SAN FRANCISCO, CA and LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - July 23, 2014) - In celebration of the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con®, TinyCo and Fox Digital Entertainment have announced the introduction of celebrity guest stars into their hit mobile game FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff. This experience highlights Fox and TinyCo's ground-breaking strategy to bring hilarious updates to The Quest for Stuff that mirror real-life events.
As part of a themed update set to play out in the FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff game over the next several weeks, Comic-Con International is hosting a new comic convention in Quahog. After a hilarious series of events, Stewie is transformed into an evil octopus monster and Quahog needs a new set of heroes to help fight back! Patrick Stewart, Bryan Cranston, and Stan Lee, and more popular icons arrive just in time to train Peter, Lois, Chris, and Quagmire to become real superheroes. Players will need to use these newfound superpowers to save the day and restore order to the town.
During the update, players can unlock and play with seven new celebrity characters as they work to save Quahog and collect unique rewards along the way. Participating guest stars were transformed into FAMILY GUY characters by the team at 20th Century Fox Television, and had their original voice recorded for inclusion in the game. The full list of celebrities includes:
- Patrick Stewart
- Bryan Cranston
- Ron Perlman
- George Takei
- Felicia Day
- Stan Lee
- Nathan Fillion
"With a brand as big as FAMILY GUY, we have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what is possible in a mobile game," said Andrew Green, Head of Business Development and Operations at TinyCo. "Including celebrity guest stars is something we've wanted to do for a long time, and we're incredibly excited to give players the opportunity to interact with some of their favorite stars in a brand new way."
The celebrity filled Comic-Con® International event will be available to players on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on July 24. It will be available on Google Play one week later, on July 31. San Diego Comic-Con will run from July 24-27 in San Diego, CA.
About FAMILY GUY
FAMILY GUY follows the adventures of an endearingly ignorant dad, PETER GRIFFIN (Seth MacFarlane), and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders in Quahog, RI. LOIS (Alex Borstein) is Peter's wife, a stay-at-home mom with no patience for her family's antics. Then there are their kids: 18-year-old MEG (Mila Kunis) is an outcast at school and the Griffin family punching bag; 13-year-old CHRIS (Seth Green) is a socially awkward teen who doesn't have a clue about the opposite sex; and one-year-old STEWIE (MacFarlane) is a diabolically clever baby. Rounding out the Griffin household is BRIAN (MacFarlane), the family dog and a ladies man. FAMILY GUY is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Seth MacFarlane is creator/executive producer. Rich Appel and Steve Callaghan serve as executive producers/co-showrunners, while Danny Smith and Kara Vallow are executive producers.
About TinyCo
Founded in 2009, TinyCo has developed more than a dozen successful games for the App Store, Google Play Store, and Amazon Appstore with titles such as FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff and Tiny Monsters. The company's mission is to make people happy five minutes at a time through incredible, fun and original mobile entertainment. The company's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Pinnacle Ventures, and angel investors including Ron Conway and Keith Rabois. For more information about TinyCo, please visit http://www.tinyco.com.
About Fox Digital Entertainment
Fox Digital Entertainment (FDE) is the Twentieth Century Fox division dedicated to fostering new and innovative mobile content and apps in emerging distribution channels. FDE develops and produces original videos, apps, and games based on new concepts and extensions of existing Fox brands. The group has produced a number of award-winning products, among them ANGRY BIRDS™ RIO, ICE AGE VILLAGE™, THE SIMPSONS™ TAPPED OUT and many others.
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