2K Play To Publish Nickelodeon Preschool Games

Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP), a division of MTV Networks, and 2K Play, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., plan to expand their current U.S. handheld and console video game licensing agreement for multiple Nickelodeon preschool properties in the United States across 28 additional territories throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and Canada. The new, three-year international  partnership between NVCP and 2K Play,  covers four of Nickelodeon’s most popular properties—Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Wonder Pets, and The Backyardigans—and will see them licensed for the first time ever as console games on Nintendo DS, Playstation 2 computer entertainment system, and Wii home video game system from Nintendo.