CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Gets Social: Launches "Franchise Football" on Facebook
The leading fantasy sports provider brings a new twist to fantasy football in the world of social media
AUGUST 30, 2010 - FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: CBSSports.com today announced plans to launch Franchise Football, an all-new version of the traditional game of fantasy football played exclusively on Facebook. Produced in partnership with Fantasy Moguls, Franchise Football is the next generation of fantasy sports gaming. In the style of "FarmVille meets Fantasy Sports", CBSSports.com Franchise Football is available for football fans to play on Facebook any time of day, 365 days a year. Facebook users can start playing Franchise Football for free by visiting the following link:
"Fantasy sports is really one of the original social networks so it's a natural for CBSSports.com to extend these games into the world of social media," said Jason Kint, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBSSports.com. "Franchise Football will serve as a great extension of our award-winning fantasy football games on CBSSports.com, giving casual players and fanatics alike an avenue to participate in the game on a year round basis."
The goal for CBSSports.com Franchise Football players is to take a collection of real-life players and build them into a roster of gridiron greats. By playing statistically-based simulated games drawing from historical player stats, game players can compete against friends and other Facebook users to earn virtual cash and "reputation points" which allow them to acquire better players via free agency or "virtual draft". As players accumulate additional reputation points, they can continually "level up" through the game to chase championship glory!
Fantasy Moguls (fantasymoguls.com) is a division of Seattle-based game developer Atomic Moguls, Inc., the architect of the highly-regarded Galacticos Football and other social sports games on Facebook.
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