FatSpanner News
31 Jan 2012 - FatSpanner Darts App In Sunday Times World Top 500.
11 Jan 2012 - A Global Darts League: In An App.
26 Jul 2011 - Board Restructure.
17 Jun 2011 - FatSpanner and betcom in joint venture.
03 May 2011 - FatSpanner Ltd announces the appointment of Clive Barrett as CEO.
04 Apr 2011 - FatSpanner Ltd is delighted to announce the appointment of Roy Howell as Chairman.
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FatSpanner Darts App In Sunday Times World Top 500. |
Legends of Darts PRO ONLINE was one of only 77 App games chosen by The Sunday Times, which called it, "fiendishly addictive". The App list was split in two parts over the last fortnight and is an annual publishing event. "The timing of this accolade couldn't have been better," said FatSpanner CEO Clive Barrett. "The update to the Legends of Darts 2010 only went live on Friday morning. To be honest, the success of the online leagues and tournaments has taken us a bit by surprise "In the first two days alone there were over 10,000 league and tournament games played. The Legends of Darts brand is still attracting new players and has been downloaded over 25,000 times in January 2012. We expect this figure to rise significantly following the coverage in The Sunday Times," he added. Legends of Darts PRO ONLINE is the tournament version of the hugely popular original iPhone game; Legends of Darts WORLD MASTERS. This featured the greats of the sport; Eric Bristow and John Lowe and reached the top 10 in iPhone game listings and nearly 150,000 downloads following its release in April 2010. The Legends of Darts series of Apps were inspired by the iconic SWP game, which FatSpanner developed for the UK market. "FatSpanner has got off to an incredible start in 2012, with fantastic EAG and ICE shows and now this recognition from one of the most respected newspapers in the country," Clive continued. "Watch this space for more exciting announcements from the team over the next few months." |
FatSpanner is extremely proud to announce that its tournament App: Legends of Darts PRO ONLINE has been featured in the prestigious Sunday Times supplement, The App List, which showcased the top 500 Apps in the world.A Global Darts League: In An App
Take your darts skills out of your local and challenge players worldwide, without even having to buy them a pint, with Legends of Darts PRO ONLINE.
Players will need timing, accuracy and nerve to rise to the top of the league in this absorbing game, which was originally developed from a “Skill with Prizes” (SWP) pub machine by leading UK independent developer FatSpanner.
“This is not a simulator, it takes the strategic rather than the physical elements of the darts game,” says FatSpanner’s CEO Clive Barrett. “Legends of Darts enjoyed tens of millions of plays in UK pubs before we developed the original iPhone game, Legends of Darts WORLD MASTERS. This featured the greats of the sport, Eric Bristow and John Lowe and reached the top 10 in iPhone game listings and achieved nearly 150,000 downloads following its release in April 2010.”
The Legends of Darts PRO ONLINE App is available this month and will allow fans to play against friends or hundreds of thousands of other players online in both league play and exclusive tournaments.
Legends of Darts PRO ONLINE features...
- Online worldwide league play and world rankings.
- Regular online tournaments.
- Worldwide hall of fame.
- Play your friends online or via Bluetooth.
- ‘Shot Out’ aid to help with mental arithmetic in the heat of battle.
- Play left or right handed.
- Optional ‘Zoom’ feature.
- Listen to your own music while playing.
- Improved game play.
FatSpanner is the UK’s leading independent provider of "Skill With Prize" games and machines with over 20 years experience in designing touch screen games. In 2012, FatSpanner will also be releasing a number of other mobile games inspired by pub classics, including:
- FatSpanner Quiz Arcade – A compendium of favourite FatSpanner quiz titles.
- True Skill Bingo – A mobile version of the FatSpanner’s No.1 skill bingo game.
- Classic Hangman – Based on our popular pub quiz machine game.
- Adventures Of Worm In Space – Again based on one of our pub skill games.
- Jimmy White's Arcade Snooker – Fast and furious snooker game with online leagues and tournaments.
- Winmau World Masters – A branded darts game featuring many of the world’s top darts players.
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Board Restructure.
Roy Howell Chairman of FatSpanner this week responded to the sad news of further job losses at a major competitor.
We would advise our client base that FatSpanner took extreme cost cutting action back in 2010 when we recognized that SWP income was declining rapidly and were proactive in reducing our business costs to suit the shape of the business moving forward.
As a result FatSpanner is in very good shape and my appointment followed by Clive Barrett becoming C.E.O has galvanised the business both internally and externally.
Today I can announce the final board restructure that positions FatSpanner for the future.
Our strategy is evolving rapidly and will stand us and our customers in good stead for the future.
We are very aware of the operating sectors difficulties and the fact that 20,000+ SWP units of various models and manufacture cannot be allowed to sit idle in WAREHOUSES.
The retailer will quite rightly expect to continue receiving income from these products albeit at about 50% of twelve months ago.
Our focus is therefore to assist the operator by reducing his cost of operation wherever possible.
We decided some time ago to divert useless marketing spend into development and to that end we will shortly be coming to market with a number of Cat C products that will turn a low earning SWP into a high earning Cat C product that really does look like a AWP.
We have been very busy visiting our clients to get a clear view of their requirements rather than giving them products that inevitably failed.
We have also ensured our product support function is the best in the sector and remains directly under the control of FatSpanner.
It is increasingly obvious that the current SWP business model is unsuitable and we will be helping our customers by ensuring that their business capital assets can have a longer more profitable life.
In conclusion FatSpanner is very confident in its ability to improve our customer’s performance by reducing operating costs and moving into new markets.
We have a clear strategy and business principals that will see FatSpanner grow strongly in late 2011 and 2012.
Roy Howell
Chairman – FatSpanner Limited
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FatSpanner and betcom in joint venture.
Content provider FatSpanner Ltd announces Video AWP Joint Venture with Betcom.
As part of FatSpanner’s ongoing strategy to become the premium supplier of pay to play content a joint venture agreement has been formulated with Betcom Limited for the exclusive supply of Video AWP content for the iFruits™ cabinet.
Clive Barrett FatSpanner CEO stated,
“This agreement fits perfectly with our ongoing strategy and offers us the immediate pedigree to succeed within this highly competitive market. The team at Betcom which includes Alastair Harris and Christopher Beckley have a catalogue of proven successes within this sector spanning many years including the popular Beaver Las Vegas series, Pot of Gold, Juggling Jackpots, Pokerface and more recently Bank Job and Crown Jewels”.
“In addition to those commercial opportunities this long term agreement provides, we see old friendships reunited as many of the team at FatSpanner have worked with Alastair previously at Maygay, Global Games and more recently Games Media”.
Alastair Harris Betcom's Managing Director Stated;
“We have watched FatSpanner’s development during recent months with interest and see that they are ideally placed to exploit many of the tremendous opportunities that exist within our sector”.
“Their proven track record combined with the recent appointment of their Chairman Roy Howell makes them an ideal partner for Betcom in the digital arena as we look to develop our product offering. We look forward to working closely with FatSpanner and carrying our experience and product range onto the iFruits™ product”.
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UK SWP and Content provider FatSpanner Ltd announces the appointment of Clive Barrett as CEO. |
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Following hot on the heels of the appointment of Roy Howell as Chairman FatSpanner today announced the appointment of Clive Barrett as CEO. This is a new appointment as the company has previously been run by a 6 director board.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FatSpanner Ltd is delighted to announce the appointment of Roy Howell as Chairman. |
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Fatspanner has demonstrated considerable growth since its inception in 2002 and this exciting announcement marks a further milestone in the development of Fatspanner Ltd, the UK’s leading independent SWP machine and Content design specialist.
