Major League
Eating: The Game Announced
Video game publisher Mastiff announced today that they have
acquired the Major League Eating (MLE) license for interactive
platforms.
Major League Eating, which oversees all top eating events in the
nation including the July Fourth hot dog-eating contest, counts
among its members Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese eating phenomenon,
and American Joey Chestnut, current champion of the world.
Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi
"Major League Eaters aren't just elite athletes," says Bill Swartz,
Head Woof at Mastiff. "They are the people who built America. Or at
least the competitive eating part of America. And I am deeply
honored that the International Federation of Competitive Eating and
Major League Eating choose Mastiff as their exclusive videogame
partner."
"We knew this sport would lend itself very well to an interactive
format," said George Shea of Major League Eating. "Mastiff has the
stomach and the sense of humor to pull this off."
Major League Eating: The Game features the world's greatest
gurgitory athletes competing across twelve different food types.
Built much like a fighting game, MLE: The Game requires players to
show brilliant on-screen eating; a mastery of offensive and
defensive weapons including burps, belches, and mustard gas; and of
course the technical mastery necessary to avoid emptying one's
stomach in a vividly colored reversal of fortune.
(source:
Voodoo Extreme 3D)