D3Publisher today announced a worldwide publishing agreement with Universal Partnerships & Licensing for videogames based on Universal Pictures and Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment's inaugural 3D CGI feature, Despicable Me. The videogames are scheduled to release across PAL territories on console and handheld systems in late summer/early autumn to coincide with the theatrical release.
Despicable Me: The Game Minion Mayhem could easily be dismissed by many gamers as kids shovelware for the Nintendo DS. But this movie tie-in has quite a few tricks up its sleeve.
DESPICABLE ME: THE GAME follows part of the plot of the film it is based on. Gru is an evil genius who wants to outdo his supervillain rival, Vector, by pulling off the ultimate heist -- stealing the moon. To do this, he needs a rocket, so Gru (with the help of his little yellow minions) sets out to steal the various rocket parts he will need to construct his space vehicle.
CSM: Despicable Me: The Game -- Minion Mayhem is a novel and entertaining approach to adapting a film into a video game. Putting the focus on the scene-stealing minions, rather than the movie's protagonist, Gru, was a bold, but ultimately successful idea.
