Publisher Iceberg Interactive and Czech development studio Hammerware have announced that they have struck a publishing deal for PC farming simulation game Family Farm in several territories. The boxed product of Family Farm will be released in May 2011 by Iceberg in the UK and Ireland, as well as France, Scandinavia, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand.
To look at Family Farm in its screenshots and trailers, many gamers could easily dismiss the game as some sort of family gaming novelty: providing plenty of colourful entertainment but lacking in depth. A hasty judgement if ever there was one, as Family Farm, much like Wildlife Park 3 before it, is deceptive in its demands on the player, eventually building to a complicated and absorbing Management Strategy game.
The Electronic Farmyard write:
'Following the success of those little Facebook games such as Farmville, Frontierville and the endless ‘energy’ based apps, it was only a matter of time before the more in-depth versions began sneaking onto the PC platform. Family Farm is one such game, and its influences are clear to all from the first level.'
“This game’s purpose is to be a simple, throw away, farming simulator walking in the footsteps of Farmville.”
