MIAMI, Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's
largest leisure travel company, today announced the debut of
PlayOcean, a portfolio of original mobile games and in-person
interactive experiences that expands gaming into new categories by
providing the opportunity to play anytime, anywhere, for cruise
guests and consumers alike. With the launch of its PlayOcean gaming
portfolio, Carnival Corporation will be the first travel company to
produce original mobile games catering to the vacation market.
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PlayOcean taps into the growing interest in mobile gaming by
offering a selection of original games through two free
downloadable mobile apps, PlayOcean Everywhere
is available for download beginning September 28, and PlayOcean Casino is
available this November. As a result, consumers can play anytime,
anywhere for fun, and passengers on select ships from Carnival
Corporation's cruise line brands can enjoy enhanced game play at
sea.
Available for download to mobile devices via Apple's iTunes
App Store and Google Play, PlayOcean Everywhere features four
free-to-play mobile games that can be played for fun anywhere at
any time. While on board, guests will have access to the real-money
casino gameplay app PlayOcean Casino that converts the mobile games
into onboard wager games. PlayOcean Casino app will be available
for game play later this year on the company's Princess Cruises
Medallion Class ships.
Carnival Corporation will celebrate the official availability of
PlayOcean on Thursday with an event in Times Square that
synchronizes multiple digital billboards to showcase the new games,
as well as an activation center where people can learn more. The
company will also use the event to demonstrate its new OceanView
digital streaming channel – also unveiled in an announcement from
the company today – that provides global consumers with completely
free access on land and at sea to compelling, immersive and
experiential travel content.
The PlayOcean Everywhere and PlayOcean Casino games are powered
by the company's proprietary O·C·E·A·N experience platform,
announced in January at CES 2017, that will make its world debut in
mid-November on Regal Princess from Princess Cruises.
"The growing global demand for gaming across all audiences is
undeniable – and the combination of social, competitive, chance and
location-based games available within PlayOcean give us an
opportunity to engage broader audiences in the unique experiences
and fun associated with our cruise vacations," said John Padgett, chief experience and innovation
officer for Carnival Corporation, whose nine cruise lines include
iconic brands such as Carnival Cruise Line, Cunard, Holland America
Line and Princess Cruises. "Most importantly, PlayOcean gives our
guests the ultimate flexibility to engage in experiences when,
where and how they choose – at home, on a plane, relaxing in their
stateroom or poolside."
Play for Fun at Home and Wager Poolside at Sea – Game
Offerings for Anywhere, Anytime Play
PlayOcean Everywhere
and PlayOcean Casino feature four social casino games that can be
played anywhere at any time with play money, in addition to in-app
purchases to boost gameplay for even more fun.
With PlayOcean Casino, guests onboard Princess Cruises
Medallion Class ships can up the stakes in their gaming by placing
bets with real money once the ship has set sail, allowing them to
take the fun of the casino wherever they please. While cruising,
guests on the select ships will have access to casino games with
play or real money, based on casino house rules, both inside or
outside of the casino, including poolside, in staterooms or in any
other ship location. Like never before, virtual games on the casino
app can convert to real-money gaming once at sea to take the
experience to a new level.
The four social casino games available on both apps include:
Queen Sea Poker is an easy-to-pick-up, immersive and
engaging experience that takes players on a journey with the Pirate
Queen in a new kind of interactive and multiplayer online social
poker game.
Tipsy Tentacles Slots packs the fun and excitement of
traditional slot machines. Tipsy the Octopus is the game's
entertaining guide who introduces bonus features and free
spins.
Roulette on Deck is a continuous live event in
which players place virtual bets on regularly occurring spins of a
virtual roulette wheel. Players can also invite their friends to
play (or merely watch). When it's roulette time, all players are
treated to an exciting reveal as they see the wheel spin – and
their bets play out in real time.
