Hillside, N.J. & Cary, N.C. - October 17, 2012 - HeroClix TabApp™ developers, NECA/Wizkids and MFV, a subsidiary of NECA, are partnering with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment to welcome DC Comics Super Heroes to the scenario-based iPad game featuring physical toy figure recognition.
"We are pleased to announce some of the first DC Comics figures to be integrated with HeroClix TabApp™, including DC Comics Super Heroes Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, and 'The Dark Knight Rises' Batman, Catwoman and Bane," said Justin Ziran, president at Wizkids. "We're looking forward to working with DC Comics to include even more popular super heroes for HeroClix fans."
The DC Comics HeroClix TabApp™ miniatures are slated for release this November.
Ideal for youth (8+), yet fun for all, HeroClix TabApp™ is the latest addition to the HeroClix family, combining digital gameplay with physical super hero figures. A great introduction to the world of HeroClix, HeroClix TabApp™ is an exhilarating, fast paced action game, where YOU become the Super Hero!
For more information on HeroClix TabApp™, visit http://www.heroclixtabapp.com/dc.
All related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.
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About WIZKIDS/NECA, INC.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Entertainment Collectibles Association Inc. (NECA), WizKids/NECA is a New Jersey-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating games driven by imagination. The HeroClix brand is the most successful collectible miniatures games on the market today, with over 250 million miniature game figures sold worldwide. For additional information, visit http://www.wizkidsgames.com.
About Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world. In January 2012, DC Entertainment, in collaboration with Warner Bros. and Time Warner divisions, launched We Can Be Heroes - a giving campaign featuring the iconic Justice League super heroes - to raise awareness and funds to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.
