Tetris to Set World Record at Comikaze

TETRIS® BRAND TO SET WORLD RECORD AT COMIKAZE WEEKEND

Hundreds of Fans Dressed as Life-Sized Tetris Pieces to Converge at LA Convention Center on Saturday, Nov. 1, to Create Longest Link of Human Tetriminos

What:           To celebrate the 30^th Anniversary of Tetris, the Tetris® brand and Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the Longest Link of Human Tetriminos. Hundreds of Tetris fans will dress up as colorful, life-sized Tetris pieces (known as Tetriminos) and line up in the LACC’s South Hall. Members of The Frag Dolls, an all-female professional gaming team, will emcee the event, and executives from the Tetris brand will join hundreds of Tetris and Comikaze fans for the big celebration.

When:          Saturday, Nov. 1, from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm PST

Where:        Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo
Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall*
1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90015

                        *The Tetris event will take place in the upstairs, indoor atrium area of the South Hall

                   Who:            

                        -     Hundreds of Tetris fans of all ages dressed in colorful, life-sized   Tetrimino costumes

-          Maya Rogers, CEO of Blue Planet Software (sole agent for the Tetris brand)

-          Other costumed guests and Comikaze attendees

                        -          The Frag Dolls, an all-female professional gaming team who compete and promote the games they love around the world

About the Tetris® Brand:The Tetris® brand is one of the leading and most distinctive video game brands and franchises in the world with over 425 million paid mobile downloads, and over a billion games played online per year. In the game’s 30 year history, hundreds of millions of players have experienced the Tetris Effect. Tetris is loved globally by people of all ages and all cultures. Partnered with Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sega, and Hasbro, the Tetris game continues to be one of the most widely recognized video games of all time. Tetris Holding, LLC is the owner of Tetris rights worldwide and The Tetris Company, LLC is its exclusive licensee. For the latest information about the Tetris brand and Tetris products, please visit www.Tetris.com. Follow Tetris on Twitter (@Tetris_Official) and become a fan of Tetris on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/tetris)

About Stan Lee’s ComikazeStan Lee’s Comikaze is Los Angeles’ first and only large-scale, multi-media pop culture convention. Held annually at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Comikaze assembles the most exciting and innovative in comics, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and all things pop-culture. Partnering with comic legend Stan Lee and Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Comikaze is the only pop-culture convention owned and operated by true pop-culture icons.

Tickets for Comikaze, and add-on tickets for the Tetris 30^th Anniversary – Tetris World Record event, are on sale now, and can be purchased at https://secure.interactiveticketing.com/a/95a358.  For more information, visit http://comikazeexpo.com/, and follow us on Twitter at @StanLeeComikaze.