Fantasy Flight Games partners with Big Rooster to publish
select games for the console video game market
Plans first releases to be Wings of War: Famous Aces, Tide of Iron
for Xbox Live Arcade and Sony PlayStation Network
Indianapolis IN (August 15, 2008) – Fantasy Flight Games announced today that they have partnered with
videogame developer Big Rooster to create electronic game versions of board and card games.
"We searched long and had to find the best company to work with us in our first big step into electronic
games," said Jeremy Stomberg of Fantasy Flight Games. "Tim Gerritsen and the rest of the team at Big Rooster are who we've been looking for, and we expect great things to come from the partnership between our companies!" "We're absolutely thrilled to be working with a company of Fantasy Flight's stature and bringing their games to life for video game audiences," said Timothy Gerritsen, Executive Director of Big Rooster, LLC. " The quality and caliber of Fantasy Flight's products are a terrific fit for the burgeoning downloadable console game market." The first games in production are Wings of War: Famous Aces and Tide of Iron. "We worked with Big Rooster to find games that have different themes and mechanics," said Christian T. Petersen, founder and CEO of FFG.
"We're thrilled to have the opportunity to bring them to the wide audience of Xbox Live and the Sony
PlayStation Network." Wings of War: Famous Aces is scheduled to be available for download in Winter 2008, with Tide of Iron following in Spring 2009.
And then...
Fantasy Flight Studios to create Citadels for iPhone
Will be first in series of FFG titles for iTunes Application Store
Indianapolis IN (August 15, 2008) – Fantasy Flight Games announced today that their
media division, Fantasy Flight Studios, will produce an electronic version of their Citadels
game for the iPhone.
"The iPhone is a great system for entertainment as well as communication," said Jeremy
Stomberg of Fantasy Flight Games. "With the launch of the iTunes Application Store, we
have the opportunity to begin in-house development of our games for this system. We
believe would be the best choice for the first application!"
Fantasy Flight Studios recently completed Midnight Chronicles, a television pilot based on
FFG's ENnie Award-winning RPG setting. Citadels is the best-selling game in the 13-year
history of Fantasy Flight Games. The Citadels iPhone application is expected to be released in
the Spring of 2009