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Ten languages for Food Force
With the launch of the German version, Food Force is now available in ten languages.
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Food Force: Now in Seven Languages!
In the week of World Food Day (16 Oct), the world's leading humanitarian video game is being released in three new languages: Hungarian, French and Chinese.
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One year and four million players later...
Twelve months after its launch, the world's first humanitarian video game about hunger is being celebrated as an unprecedented success story.
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Indiana Teen Wins UN Video Game Contest
WASHINGTON, DC – An Indiana teen has won a dream trip to next Sunday’s Super Bowl by winning a ‘high score’ in Food Force, an educational video game that simulates the challenges of aid workers reaching poor people with food in times of crisis. The game has attracted millions of players worldwide...
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WFP and RaiNet Join Forces
An Italian version of “Food Force”, the first humanitarian video game about world hunger, was launched today in Rome. After the success of the English and Japanese versions, an Italian game was developed by RaiNet in cooperation with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
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First Food-Force Bowl Competition
WFP and the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), are launching a special Food Force contest in which young people from across the United States can compete for an all-expenses-paid trip for the winner and a chaperone to the Super Bowl in Detroit in February.
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Food Force goes multilingual
Six months and two million downloads after its launch, the world’s first humanitarian video game will soon be available in five languages.
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Over one million players!
Within six weeks of its launch, the game that few expected to be a smash hit has shown the international games market that a non-violent, educational video game about hunger is "cool" amongst kids.
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Yahoo! to the rescue
Internet giant Yahoo! joined the group of hosting companies providing support to meet unexpectedly high demand for the game.
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Food Force launched at Bologna
Food Force was launched at the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna.
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