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SEATTLE - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Today, Big Fish Games, the multi-platform developer, publisher and distributor of games, announced the release of My Tribe on Facebook. My Tribe is the second in a series of social game initiatives that Big Fish Games is launching in 2010. My Tribe was first released in 2008 as a highly addictive, immersive downloadable SIM game for Mac and PC. Now redesigned and extended to the Facebook platform, My Tribe offers its characteristically fun and emotionally enriching gameplay to the social gaming audience.

"Social gamers are increasingly drawn to game experiences that offer greater depth of gameplay in easily accessible, social formats," said Will O'Brien, vice president of Social Games at Big Fish Games. "My Tribe is precisely that. What's cool about My Tribe is that when you're actively playing, you govern your tribe, but while you are away, your tribespeople will take matters into their own hands. Your teenage tribespeople, for example, may choose to sleep or eat instead of chopping wood!"

Players begin by selecting an island from among billions of options. Each island is unique with varying levels of natural resources and mysterious objects that are revealed through gameplay. Ryan Clark, My Tribe executive producer, provided more detail about the game: "With a player's guidance, tribespeople develop areas of specialty - for example, construction - to help them accomplish larger tasks like building a ship or a storehouse. They grow from child to youth to adult, learn new skills, have children of their own, and eventually become respected elders. And because gameplay is continuous - your tribe is living, learning, fishing, eating and surviving even when your computer is turned off - it's especially important for players to check in regularly on the tribe's progress."

Through problem solving and caring for their tribes, players unlock knowledge that allows their tribespeople to do things like create customized clothing and accessories, build shelter, provide food, and make scientific discoveries. As players accomplish various feats, they level up and eventually unlock trophies and quests. Tribespeople can travel to islands within a player's friend network to help accomplish those feats.

My Tribe is free to play with the option to level up faster and enhance the gameplay experience by buying virtual goods. To access My Tribe on Facebook, visit http://apps.facebook.com/my-tribe.

About Big Fish Games

Founded in 2002, Big Fish Games is a multi-platform developer, publisher and distributor of casual games, including downloadable, flash, social, MMO, console and mobile games. Renowned for offering A New Game Every Day! on www.bigfishgames.com, Big Fish Games distributes more than 1.5 million games per day worldwide. With headquarters in Seattle and offices in Vancouver, Canada, and Cork, Ireland, Big Fish Games partners with 500+ game developers and both develops and publishes some of the industry's leading brands, including Mystery Case Files, Hidden Expedition, Drawn , Fairway Solitaire , My Tribe and Faunasphere . For more information, visit www.bigfishgames.com.

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Big Fish Games
Kate Brinks, 415-823-3121
kate.brinks@bigfishgames.com



 
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