Carnival Island

Carnival Island
North American PlayStation 3 cover art
DeveloperMagic Pixel Games
PublisherSony Computer Entertainment
PlatformPlayStation 3
Release
  • NA: November 15, 2011
  • AU: November 17, 2011
  • EU: November 18, 2011
  • JP: December 1, 2011
GenreParty game
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Carnival Island is a 2011 party video game developed by Magic Pixel Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It utilizes the PlayStation Move controller. It was announced at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 on June 5, 2011. It is the first title by Magic Pixel Games, whose team previously worked on the Boom Blox series.

Reception

Carnival Island received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the game was ported for release on December 1, 2011 under the name Happy Charlie to Soratobu Carnival (ハッピーチャーリーと空飛ぶカーニバル, Happī Chārī to Soratobu Kānibaru; lit. "Happy Charlie and the Flying Carnival"), Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one eight, and two sevens for a total of 29 out of 40.

References

  1. ↑ Mark Tsai (June 15, 2011). "E3 Replay: Roll, Throw, Flip and Toss in Carnival Island with PS Move". PlayStation Blog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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