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Play Hard Sports is
a new kind of online games company that combines “the thrill and excitement of a
Silicon Valley startup with a large dose of Yankee
ingenuity.” We are changing the way that people think about
and - most importantly - play sports games.
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Company Strengthens Its Roster with Five New Directors
FOXBORO, Massachusetts - September 10, 2008 - Play Hard Sports, Inc., ("Play Hard") the first studio in North America to develop, publish and distribute Interactive Fantasy Sports Games (IFG's) and entertainment over the Internet, today announced the company has appointed Scott Philp as its Chief Marketing Officer. Philp joins Play Hard from RotoHog.com and his focus will be signing distribution and marketing partners for the company's major sport titles as well as further expanding the Play Hard brand on a global level. In addition to Philp, the company also announced that it hired five veteran directors to drive the design and development of Play Hard's games and websites…
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August 19, 2008
Heidi Moore of the WSJ spoke with Jeff Anderson
about the possible monopoly of sports video games, the EA-Take Two
saga and what consumers should be paying attention to in the world of
video games.
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NBC 'Passes the Torch' to
Play Hard for Development of Casual Online Trivia Game
FOXBORO, Massachusetts - August 5, 2008 - Play Hard
Sports, Inc., a leading publisher and developer of interactive
fantasy sports games and entertainment, today announced that the
company has been selected to provide an online trivia game to NBC
during the network's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The game
will be produced by Play Hard Sports and be available for play from
August 8-24th at NBCOlympics.com.
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Former Turbine CEO Starts
Online Sports Gaming Network
FOXBORO, Massachusetts – April 24, 2008 – Play
Hard Sports, Inc., the first studio in North America to
exclusively develop, publish, and distribute casual sports games and
content over the Internet, today announced the company’s official
launch as well as a Series A round of funding from New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Jeffrey Anderson, the former
President and CEO of Turbine, Inc., announced the formation of his
new online gaming company after months of industry speculation.
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May 16, 2008
Play Hard Sports is targeting players who like to
play fantasy football with their friends, and make moves only once or
twice a week. Why? Because there are a lot more of the casual players
than the hard-core players. Play Hard will focus on online games that
will not require massive, or even moderate amounts of technology, and
will just be simple...
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By Hiawatha Bray, Globe
Staff | April 23, 2008
Anderson may have picked the perfect time to offer
an online football game. Earlier this month, Electronic Arts Inc.,
the leading maker of sports games, announced it would no longer sell
a version of its hugely popular football game Madden NFL for desktop
computers.
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By Christopher Calnan,
Mass High Tech
Jeffrey
Anderson, the former CEO of online game company Turbine Inc. is
launching a new Internet game company called Play Hard Sports Inc.,
which plans to distribute casual sports games over the Internet.
Anderson said he has attracted $5 million in funding to start the
Foxborough-based company.
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Play Hard Sports Inc., a Foxboro,
Mass.-based developer of casual sports gaming network, has raised $5
million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates.
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