MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interactive entertainment company Ludia Inc. and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced the launch of the Family Feud & Friends™ game on the App Store. Based on the popular television game show, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners can now experience exciting Family Feud® competition with Facebook friends and other Family Feud & Friends players as they try to name the most popular answers to survey questions posed to 100 people.
"We are thrilled to bring a social Family Feud game to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch so that fans of the franchise can now enjoy playing with friends, family, and the larger Family Feud & Friends community," said Alex Thabet, Founder and CEO of Ludia Inc. "This release further reinforces our strategy of delivering high-quality, family-friendly titles with built-in social features that enhance the game experience for all players."
Family Feud & Friends features:
- Mobile social game play with Facebook friends, and the ability to follow personal and friends’ progress via daily high score rankings.
- Favorite elements from the TV show, including thousands of survey questions, ‘Fast Money’ play, authentic theme music and the familiar scoreboard in dazzling HD.
- Predictive text input and auto spell checker to make typing answers lightning fast.
“Now celebrating 35 years on the air, the Emmy-award winning Family Feud is one of the most successful game shows of all time,” said Olivier Delfosse, VP, Interactive, Mobile & Digital Content, FremantleMedia Enterprises, licensor for Family Feud. “Ludia has done a tremendous job at creating a series of Family Feud games that have seen great success on the App Store, and we are confident the social elements in Family Feud & Friends will engage players with new levels of interactivity.”
Family Feud & Friends is available free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch at www.itunes.com/appstore.
About Ludia Inc.
Ludia creates and distributes
cross-platform interactive entertainment with mass consumer appeal.
Located in Montreal and founded by experienced industry players, Ludia's
innovative and high-quality product portfolio consists of original and
branded properties including The Amazing Race™, The Bachelor &
The Bachelorette, Family Feud®, Hell's Kitchen™, Hole In The Wall®,
Hollywood Squares™, Press Your Luck®, The Price Is Right®, Pyramid,
Where’s Waldo?® and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
www.ludia.com
About FREMANTLEMEDIA ENTERPRISES & FREMANTLEMEDIA
FremantleMedia
is one of the leading creators and producers of entertainment brands in
the world. FremantleMedia is part of the RTL Group, Europe's largest
television and radio broadcast company, which is in turn 90 percent
owned by Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's major media and
entertainment companies. FremantleMedia’s worldwide production arm is
responsible for many of the world’s highest rated prime time
entertainment, drama, serial drama and factual entertainment programmes.
FremantleMedia Enterprises is the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia,
offering a one-stop-shop for all Licensing, Distribution and Home
Entertainment around the world. The FremantleMedia Group (which includes
FremantleMedia North America, UFA, talkbackTHAMES, FremantleMedia
Australia and Original Productions amongst others) has operations in 22
countries, one of the most comprehensive global networks, creating
nearly 10,000 hours of programming a year, rolling out more than 60
formats and managing over 300 individual titles. FremantleMedia has some
of the world’s most sought after and long running formats in its
catalogue, and globally, produces such programmes as: Idols (co-produced
with 19 Productions in the US), Hole In The Wall, Got Talent
(co-produced with Syco in the UK and the US), The X Factor (co-produced
with Syco in the UK), Take Me Out, Family Feud, The Price is Right,
Farmer Wants A Wife, Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten, and Neighbours.
About FREMANTLEMEDIA North America
FremantleMedia North
America (FMNA) is the U.S. production division of global media giant
FremantleMedia. Based in Burbank, California, FMNA produces entertaining
and innovative programs for network, cable, syndicated and online
platforms, including the Emmy-nominated musical/reality phenomenon
AMERICAN IDOL (FOX), “America’s Got Talent” (NBC), “Hole In The Wall”
(Cartoon Network), “Let’s Make A Deal” (CBS), “Family Feud” (syn), “The
Price Is Right” (CBS) and THE X FACTOR.
About “FAMILY FEUD”
Taped in front of a live audience from
its new home in Atlanta, Georgia, FAMILY FEUD is produced by
FremantleMedia North America. Gaby Johnston is executive producer. Jim
Roush is executive in charge of production. Ken Fuchs is director.
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