据siliconrepublic报道，Starz Digital公司电视连续剧《斯巴达克斯》（Spartacus）的同名社交游戏即将登陆Facebook平台，其中《斯巴达克斯：神之竞技场》（Spartacus: Gods of the Arena）游戏的测试版本将于本周四即1月6日在Facebook亮相，仅前1万名注册用户可以抢鲜体验。

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据游戏邦了解，该游戏的正式版本将于1月20日在《斯巴达克斯》前传的首映式前发布。社交游戏发行商6wave将负责这款游戏的Facebook平台发行事宜，6wave是世界最大的社交游戏发行商之一，曾发行《Mall World》、《Kingdoms of Camelot》和《Ravenwood Fair》等多款知名社交游戏。

Starz Media的数码媒体运营战略副总裁Marc DeBevoise表示，《斯巴达克斯》拥有强大的人物角色、史诗般的故事情节，是极少数拥有开发创新社交游戏潜质的电视作品之一，很高兴能推出这部片子的社交游戏版本，成为最早将电视题材作品引入社交游戏领域的公司之一。

据称该游戏的iPad版免费应用也将在1月17号正式面世，该应用将包含《斯巴达克斯：血与沙》（Spartacus: Blood and Sand）的视频、故事背景、电视剧照等相关内容，玩家也可以选择花0.99美元购买额外的付费内容。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Starz Digital is to launch the TV series Spartacus as a social game on Facebook this Thursday.

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena will have its beta launch on Thursday, 6 January on Facebook, with the test game up for grabs for the first 10,000 fans who register on Facebook.

The official public launch date is destined for 20 January, the day before the Spartacus prequel premieres on Starz. An iPad multimedia script app for the Spartacus Starz original series will also be launched on 17 January.

The social-media gaming publisher 6wave will help launch the social game on Facebook. With more than 75 million monthly active users, 6waves is one of the largest social-gaming publishers worldwide. Its published games include Mall World, Kingdoms of Camelot and Ravenwood Fair.

“Given its powerful characters and larger-than-life storylines, few television properties have as much potential for innovative social game play as does Spartacus,” said Marc DeBevoise, senior vice-president, digital media, business development and strategy for Starz Media.

“We are excited to make our social media gaming debut and be one of the early networks to bring a branded TV property to the social gaming universe.”

The Spartacus iPad script application will be a free download for iPad users in the iTunes Starz storefront, with the first episode of Spartacus: Blood and Sand (The Red Serpent) included as part of the app download. Additional Spartacus multimedia iPad episode scripts will be available for individual purchase for $0.99 each.（source:siliconrepublic）