The fifth film in Fox’s Ice Age franchise is still a few weeks away from reaching theaters (release date is July 22), but you can start preparing yourself by playing this new game from Zynga called Ice Age: Arctic Blast. Don’t worry if you’re scared of any spoilers since this is simply a match-3 game, but if you’ve missed your favorite characters from the animated movies, then this is a way for you to catch up with them.
Sid, Manny, Diego, Scrat plus new characters are all here in this match-3 game, where your objective is of course to clear the board by matching 3 or more shapes and colors in 100 levels of gameplay. But the best thing about this, well if you’re an Ice Age fan, is that for the first time they are bringing all of the Ice Age movies together in one game. There are 16 characters to be found here from among the movies, and all you need to do is swipe, expand, and match them and use the “heroic powers” of your animal friends.
As an added bonus, the game will even premiere new scenes from the new movie, so players will be some of the first to actually see footage from the movie before it opens in theaters next month. And while it’s a simple kind of match-3 game, it will appeal to those who love the movie characters and those looking to wile away the time by playing mindless kinds of games like this.
You can download Ice Age: Arctic Blast from the Google Play Store for free, but with in-app purchases. This game was developed by Zynga together with Eat Sleep Play.