SilverBirch Studios and Breakthrough New Media announced that they have signed an agreement to develop two games based on the upcoming animated kids television series JIMMY TWO SHOES, to be broadcast on Teletoon Canada and Jetix Europe.
In the show, Jimmy is an enthusiastic 14-year-old kid who, through a series of missteps, falls into the weird world of Miseryville, where everything is designed to inflict torment on its inhabitants. Always irrepressible, Jimmy stirs up the fun in his new bizarre home, much to the chagrin of Miseryville's Big Cheese -- Lucius Heinous the Seventh.
As part of the agreement, SilverBirch Studios will develop one mobile game, which will be distributed through Swedish-based Global Fun, and one online Flash game that will be housed on the official website at Teletoon.com. Both games will concurrently launch when the JIMMY TWO SHOES series debuts in early 2009.
The JIMMY TWO SHOES interactive project (both mobile and online) has been funded through the Telefilm Canada New Media Fund and the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund.
SilverBirch Studios is a developer, based in Toronto, specializing in handheld and mobile games. The company is focused on end-to-end game development with leading publishers for projects based on its own proprietary IP, as well as that of its many partners. SilverBirch Studios Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of SilverBirch Inc., a publicly traded digital media company. For more information visit www.silverbirchinc.com.
Breakthrough New Media (BNM) is the interactive division of Breakthrough Films & Television. BNM has produced award-winning websites and games that complement Breakthrough's television properties. BNM's most recent releases include a GBA game and a mobile game for the animated series ATOMIC BETTY, OPERATION VICTORY, a historical turn-based online strategy game and UH-OH FLAMINGO!, an online game based on the animated series CAPTAIN FLAMINGO. Visit www.breakthroughfilms.com/newmedia for more information.
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