Zoo Games Inks Deal with Monster Truck Powerhouse BIGFOOT
Business Wire, August 26, 2010
BIGFOOT Set to Work with Zoo Games to Create Another Monster Hit
Video Game.
CINCINNATI — Just days after BIGFOOTs win at the 2010 Monster Nationals Racing
Championship, Zoo Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ CM: ZOOG) is announcing
that they have inked a software publishing deal with the innovators of
the monster truck. This announcement comes just two years after the
initial success of BIGFOOT Collision Course, the first BIGFOOT
title published by Zoo on Wii and DS. With the original collaboration
resulting in over 250,000 copies sold, Zoo and The Original Monster
Truck are ready to bring mind blowing action back to its fans for a
second time.
Developed and published by Zoo, the new BIGFOOT title will bring
the realistic experience of monster truck racing to 4×4 fans and video
game enthusiasts alike. By replicating the same innovative construction
that has made BIGFOOT the leader in the monster truck industry, Zoo
plans to bring the car crushing action from the arena to the living
room. Monster trucks are an assault on your senses, both visually and
audibly, said Mark Seremet, CEO of Zoo. In order to maintain the
realism of the trucks and the sport, were looking forward to working
closely with BIGFOOT to produce another action-packed title that pays
homage to the sport and its fans.
With a track record of success with Zoo, BIGFOOT shares the same
enthusiasm for the upcoming title. After the overwhelming success of BIGFOOT
Collision Course, were thrilled to be working with Zoo again, said
Bob Chandler, owner and operator of Bigfoot 4×4, Inc. Its an
incredible opportunity to be able to share our love for monster trucks
with the mass market, and we look forward to making our upcoming title a
great success.
Zoo will begin development this year and plans to release the upcoming
title in 2011.
About Zoo Entertainment
Zoo Entertainment is a developer, publisher and distributor of
interactive entertainment software targeted to family-oriented
mass-market consumers. With a strong network of leading national mass
market retailers, its casual and value-focused titles span categories
including sports, family, racing, game-show, strategy and
action-adventure, among others.
Zoos software is developed for all major consoles, handheld gaming
devices, PCs, and mobile and smart-phone devices as well as the emerging
connected services. Rather than depending on a relatively limited
number of blockbuster titles, Zoo publishes a broad stream of titles
at compelling values. The Company has a library of approximately 100
games, and targets publishing approximately 50 new games in 2010.
With its innovative content creation site, indiePub Games (www.indiepubgames.com),
Zoo Entertainment is poised to capitalize on opportunities in the
emerging and high growth digital entertainment space. indiePub Games is
a community of independent game developers and players. Set on fostering
the independent gaming community, indiePub Games provides developers
with the resources they need to make great games, and gives them an
outlet to share their works with a supportive audience. Independent game
developers are able to collaborate with the gaming community and
ultimately compete for multi-platform publishing contracts. indiePub
Games also serves as a destination site for gaming enthusiasts to play
the latest in independent games and allows consumers to take an active
role in helping independent developers create innovative entertainment
software.
For more information, please visit www.zoogamesinc.com.
About BIGFOOT
BIGFOOT 4×4, Inc. is The Original Monster Truck. In 1975 the very
first monster truck, later to be named BIGFOOT was created by Bob and
Marilyn Chandler as a tool to promote their 4 wheel drive shop in St.
Louis, MO. The vehicle was used for weekend fun, and as Chandler broke
parts, he replaced them with bigger and bigger ones. Eventually the
truck was bigger than anything else on the road and was using 66″ tall
tires. In 1981, just for fun, Chandler ran over a couple of junk cars. A
show promoter saw the footage from the stunt and asked Chandler to
duplicate it in front of a crowd. The rest, as they say, is history.
From that moment on, monster trucks and BIGFOOT took off. To date, there
have been 18 different BIGFOOT monster trucks, with more on the way
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