(ATLANTA) November 29, 2011 - Just in time for the holidays, music and TV celebrity Kandi Burruss is bringing a new twist to a classic card game. Introducing Kandi Koated Spades, the first "urban" Spades app for iPhone/iPad users - now available in the iTunes App Store!.

Developed by urban video gaming company Konsole Kingz, Kandi Koated Spades allows multiple players to play online while using features such as "Reneg," "Deuces Wild," and "Jokers." The app is designed to reflect the fast-paced, "trash-talking" style of Spades that's most popular in the African-American community.

"Me and my family are avid Spades players," says Burruss. "So when the opportunity to create Kandi Koated Spades presented itself, I jumped at the chance to share this unique app with my fans. I'm a Spades pro and I can promise you that this is the best Spades game on the market!"

Kandi will celebrate the launch of the Spades app at a private game party in Atlanta next week.

"The iPhone has over 500,000 apps. We noticed no one was creating high-quality games for

 African-Americans," says Marcus Matthews, producer of the game. "Like Spike Lee and Tyler Perry did for film, we created something our community could enjoy."

"Spades is the one game that almost every African-American has played or witnessed," adds Cj Peters, CEO of Konsole Kingz. "So it certainly made sense to develop Kandi Koated Spades and bring it to the iPhone and iPad."

Kandi Koated Spades Key Features:

- Online Multiplayer (play against 3 real people)
- Custom avatars (use the camera to put yourself in the game)
- In-game profiles (let everyone know where you're from, post your Twitter, and earn awards (crowns) for playing)

- Chat (chat from the main menu and during the game)

- Single Player Mode (for those of you that need to step your game up)
- Reneg (Call reneg on someone playing out of suit and get those 3 books!)
- Tweet your scores and wins to all your Twitter followers

For the complete list of rules and features, visit www.KandiKoatedSpades.com or follow us on Twitter (@kandispades).

To purchase Kandi Koated Spades, go to http://kkspad.es/qWsdfR.
 

About Kandi

KANDI is a Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress and entrepreneur who started her career as a teenager with three consecutive platinum albums as a member of the female R&B group, Xscape.  She would later go on to make history as the first woman ever to receive the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award for Rhythm and Soul. Her resume includes work with some of musics biggest names such as:  Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Pink, Mariah Carey, TLC, Destiny's Child and JoDee Messina, and has given her credit to some 60-plus million records sold worldwide. Outside of music she owns a successful clothing boutique, TAGS, and an intimate luxury line, Bedroom Kandi.  As if that is not enough she is a member of the highest rated television show on the Bravo network, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," and was just given her own spinoff "The Kandi Factory."  Follow Kandi on Twitter (@kandi) and learn more about her at Kandionline.com

About Konsole Kingz

KONSOLE KINGZ (KKZ) has emerged as leaders of the urban video gaming space. The company focuses on a unique combination of promotions, event planning, gaming tournaments, viral marketing, and editorial pieces to connect with and understand the urban gamer.