{"id":20314,"date":"2012-07-27T19:46:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T00:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=20314"},"modified":"2012-07-27T20:42:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T01:42:12","slug":"ea-and-insomniac-games-shock-gamers-on-facebook-game-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=20314","title":{"rendered":"EA and Insomniac GAMES Shock GAMERS on FACEBOOK \u2013 Game News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=20314\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=20314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17272\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"pressreleaseheader\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pressreleaseheader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Leading Software Publisher and Award-Winning Console Game Developer Team Up To Bring Adventure Role-Playing Game to Facebook<br \/>\nIt\u2019s time to tame the galaxy! Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and Insomniac Games announced the official launch of Outernauts\u2122, the independent developer\u2019s first game created for Facebook. Developed by Insomniac Games, the creators of Spyro the Dragon\u2122, Ratchet &amp; Clank\u2122, and Resistance\u2122, Outernauts is a new adventure role-playing social game set in a universe where players can capture and train exotic alien beasts for battle as they transform their cosmic homeworld into a thriving galactic hub.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOuternauts is Insomniac\u2019s newest game universe. We believe it will appeal to both our long time Insomniac fans and new consumers on Facebook,\u201d said Ted Price, President and Founder of Insomniac Games. \u201cBy bringing the breadth and elements of console gaming to a social game, we hope to give our fans\u2014both old and new\u2014a unique gaming experience on Facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Featuring a deep story with real RPG strategy and Insomniac\u2019s signature sense of humor, Outernauts is an adventure role-playing game that casts players as members of United Earth\u2019s elite Outernaut force. The Outernauts are charged with capturing and training exotic alien beasts as they uncover the riddle behind mysterious \u201cancients\u201d while battling pirates and evil corporations seeking to control the galaxy. Players will explore planets, harvest loot, and fight asynchronously alongside or against friends to master a wild, untamed universe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to see such a well-known and respected developer of console games launch its newest project on Facebook,\u201d said Sean Ryan, Director of Games Partnerships, Facebook. \u201cWith the arrival of Outernauts, people who love console games have another way to connect with friends on Facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outernauts is now live on Facebook at http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/outernauts. To learn more about Outernauts, visit the game\u2019s Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/outernauts. Press assets are available at http:\/\/info.ea.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newzbreaker.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19486\" title=\"NEWZBREAKER-BANNER\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/NEWZBREAKER-BANNER.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading Software Publisher and Award-Winning Console Game Developer Team Up To Bring Adventure Role-Playing Game to Facebook It\u2019s time to tame the galaxy! Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and Insomniac Games announced the official launch of Outernauts\u2122, the independent developer\u2019s first game created for Facebook. Developed by Insomniac Games, the creators of Spyro the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6764,2098,6765],"class_list":["post-20314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-ea","tag-facebook","tag-gamers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20314"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}