Bingo on Deck reinvents a cruise favorite with multiple
bingo variations and many opportunities to win. Bingo on Deck
offers a unique experience for guests to play Bingo anywhere they
please or to seamlessly interchange between their mobile device and
traditional bingo card while playing Bingo onboard the ship.
Available exclusively onboard Princess Cruises' Medallion Class
ships with rollout beginning later this year, PlayOcean will
feature interactive and social location-based games that
unlock once onboard, taking onboard game-play to the next
level. Medallion Class Games are created to unite families, engage
friends and challenge guests in a fun fashion while cruising. With
these onboard experiences, the PlayOcean portfolio extends the
engaging stories associated with Carnival Corporation's
award-winning Ocean Originals TV programs into immersive gaming
experiences.
Ocean Treks Adventure is an onboard digital scavenger
hunt featuring American nature conservationist and popular TV host
Jeff Corwin who leads guests on
quests throughout the ship to solve puzzles, follow mobile clues
and answer riddles that will lead them to treasures inspired by the
history of the ship's destinations. Ocean Treks Adventure uniquely
blends the real-world experiences from the "Ocean Treks with Jeff
Corwin" TV franchise (ABC), with interactive gaming and
location-based game engagement.
Good Spirits Poker is a fun, ship-wide bar crawl meets
classic card game as players visit different bars on the ship,
order drinks and take selfies, along with other fun actions in an
effort to collect the best hand of cards. The game is infused with
the real-world cocktail creations from Carnival Corporation's "Good
Spirits" TV series as seen on A&E and FYI.
Tagalong Race pits Tagalong avatars, created and
personalized by guests as their digital companions, in a fast and
fun race across the ocean floor. In this game played on LED
displays onboard Medallion Class ships from Princess Cruises, a
user's phone becomes the controller in the race to the finish
line.
This or That is an engaging, light-hearted and
captivating experience that can be enjoyed by groups of all sizes.
Similar to the game "which would you rather," guests will be
presented with two opposing options and vote on which to choose.
Choices range from the absurd ("Pet a dinosaur or ride a shark?")
to the relatable ("Parasail or kayak?"), and the results will be
displayed on Princess Cruises' outdoor Movies Under the Stars
screen ahead of the nightly feature for all to enjoy.
Trivia on Deck tests guests' knowledge with daily mobile
quizzes, and lets them compare scores ship-wide on daily cruise
leaderboards found on interactive portals throughout the ship.
A recent report on the Global Games Market by Newzoo estimates
that 2.2 billion gamers across the globe are expected to generate
$108.9 billion in game revenues in
2017, with mobile (smartphone and tablet gaming) accounting for 42
percent of the market.
For more information on Ocean Medallion vacations that include
PlayOcean activities onboard Princess Cruises, please visit
www.Princess.Com/Ocean. Inaugural voyages sail to the Caribbean beginning November 15 on Regal Princess.
For more information on O•C•E•A•N, visit www.ocean.com.
Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival
Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel company
and among the most profitable and financially strong in the cruise
and vacation industries, with a portfolio of 10 dynamic brands that
include nine of the world's leading cruise lines. With operations
in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise
Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA
Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK), as well
as Fathom, the corporation's immersion and enrichment experience
brand.
Together, these brands operate 103 ships with 231,000 lower
berths visiting over 700 ports around the world, with 18 new ships
scheduled to be delivered between 2018 and 2022. Carnival
Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess
Alaska Tours, the leading tour company in Alaska and the
Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New York and London
Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the
only dual listed company in the world to be included in both the
S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
In 2017, Fast Company recognized Carnival Corporation as being
among the "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies" in both the design and
travel categories. Fast Company specifically recognized Carnival
Corporation for its work in developing Ocean Medallion™, a
high-tech wearable device that enables the world's first
interactive guest experience platform capable of transforming
vacation travel into a highly personalized and elevated level of
customized service.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.fathom.org, www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com,
www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, and www.pocruises.com.
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