LONDON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Curious about your IQ?
Mensa, Barnstorm Games and Square
Enix Partner to Stretch Grey Matter this July!
Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive
entertainment products and Barnstorm Games, today announce
Mensa Academy, a new brain
training game that will give players the ultimate grey matter
workout. Mensa Academy will be available from
July 27th 2012 in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and PAL regions
for Nintendo® Wii™ and 3DS™, Windows PC platforms, Smartphones and
in the near future for HD consoles, Android and iOS.
The game will be packed with a series of fun and stimulating
mini-games and challenges, filled with questions endorsed by Mensa,
the renowned global high IQ society
"Mensa Academy brings something
unique to the brain training game market," stated Roger Cheung, Head of Acquisitions, Square Enix
Europe. "We have teamed up with Barnstorm Games to bring this
title, developed in cooperation with Mensa, to market in the UK and
PAL regions. Mensa Academy
is the most credible game of its kind to date from the definitive
experts in the field of measuring and fostering intelligence. The
power of the mind is fascinating, the real challenge is how to best
maximise its potential.
Mensa Academy tangibly tackles
this in a user-friendly way, whilst providing hours of
entertainment."
"We are delighted to be partnering with Square Enix for the
release of our Mensa Academy title in the UK and PAL
regions," stated Simon Jeffrey, CEO
of Barnstorm Games. "It was important for us to produce a
product that exudes the authority of the Mensa brand, whilst
providing a vibrant and entertaining environment in which players
can train, take the test and challenge their friends."
Created in collaboration with Mensa,
Mensa Academy offers players the
ability to determine and improve their score in Play, Coach and
Test modes. Play mode challenges players to take on 100+ replayable
levels in five disciplines- Numeracy, Language, Logic, Memory, and
Visual, packed with questions. For further training, players can
use Coach mode to hone their abilities and assess their progress in
key disciplines before taking their skills to the next level in
taking the Test and discovering their Mensa Academy score; will all
that brain training have paid off?
"It's fantastic to be working with Barnstorm Games and Square
Enix to bring Mensa Academy to the market. Said John Stevenage
Chief Executive, British Mensa Ltd. Not only does the game
encourage brain training and challenge the mind it is a great deal
of fun for all age groups."
For more information about MensaAcademy,
visit http://www.mensaacademy.com.
Mensa Academy is developed by
Silverball Studios and Barnstorm Games and published by Square Enix
Europe.
Please find accompanying images here:
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About Mensa
Mensa is the worldwide organisation for people with IQs in the
top two percent of the population. You can take a supervised IQ
Test from any one of our centres throughout the UK, Channel Islands and Ireland to find out if you qualify for
membership. Tests are scored by Mensa and results are kept
confidential
To find out where and how to test in your region
visit-http://www.mensa.org.uk-in the United Kingdom and Ireland or http://www.mensa.org to find Mensa
in your country.
MENSA and the Mensa logo are registered around the world as
trademarks/service marks of Mensa International Limited and/or
other affiliated Mensa organisations.
About Square Enix Ltd.
Square Enix Ltd., a part of the Square Enix Europe business
unit, develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®,
EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of
the Square Enix Group. Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network
of leading development studios such as IO Interactive™, Crystal
Dynamics® and Eidos Montréal. The Square Enix Group boasts a
valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: FINAL
FANTASY, which has sold over 100 million units worldwide, DRAGON
QUEST® which has sold over 59 million units worldwide and TOMB
RAIDER® which has sold over 35 million units worldwide; and the
legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. More information on Square Enix Ltd.
can be found at http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en/.
DEUS EX-: HUMAN REVOLUTION, CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, DRAGON QUEST,
EIDOS, FINAL FANTASY, IO INTERACTIVE, SPACE INVADERS, SQUARE ENIX,
the SQUARE ENIX logo, TAITO and TOMB RAIDER are registered
trademarks or trademarks of the Square Enix Group. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Barnstorm Games
Nomisian Ltd t/a Barnstorm Games publishes, distributes and
develops interactive entertainment products on multiple formats,
available throughout the world. Titles include: Mensa Brain
test, the No.1 iOS Entertainment App in 17 countries; Let's Draw,
the UK No.1 DS title; Thomas the Tank Engine and Hello Kitty
Party.
Further information about Barnstorm Games and its products can
be found at: http://www.barnstormgames.com.
Software © 2012 Nomisian Ltd.
About Silverball Studios
Silverball Studios specialises in high-quality, family-friendly
games and applications for a wide variety of platforms. Silverball
has worked with some of the world's biggest publishers, including
Nintendo, Konami and Square Enix and are experts in the sensitive
treatment of global brands and IP such as Mario, Thomas the Tank
Engine, Frogger and Mensa.
