GEE and GFO at GC
PC racer Hovorun on show, along with revelations on their Stratego MMO and Rummikub for DS.
Game Entertainment Europe (GEE) and Games Factory Online (GFO) would be organizing a press conference where there will be release announcements of 3 triple-A games for various platforms.
Date and location: Thursday 21st August 2008 at 13:00 hours in Press Conference Room III, at the Games Convention in Leipzig, German
Highlights:
1. GEE will present Hovorun (PC), its official launch date for Europe and the roll-out plan for this first free-to-play online casual race game on the European market. The game originates from Korea. This game genre has already been very successful in Asia and the US and will now be introduced for the first time in Europe.
2. Both GEE and GFO will announce their joint co-operation for the MMO version of Stratego (online PC), one of the most popular strategy board games ever.
3. GFO will announce the publisher of Rummikub (Nintendo DS), one of the most successful tile games which is soon available for the Nintendo DS.
Additionally, GFO will announce the names and roll-out plans for a number of serious games for education and training purposes. These games will be used to train project management and teach languages.
Media attending the press conference will receive all materials presented, including digital images and trailers.
Media can also join GEE and GFO for drinks on Thursday 21st August 2008 at 16:00 hrs at GEE and GFO booth in Hall 2 - E41, and test and play all the games introduced at the press conference.
About Game Entertainment Europe
Game Entertainment Europe offers very attractive online community games to gamers in Europe. To offer the best game experience, the games are localised for the European countries. Game Entertainment Europe organises game mastering, user and community support as well as in-game events. The mayor title of GEE is Martial Heroes with more than 200.000 registered gamers one of Europe's most popular free to play MMORPG. The company's head office is based in Amsterdam with a co-location office in Korea. Game Entertainment is also participating in a chain of European game cafes. More information can be found on www.ge-eu.com.
About Games Factory Online
Games Factory Online produces and publishes entertainment and serious games for PC, consoles and mobile devices. The company's head office is based in the Netherlands. More information can be found on www.gamesfactoryonline.com.
Please RSVP to Ian Purnomo at ian@reddawncommunications.com or Florence Ang at florence@reddawncommunications.com, if you would like to attend the press conference or have any interview or game preview requests.