Trigger recently launched a free online game for Sony Pictures’ Salt. The game is an isometric shooter that lets players experience the opening scene from the upcoming summer film. Users play as Salt, who has just been identified as a double agent and must escape. The game, which takes place in a CIA building across three floors, features multiple end-game scenarios that let players succeed by either exiting from the roof or ground level or by creating TNT to blow up a wall.

Users have to battle their way out of the building and have a number of long-range weapon pick-ups at their disposal to go along with hand-to-hand fighting techniques. The game lets users choose between a male or female playable character and connect with Facebook to create a customized Agency ID badge as well. “Salt: Online Movie Game” also includes a customizable control scheme, a top 10 leaderboard, and a real-time in-game world map. The game was localized into twelve different languages for an international audience. Salt stars Angelina Jolie and will be released in the US on July 23rd.

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Trigger recently launched the teaser website for Paramount Pictures’ Rango. The upcoming computer-animated film features the voice talents of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, and Abigail Breslin. Rango is directed by Gore Verbinski, who teamed up with Depp in the past when working on the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Expect big things from this movie when it comes out in March 2011.

The site, which went through four phases across the past month to prepare for the launch of the first trailer, shows a long road in a desert with several objects strewn across the ground. The site features many interactive objects and characters, with repeat clicks providing additional animations. There are a number of things you can do here: strum the guitar to have the mariachi owl appear, click on the toad and he will growl and complain, change stations on the radio, chuck coconuts with the plastic palm tree, *catches breath*, bother a pill bug which in turn bothers a group of moles, and watch roadrunners explore, clouds pass, tumbleweeds roll by, and cars drive on. There are some not-so-obvious hidden touches too… try visiting during the day and later on at night! Take your time and really explore the desert landscape.

Visit the Official Teaser Website for Rango »

As you may have read in a previous blog post, Trigger is funding the construction of ranger stations in Cambodia through Trigger Change. We recently received some new images from the Wildlife Alliance of the Samling Ranger Station, which is currently being constructed and is about 85% complete. The images below were taken on June 5th, 2010, and you can really tell this station is going to turn out great:

Last week the 39th Annual Key Art Awards were held in downtown Los Angeles, and Trigger came out a winner with Sony Pictures with several District 9 wins. District 9’s digital campaign was Best in Show for two categories: Theatrical New Media and Best Integrated Marketing Campaign. Trigger and Sony Pictures won the category “Theatrical New Media – Best Digital Campaign” for District 9. We are proud to have been a part of Sony Pictures’ acclaimed digital and integrated campaigns. Trigger was also nominated for “Theatrical New Media – Special Recognition – Most Buzzworthy” for Paramount’s “Robotize Me” social application for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Trigger created several websites for Sony’s District 9 campaign, including the ARG sites: D-9.com, MultiNationalUnited.com, and MNUSpreadsLies.com. Trigger created the augmented reality feature, the MNU Training Simulation, and the Flash game, MNU Alert, where users can play as an MNU officer or a non-human. The “Man on the Street” video interviews found on the various District 9 websites were also crafted by Trigger.

Trigger also made the District 9 sizzle reel for the KAA digital campaign submission, viewable at the link below.

View the Key Art Award Winners page for Best Digital Campaign »

Trigger’s game, The Five Virtues, for Sony Pictures’ The Karate Kid is today’s Adobe Site of the Day! The Karate Kid game is a “2.5D” fighting game that lets players engage in hand-to-hand combat with computer enemies. Players can choose any of 5 different environments to learn the 5 different virtues of Kung Fu: Patience, Endurance, Perseverance, Courage, and Will. This is the first game that Trigger has created in this style, and we are really pleased with the result.

Adobe awards the Site of the Day to websites with strong visual designs, superior functionalities, and innovative uses of Adobe products. Adobe provided the following reason for selecting our Karate Kid fighting game:

Featuring martial arts fighting that looks cool but isn’t violent, this game uses Adobe software to build excitement for this film’s summer release.

View the Adobe Site of the Day Award for The Karate Kid: The Five Virtues »

Trigger created the official website for Sony Pictures’ Salt. The site’s main attraction is the “Evelyn Salt Dossier,” a detailed feature which uses film footage and Flash animations to give context to the lead character’s backstory. The site also features EPK information, wallpaper and Twitter downloads, and original background music composition.

Salt, which stars Angelina Jolie, is expected to be one of the biggest movies releasing this summer. The website highlights evidence pointing to the good and the bad in Evelyn Salt’s double-agent character. The slick site was also designed to be easily internationalized for other territories.

Visit the Salt Website »

Trigger created a sizzle video showcasing The Karate Kid app played on an iPad, which is now featured on Creativity Online’s AdCritic section. Creativity Online, which is the new digital home of the former monthly magazine Creativity, showcases the latest forms of brand creativity. The sizzle illustrates the five training exercises in the game, the achievements system, and more. You can read more about the app here or watch the sizzle at the link below.

View The Karate Kid iPad App Sizzle »

Toon Football, Trigger’s soccer gaming experience for Cartoon Network,  has been recognized by the Dope Awards! This is the third award that Toon Football has won since its launch and the seventh Trigger project to have been awarded a Dope award. Toon Football is a long-term project for Trigger with additional updates to the experience, including new training games, to come in the future. The Chinese language version of the site is now live, and you can expect more languages to roll out in the coming months.

View the Dope Award for Toon Football »

Trigger has launched the official website for 20th Century Fox’s upcoming action film, The A-Team. The site focuses on the four incredible individuals that make up the A-Team: Hannibal, Face, B.A. Baracus, and Murdock, through each of the site’s 4 main sections: About The Film, Trailers & Videos, Downloads, and Gallery. On each section users can view an A-Team member’s dossier which includes Facebook-shareable character quotes, downloadable character wallpapers and AIM icons, and a bio. These sections are also introduced by character clips, which helps new fans of the series learn more about the unique personalities that make up the team.

The site also includes an “Assemble Your A-Team” feature which uses Facebook Connect. Players can take a psych profile quiz that determines which A-Team member they are most like and assign their Facebook friends to the remaining members of the team.

Visit The A-Team Website »

In 2008, Trigger joined discussions with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International to fund the construction of ranger stations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The funds for one of the ranger stations were diverted to create a radio station in the area. The station has a staff of 13 journalists from the Tayna Center for Conservation Biology and is one of the few sources of outside information for about 300,000 people within a 62-mile radius. Like all donations made through the Trigger Change program, Trigger would like to thank its clients for making these efforts possible. View the photo gallery below to take a look at the radio station and its manager, Kavusa.