em> film is one of the most buzzed about for 2010,\u201d said David Oxford, Activision Publishing. \u201cWe\u2019re honored to work on such a hot property, building on the elements that fans love to create a fantastic video game that can be played on the go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe film is so action-packed that a video game is a natural extension,\u201d said <em>Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians: The Lightning Thief <\/em>film director Chris Columbus. \u201cActivision has been the ideal partner to bring the book to life yet another thrilling way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activision.com\/\">www.activision.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Fox<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) \u2013 both subsidiaries of News Corporation. As one of the world\u2019s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic and Twentieth Century Fox Animation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1888pressrelease.com\/emg-launches-20th-century-fox-i-love-you-beth-cooper-traile-pr-101343.html\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nAbout Disney Hyperion Books<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disney-Hyperion Books is an imprint of Disney Book Group (DBG); additional DBG imprints include Disney Editions, Disney-Jump at the Sun Books, and Disney Press. DBG is part of Disney Publishing Worldwide, the world&#8217;s largest publisher of children&#8217;s books and magazines, with over 250 million children\u2019s books and over 400 million children&#8217;s magazines sold each year. Headquartered in White Plains, NY, Disney Publishing Worldwide publishes books and magazines in 85 languages in 75 countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About <\/span><\/strong><strong>Activision<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Publishing, Inc.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.<\/p>\n<p>Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan and South Korea. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company&#8217;s website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activision.com\/\">www.activision.com<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACTIVISION PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES UPCOMING PERCY JACKSON &amp; THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF VIDEO GAME FOR NINTENDO DS\u2122 Sydney, AUSTRALIA \u2013 January 12th 2009 \u2013 Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today the February 3, 2010 release of Percy Jackson &amp; The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the Nintendo DS\u2122 video game based on Disney-Hyperion Books\u2019 best-selling<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4539\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4541,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539\/revisions\/4541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}