If your an football fan I think you will enjoy this.  Play Hard Sports, Inc., the first studio in North America to develop, publish and distribute interactive fantasy sports games and entertainment over the Internet, today announced the official beta sign up program for the company’s upcoming football game. The new website, www.playhardsports.com, provides an early look and feel for the Company’s first title game, Play Hard Football, being released in fall of 2008.

These guys have a beautiful, Flash/Flex based website, it is a great destination for the casual sports gamer.  Play Hard has raised $5 million in venture capital from New Enterprise Associates.

The new site allows prospective players to sign up for the upcoming beta program and get ‘first dibs’ on a team name for the upcoming gridiron season. The site also contains a sport trivia game, a video teaser, Play Hard Knockout photos and developer diaries from the team’s Game Design Director. The site will also be home to the forthcoming Play Hard community, where sports fans can come for information and chats with active and retired NFL players, participate in online forums and read about Play Hard’s latest game developments.

“This is an exciting first milestone for us as a company,” said Jeff Anderson, CEO of Play Hard Sports. “We are redefining the online gaming market by bringing sports fans something they have been waiting for — Interactive Fantasy Sports. This beta site is just the beginning of what fans can come to expect from Play Hard.”

To sign up now and start your journey to gridiron glory, visit www.playhardsports.com