Families Will Have Opportunity to Play New Game at Launch Events
Nationwide
GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2013--
GameStop, the world’s largest multichannel retailer of video games, and
Nintendo of America invite young gamers and their families to discover Disney
Infinity, Disney Interactive’s biggest video game to date, as it
hits store shelves on Sunday, Aug. 18.
From 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. in nearly 100 GameStop stores across the U.S.
families can see the all-new gaming platform while being taught by
Nintendo team members how to play Disney Infinity on the Wii U.
Who hasn’t thought about building a world where Mr. Incredible uses a
Monsters University toilet paper launcher while driving around in
Cinderella’s carriage with monster truck wheels? Now players can let
their imaginations run free and create their own adventures.
“We are pleased to collaborate with Disney and Nintendo and bring our
customers this opportunity to be among the first to play Disney
Infinity and to play as the characters they know and love,” said
Roger Baker, Disney merchant at GameStop. “It is a wonderfully immersive
video game experience, and we will be offering the collectible figures,
power discs, accessories and more that will bring the magic of Disney
home.”
GameStop will also be the exclusive retailer offering a mini-magazine
giveaway to the first 30 customers who make a Disney Infinity
purchase in each store and $10 off the Disney Infinity Strategy
Guide with a starter kit purchase. GameStop is also offering a 30% trade
bonus on any items traded toward Disney Infinity products. As
part of a channel-wide pre-order exclusive, customers can also get a
free figure and power disc pack when pre-ordering a starter pack.
Select GameStop locations will also stay open late for midnight events
on Saturday, Aug. 17 and others will open early at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday,
Aug. 18. Parents can also shop online now at http://www.gamestop.com/collection/disney-infinity
and visit http://www.gamestop.com/gs/gamestopevents/
for more information about events at participating stores.
Disney Infinity will be available on the Nintendo 3DS, Wii™,
Wii™ U, Xbox 360™ game and entertainment system
and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.
About Disney Infinity
Disney Infinity is an all-new video game initiative starring the
beloved characters from Walt Disney and Pixar Studios’ most popular
franchises. Players can place real-world toy versions of their favorite
Disney characters onto a device called the Infinity Base and transport
them into the virtual game worlds of Monsters University, the
Incredibles, Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lone Ranger, as well
as into a giant Toy Box.
About GameStop Corp.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company
headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is the world's largest multichannel
video game retailer. GameStop’s global retail network and family of
brands include 6,544 company-operated stores in 15 countries and online
at www.GameStop.com.
The network also includes: www.Kongregate.com,
a leading browser-based game site; Game Informer® magazine, the leading
multi-platform video game publication; Spawn Labs, a streaming
technology company; a digital PC game distribution platform available at www.GameStop.com/pc;
and an online consumer electronics trade-in platform available at www.BuyMyTronics.com.
General information on GameStop Corp. can be obtained at the company's
corporate website http://news.gamestop.com/.
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Source: GameStop Corp.
Jackie Smith
GameStop Corp.
817-722-7520 or JackieSmith@GameStop.com
