Aventurine - GNi Press Release - Wednesday September 17 2008
Posted by Darkfall News on September 17, 2008 12:41
Aventurine to Launch New Game on GNi's Leading Multiplayer Game Hosting
Platform
GNi Selected for Convenience and Scalability
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sep 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aventurine SA, a developer
located in Athens, Greece has selected GNi, a leader in
infrastructure-as-a-service, to host their groundbreaking game, Darkfall Online,
which is scheduled for release later this year.
"True to our game development philosophy, we demand uncompromising quality for
Darkfall's hosting needs. We want it all: world class service, hardware, and
bandwidth, while offering competitive pricing and terms flexibility. We also
demand game industry knowledge and experience, and, more importantly a shared
vision for our game and a long-term relationship. We've found all of this in GNi.
We're very impressed with their professionalism and their commitment to the
success of Darkfall and Aventurine. We feel very confident we made the right
choice and are pleased to be working with them in bringing Darkfall to our
customers," said Jade Mehdawi, CEO of Aventurine SA.
"Aventurine is a creative, energetic, quality organization and we are excited to
have Darkfall Online running on our platform. The game looks great, offers
compelling new experiences and freedom players don't often see with some of the
most widely played MMOs. Darkfall offers a rich variety of experiences that will
appeal to MMO veterans and new players alike," said Derek Wise, founder and CTO
of GNi, Inc.
Darkfall Online Offers Highly Immersive Experience
Darkfall Online is a massive multiplayer online (MMO) fantasy role-playing game
featuring a fun, fast-paced, real-time combat system, massive battles, clan
warfare and empire building. Darkfall combines role-playing, action, and
strategic gameplay. Darkfall has been designed to create intensely realistic and
highly immersive combat and a challenging, realistic environment for a more
immersive experience. With full collision detection battle lines really matter
and well-aimed spell blasts will send opponents flying. Darkfall's goal is to
provide players with a fun and challenging experience through a seamless and
zoneless, non-instanced, "sandbox" game world.
Game To Be Launched Simultaneously Across 50 Countries
With a projected usage of over ten thousand concurrent users per game world,
Aventurine's massive investment in Darkfall will pay off for players across the
fifty countries where it will be launched.
About Aventurine and Darkfall:
Aventurine SA is an independent computer games developer located in Athens,
Greece. Aventurine is fueled by passion for gaming and game technologies, which
motivates and guides our activities. Aventurine's main project is Darkfall
Online, a groundbreaking game schedule to launch later in 2008. Development of
the game, the technology platform, game engine, and tools began in 2003. The
Darkfall team consists of thirty veteran developers. In August 2008, Aventurine
secured a publishing deal with Audiovisual Enterprises SA for publishing and
distribution of Darkfall in fifty countries.
Visit us at www.darkfallonline.com
About GNi
GNi is the leading infrastructure-as-a-service provider for online games,
software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, and online digital media. GNi's infrastructure
supports more than 12.8 million users, 425,000 concurrent connected users at
peak capacity, and more than 27 titles. GNi delivers rapid scalability with
uncompromised performance. GNi solutions thrive in the most demanding online
environments and offers variety of smart systems including rapid on-boarding and
deployment. GNi is headquartered in San Jose, California with infrastructure
facilities located across the globe. For more information please visit
www.gni.com.
Note: GNi is a registered trademark of GNi Corporation. All other trademarks are
registered property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: GNi
For Aventurine SA:
Tasos Flambouras, +30 210 6897185-6
info@aventurine.gr
or
For GNi:
Chris Tamblyn, 415-464-7076
ctamblyn@gni.com
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