United Games

All the interesting news from our partners, our games and UnitedGames.

The Dutch communitysite for RuneScape, Lunagang.nl has interviewed the best Dutch/Belgian players in RuneScape. All three are part of the best players in the world. UnitedGames made this interview with Water_Is_Nat, S Diamant Y and Erw J possible. You can read the interviews here on lunagang.nl.

At the Dutch Game Awards 2009, the Volvo Ocean Race Game has won the award for best Advergame. The browserbased massive multiplayer online game has been played by more than 220.000 players from around the globe, and has been an astonishing succes. The entire team is very proud to have won this award.
Marijn Harinck, CEO: [...]

UnitedGames’ Volvo Ocean Race Game has been nominated for a Dutch Game Award in the category “Best Advergame”. The Dutch Game Awards will he handed out during the Awards Dinner on 12th November 2009.
Hopefully the Volvo Ocean Race Game will win the award, which will be a a good compliment to everyone who has worked [...]

Just one year after the start of the partnership between Jagex Games Studio and UnitedGames, more than 200.000 Dutch players have joined RuneScape, the world largest free2play MMO Game.
One year ago, Jagex, one of the world’s leading developers of high quality browser-based games, started a strategic partnership for  with UnitedGames, a leading European publisher [...]

Runes of Magic hits million mark again
Now more than 2 million registrations
Frogster announces today that the online role play game, Runes of Magic has now recorded over 2 million registrations in Europe and the USA. Doing so the Berlin publisher reaches a further milestone in the marketing of its multi-award-winning MMORPG, just six months [...]

In the section called “the deal”, Suzan Borst has had an interview with UnitedGames’ CEO Marijn Harinck. You can find the article here: FD.nl

− New server catch flood of players −
Berlin, 16 September 2009: Frogster today announced that yesterday’s launch of ‘The Elven Prophecy’, the second chapter of Runes of Magic, was a huge success.  More than 1.9 million players are now registered in the rapidly growing online game world. The launch of the new content was free [...]

bwin, the leading provider of online gaming entertainment, has acquired a majority shareholding in UnitedGames, the leading European massive multiplayer online game publisher and developer.
The acquisition allows bwin to open new lines of business and strengthens the leadership of UnitedGames in online game publishing and development. This unique partnership enables bwin and UnitedGames to deliver [...]

UnitedGames is featured in an article about bwin and UnitedGames on Emerce.nl: www.emerce.nl

PvE server ‘Isiltir’ voor Nederlandse community
Amsterdam, 22 juli 2009: Vanaf vandaag kunnen fans van Runes of Magic in België en Nederland de online role playing game spelen op hun eigen server. De game wereld ‘Isiltir’ – het Gaelic woord voor Nederland – gaat per direct live. De game versie heeft dezelfde status als in de [...]

A short promo video produced for the UnitedGames Industry Party June 2009

BERLIN – July 14, 2009 – Runes of Magic continues its European success – with an exclusive marketing partnership, the massively multiplayer games publisher UnitedGames will offer its customer base and expertise in Belgium and Holland for Runes of Magic. The Amsterdam-based company has a portfolio of 20 games and 17 million players.
In addition to [...]

Panfu.nl: The virtual gaming and learning world for children!
Within just one month Panfu.nl manages to welcome over 100.000 registrations. A great success for UnitedGames, leading European online game publisher and developer. Besides the 100.000 registrations, the website also had 195.000 unique visitors! Across Europe over 2 million kids play Panfu.
Panfu is [...]

The Green Dragon reached third place of Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race. With this we’ve made a mark in the history of Sailing and Off Shore Racing. A virtual community aiding a real team  with staggering results!
Via a sophisticated virtual-to-real navigation system the Volvo Ocean Race game-community has been actively involved with Green [...]

UnitedGames hosts the Industry Party at the Festival of Games in the Netherlands  June 11, 2009 and you’re
invited! This party is the perfect opportunity to meet and have a drink with our team and other gaming professionals in a more casual setting.

Where and When?:
UnitedGames Industry Party, June 11
Location: Club Arena (Stadhuisbrug 3, 3511 KP [...]

UnitedGames is pleased to announce a unique partnership with bwin, United Games, and the Volvo Ocean Race Game. Via a sophisticated virtual-to-real navigation system the Volvo Ocean Race game-community will be actively involved with Green Dragon during Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Boston to Galway starting on May 16. This will [...]

The phenomenal success of the Volvo Ocean Race Game continues. As of today the number of players participating had reached 200,000.
The figure makes the game the biggest global online sailing community in the world with participants from 186 countries.
”It’s an incredible milestone we all can be proud of,” Camiel Kraan of UnitedGames, the game [...]

UnitedGames proudly presents Panfu.nl and panfu.be!
Panfu is a  2D multiplayer online game in which children can play, chat and learn in complete safety with a panda avatar. With 4.5 million registered users, Panfu is one of the biggest websites for children in Europe.
“We are thrilled to be working with Unitedgames to localise and publish [...]

This Valentine’s Day the Volvo Ocean Race Game has reached the 150.000 players mark. Since it’s start on october 11th 2008 the game has become the largest online sailing community in the world.
The huge success of the game is due to the fact it allows gamers to put themselves in the shoes and the mindset [...]