BioWare Blog: Child’s Play and the Gift of the Yeti
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Gift of the Yeti is a fun and fast-paced social game for people of all ages., Available now as a free Facebook app, the game has been developed at BioWare by the studio's new R&D group, BioWare Labs. In the Gift of the Yeti game, players have a chance to help a sick Santa by delivering gifts on his behalf. Facebook friends can compete to beat each others' high scores. The backstory of the Yeti will unfold through a clever Advent day calendar, with each day revealing a new piece of the storyline. Gift of the Yeti also allows players to choose from a variety of different gifts that they can send to their friends to invite them to save the day for Santa, and support the Child's Play organization.
For every play of Gift of the Yeti, BioWare will donate a minimum of a penny, up to a total of $10,000 to the Child's Play charity. Child's Play is a community-based charity grown and nurtured from the video game culture and industry, distributing toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children's hospitals worldwide. Originally supported by Penny Arcade, more information about Child's Play can be found HERE.
(Gift of the Yeti is BioWare's digital holiday card to its fans. We use social networking as a powerful tool to connect meaningfully with our tremendous fan community,) said Dr. Ray Muzyka, co-founder of BioWare and the Group General Manager of the RPG/MMO Group at EA. (Gift of the Yeti is a fun, engaging holiday present from BioWare to our fans, the first in a series of compelling social experiences from BioWare Labs.)
