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Despicable Me (franchise) had been downloaded more than 750 million times. A free-to-play mobile game developed by Electronic Arts (otherwise known as EA), titled "Minions Paradise", was released in summer 2015. Playing as Phil, players will help Minions design and build their own utopia set in a tropical environment. Novels written by Annie Auerbach are based on the films. "Despicable Me Minion Mayhem" is a simulator ride that opened on July 2, 2012 at Universal Studios Florida and on April 12, 2014 at Universal Studios Hollywood, starring Steve Carell as Gru, Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Dana Gaier as Edith, Elsie Fisher as Agnes,