New Record Figures for Gameforge

Karlsruhe, March 6, 2008. Online games are quite the rage: Gameforge, the leading independent offerer of online games could register more than 8 mio. active players for the first time in February. Gameforge CEO Klaas Kersting explains: "Our community is growing rapidly, every day we attract more than 150,000 new gamers. And the number of players that are simultaneously on our servers at 440,000 users clearly exceeds even the population of cities such as Bochum by now."

More than 50 mio. players world-wide have registered for the free online games of the Karlsruhe company since its launch in 2003. And the marked increase in popularity of online games is demonstrated not least by the comScore figures: In January of 2008 alone, about 172,000.000 visitors together spent almost 2 bio. minutes on the Gameforge game pages and were hooked by the gripping games. The reasons for this are obvious: Online games do not require expensive hardware or software and thus clearly contrast most conventional PC and console games. A browser with Internet access is all it takes to become part of the world-wide online community. The Karlsruhe game developers deliberately dispense with things like purchase prices, monthly basic fees and costly subscriptions. "Our employees are passionate players themselves and know what really matters in the development of new games," declares Gameforge CTO Alexander Rösner. "Our focus is on the fun in playing. Which is why there is no pesky in game advertising in our games." In addition, the 'Gameforge Fun-Level-Agreement' guarantees players server availability of more than 99.914 per cent.
At present, Gameforge is offering more than 25 online games. Whether it's gladiators in the Rome of old, settlers in ancient Greece, or thrilling space action – at Gameforge everybody will find the game of his choice.

About Gameforge:

The Gameforge AG is the largest independent supplier of browser- and client-based MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games) worldwide. More than 50 million players in 30 countries have already registered for Gameforge games throughout the world, and 8 million people actively play the company’s MMOGs.
OGame must be among the best known browser-based MMOGs of the Karlsruhe gaming specialist. In addition, Gameforge offers more top games such as Ikariam, WarpFire, Gladiatus or BiteFight to the rapidly growing market of online games and belongs, together with its large game portfolio, to one of the leading developers and publishers of browser games in the European market. Publishing client-based online games such as the Korean martial arts game Metin2 or the fantasy game NosTale is the company’s second strategic core area.
Klaas Kersting and Alexander Roesner established Gameforge in December 2003. The well-known investor Accel Partners has had a share in the company since August 2007.
Please refer to www.gameforge.de for additional information on the company and its games.

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