22 December 2010, it seems that Kobe Bryant is taking his talents to Facebook. According to a press release from social gaming Publisher 6waves, the spiky Lakers star set to star in a “revolutionary” new game of Endemol USA–but it is not yet clear whether these game basketball will involve.
6waves says Bryant will serve as “inspiration and focus” behind the new game, and that he’ll have a hand in the development process. The company also says that the game is integrations with Kobe Endemol-produced online video series, ‘ dream Makers, and players will have the chance to win real prizes, including memorabilia, and tickets to the Lakers games autographed.
It is hard to imagine Kobe Bryant being featured in a game that does not go hand in hand with basketball, but it can not be from the realm of possibility. Like all Facebook says, not basketball-themed games really caught on with Facebook users in the way that social games like ‘FarmVille ‘ and ‘Mafia Wars ‘. Endemol can easily see this gap as an untapped market, or as a blatant sign that social gamers are just not in the NBA. Either way, Kobe that promises the new game “unprecedented entertainment programming” to Facebook will bring. Luckily for us all he not mentioned something about rapping.