Baaa-rilliant News: Farmerama Prepares for Shear Madness as Shaun the Sheep Joins the Farm

Baaa-rilliant News: Farmerama Prepares for Shear Madness as Shaun the Sheep Joins the Farm

HAMBURG, Germany, August 10, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

   
    - Farmerama gets the flock treatment as Shaun the Sheep and
      the gang join the popular online game
    - Bigpoint launches one of the biggest updates to Farmerama with
      significant partnership with Aardman Animations and provider of branded
      virtual items, Iconicfuture

    Love Shaun the Sheep's naughty antics, but reckon that if you were the
farmer, you could manage to prevent some of his more mischievous mistakes?
Well, with the arrival of Shaun the Sheep into Bigpoint's popular online
game, Farmerama (http://www.farmerama.com), now you can.

    Shaun the Sheep and his flock including Shirley, Timmy and Timmy's
Mother will arrive in the game in the middle of August 2011 and Farmerama's
existing 150 million sheep are already getting excited to become part of
Shaun's flock. However, Bitzer the put-upon sheepdog is definitely concerned
that with such a big increase to Shaun's flock there may well be
baa-mageddon!

    Tobias Reisberger, Chief Games Officer, Bigpoint, says: "We know that
Shaun the Sheep is one of the most popular TV shows across the world and
we're delighted to welcome him into Farmerama. With over 30 million players
of Farmerama across the world, this addition is Shaun to be a star."

    So, here's looking at ewe, let's get playing this unbleatable game at:
http://www.farmerama.com

    Additional online links:

    - http://www.bigpoint.net

    - http://www.bigpoint.com

    About Bigpoint

    Bigpoint [http://www.bigpoint.com ] (http://www.bigpoint.com) is an
online-game developer, publisher, and content provider for large media
concerns. Bigpoint-developed games are played by over 200 million people in
more than 30 languages, are free-to-play anytime, anywhere, and require no
download or installation. The company's portfolio includes games in a
quality which until now was associated exclusively with CD or console games.
More than 700 employees from over 35 different nations work at the company
headquarters in Hamburg, Germany or at other locations in Berlin, San
Francisco, São Paulo and Malta. Bigpoint's many distinctions in the
industry include the Mashable Best Online Game Award for "Farmerama", the
"Fastest Growing Larger Company" and "Uniqueness of Offering" prizes at the
2010 Media Momentum Awards, as well as the MTV Skyscraper Award for
extraordinary achievement in game development. For more information or press
material, please visit the press area at http://www.bigpoint.net.

    About Iconicfuture

    Iconicfuture facilitates the creation of branded virtual items in social
games, virtual worlds and mobile applications. It brings together games
developers with rights-holders and simplifies the process of clearing
rights. Iconicfuture recently won the Innovation Award at the SPONSORS
Sports Media Summit in Düsseldorf 2011. For more information please visit
http://www.iconicfuture.com.

   
    Please address all inquiries to:
    Bigpoint GmbH
    Katharina Frank
    PR
    Tel: +49-(0)40 881413-193
    Fax: +49-(0)40 881413-7193
    E-mail: k.frank@bigpoint.net

Source: Bigpoint GmbH

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