[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]
9 th of April 2012. — NIKITA ONLINE makes an announcement on striking the partnership agreement with Crazy Bit and the upcoming release of the browser online game FUBAR through the GameXP Connect platform.
Free-to-play browser game FUBAR is based on post-apocalyptic setting and presents itself as a typical zombie fiction with its virtual world being swarmed by an army of the undead. Survival is the ultimate goal for the players.
The environment of the game's fictional universe refers to modern Russia as its cultural prototype. Hence, its humorous atmosphere along with comic-style graphics would be be really familiar to Russian-speaking gamers.
"A lot of games today are too 'serious' because of their incline towards realism and drama in terms of graphics and narrative. But such titles as FUBAR remind us that games are made for fun first of all," states Stepan Zotov, CEO of NIKITA ONLINE. "In partnership with Crazy Bit we are pleased to give our users an opportunity to take a rest from dungeon raids. It's when colorful comic browser game comes in handy."
"For us partnership with NIKITA ONLINE is, above all, a great opportunity to deliver our game to multi-million audience. FUBAR is filled with urban legends and it mixes humorous plot with diverse gameplay. But the main feature is its comic-style visuals. I'm sure that users of GameXP are going to appreciate the game," states Crazy Bit's Managing Partner Boris Gertsovsky.
GameXP Connect will grant FUBAR an opportunity to reach fast-growing audience of the entertainment web-portal GameXP (which today exceeds 7 million) as well as utilize an extensive set of advanced services from voice chat to 24/7 support team.
Crazy Bit has become the fourth devstudio to receive all the advantages provided by GameXP Connect.
NIKITA ONLINE was founded in 1991 and became the first game company in Russia. It has two offices — in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don. Currently NIKITA ONLINE operates in Russia, CIS and the Baltic states with 15 titles: 4Story, Asda Story, Divine Souls, Dragon Knight, House 3, Karos Online, King of Kings 3, Rappelz, Sphere, Sphere: Reborn, Sphere 2: Arena and browser-based Tako Online, I, the Feudal Lord, WebRacing and Lost Magic. The company has developed more than 100 titles and localized more than 50. Today there are 7 million unique users registered in NIKITA ONLINE's projects. For more information, please, head to www.nikitaonline.ru.
Crazy Bit is a game company founded in 2010 by a team of professionals with a vast experience in the online game industry. The company is headquartered in Moscow.
GameXP Connect is a platform which allows a devstudio quickly and painlessly put their game on the GameXP entertainment web-portal and thus get access to its multi-million audience (over 7 million unique users) along with the elaborate infrastructure — from billing system to in-game voice chat and 24/7 support service.
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