Stylized Graphics and Strategic Gameplay Combine to Deliver Unique, Massively Multiplayer Online WWII Title

HAMBURG—September 21st, 2010—Bigpoint GmbH (http://www.bigpoint.com) – a worldwide leader in browser-based video games – today announced the global launch of WARSTORY - Europe in Flames, the world’s first massively multiplayer, browser-based video game powered by Microsoft Silverlight. Silverlight is a development platform that delivers applications with cutting-edge graphics and interactivity across multiple browsers, devices, and operating systems.

“Bigpoint’s leadership stems from our willingness to support innovative technologies that improve the quality of graphics and game play in browser games,” said Heiko Hubertz, CEO, Bigpoint. “Being early to market with a multiplayer title that takes advantage of the wide range of features and capabilities in Silverlight was a major factor in our decision to license and add these games to our global network.”

“Microsoft is pleased that video game companies such as Bigpoint are taking advantage of the rich features and capabilities in Silverlight to build state-of-the-art video games for the Web,” said Brad Becker, director of Rich Client Platforms and Tools, Microsoft Corp. “This compelling game opens the door for users to experience the high-definition, interactive capabilities of Silverlight in an entirely new way.”

Bigpoint, which counts more than 140 million registered users in its network, licensed WARSTORY - Europe in Flames from Chimera Entertainment, a leading digital entertainment studio based in Munich. “With Silverlight we've found the perfect technology to bring the vision of our game to life,” says Hendrik Lesser, CEO, Chimera Entertainment. “We were able to employ a similar development environment for this browser game as we were used to for classic PC games. The efficient tools and the early support from Microsoft Germany have truly assisted us in our work. We are very pleased that Bigpoint is joining us in utilizing this new technology.”

WARSTORY - Europe in Flames is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer strategy game set during World War II. Players join one of the allied armies and command a company of soldiers and vehicles, which grows in size, strength, and capabilities as the game progresses. The main objective of the game is to march your forces across Europe and defeat the Axis powers. Large scale multiplayer battles are designed to last several days, which lead to an epic fight in Berlin to decide the fate of the world. Per the agreement, Bigpoint has global exclusive rights to distribute and market the game. Like all Bigpoint titles, WARSTORY - Europe in Flames is completely free-to-play. Bigpoint plans to release additional games built atop the Silverlight platform in early 2011.

More information and assets: ftp://ftp-anonymous-pub.bigpoint.net/Warstory/Europe_in_Flames/

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http://www.bigpoint.net
http://www.en.bigpoint.com
http://warstory.bigpoint.com

About Chimera Entertainment

Chimera Entertainment is a creative and independent development studio for digital entertainment software in Munich. The company was founded in 2006 with the support of the production house remote control productions. In 2007 Chimera won the LARA Start Up Award from The Bavarian State Ministry and in 2008 they received the jury’s sponsorship award, part of The German Development Prize. The studio is working with a professionally structured and flexible team, and is experienced in the use of different middleware technologies.

About Bigpoint

Bigpoint is a leading online-game publisher, content provider for large media concerns, and browser-based game developer whose game portfolio has achieved a level of quality similar to that delivered by console and PC-installed game. The games are available in 25 languages and provide more than 140 million gamers from Europe to America and beyond with free, first-class entertainment, without the hassle of having to download or install any additional software. Bigpoint employs over 500 people from over 35 nations at its headquarters in Hamburg and locations in Berlin, Malta, and San Francisco (Bigpoint Inc.).

For more information about Bigpoint, please visit http://www.bigpoint.net.

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