FACEBOOK CONTEST FEATURES LEGACY INTERACTIVE’S "THE TUTTLES GAME" WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO STARLIGHT CHARITY
The Tuttles is now available as a PC/Mac hybrid at retailers across the country. Additionally, The Tuttles is available as a download for the PC and Mac, and there are also Flash, widget and Facebook applications. Fifty percent of the retail proceeds from game sales and 75 percent of the proceeds from the downloads at The Tuttles website go to Starlight.
Starlight helps seriously ill children and their families cope with pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Its programs include mobile entertainment units and laptop computers for hospitalized children, fun family events that take children and families away from medical treatments, a social network for teens with serious medical conditions and much, much more.
Kicked off as a fundraising concept by Starlight, many stars have gotten involved in the game. Actors William Shatner, Bob Saget, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ashley Tisdale, Dominic Scott Kay, Dave Thomas and Dave Coulier lent their voices to The Tuttles, a classic side-scrolling platformer game for all ages. The story line, developed by Animax Entertainment, follows a vacationing family as they travel by flying mini-van through desert, jungle and even underwater, avoiding obstacles and collecting goodies along the way to the Alamo.
"The Tuttles is a fun game for all ages. It's an easy choice for people to support the game because a significant portion of all purchases goes directly to brightening the lives of ill children," said Legacy's CEO Ariella Lehrer. "We hope our Facebook contest gets more people talking about The Tuttles and helps to support a charity that is really making a difference to millions of children and their families."
Participants of the Facebook contest must:
• Add The Tuttles Sweepstakes Facebook application to their profile at apps.facebook.com/legacygames
• Answer questions about the game and invite "friends" in their Facebook social network to add the application
• The participant will receive one entry when they submit their answers and an additional entry for every friend they invite that accepts and downloads The Tuttles Sweepstakes Facebook application.
• Camera winners will be randomly drawn from all entries received by May 20, 2008.
Legacy Interactive Press Contacts:
Sandra Yee / Lauren Tascan
sandrayee_pr@yahoo.com / ltascan@videotron.ca
916-441-4036 /514-932-1175
Starlight Press Contact:
Donna DeDario
donna.dedario@starlight.org
323-556-3322
About Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
When a child or teenager has a serious medical condition, everyone in the family is affected. For 25 years, Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation(TM) has dedicated itself to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Starlight's programs have been proven to distract children from their pain, help them better understand and manage their illnesses, and connect families facing similar challenges so that no one feels alone. Through a network of offices, Starlight provides ongoing support to children, parents and siblings in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces with an array of outpatient, hospital-based and Web offerings. Programs are also delivered internationally through affiliates in Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. To learn more visit www.starlight.org.
About Legacy Interactive
Legacy Interactive is a leading developer and publisher of casual games for people of all ages. Entertaining customers since 1998, the company has built a reputation for developing intelligent, realistic and engaging games for a broad audience. Located in Los Angeles, Legacy is known for its TV-branded games, such as Law & Order and The Apprentice, as well as for its popular simulation games Pet Pals: Animal Doctor, Emergency Room and Zoo Vet. Through Legacy's online casual game portal at www.legacygames.com, customers can download and try more than 500 casual games plus read and write reviews and share play lists of their favorite games. Legacy has ongoing distribution, marketing and content strategic partnerships with a number of companies, including Vivendi Games, Universal Studios, Ubisoft, Mindscape, Majesco Entertainment, and Scholastic.