Otherland at gamigo and a massive content update for the Steam early access!

Hamburg, March 31, 2016 – Otherland, the Online RPG based on Tad Williams's famous novels, is available on Steam as an early access version with a brand-new update including three factions, various game optimizations, and numerous new quests.

Otherland's most important new feature is the much-anticipated introduction of factions. From now on, players will have the chance to actively take part in the conflict between the Red and White Armies – and the Hackers will also play an important role. Traders of the corresponding factions will provide players with epic endgame gear that will be essential for the dungeons and raids currently in development. Also part of the update are a raise of the level cap up to level 60, a total of 90 all-new daily quests, 20 new locations, optimized enemy skills and balancing, 12 new Mars quests, and a re-worked SOMA drop rate.

Additionally, the update will fix a number of display problems, improve the overall performance of the location 8Squared, and include extensively optimized collision models and detection as well as character and NPC pathfinding.

In the MMO Otherland, the players explore a gigantic multiverse composed of various fantasy and sci-fi worlds and constantly improve their extraterrestrial equipment to succeed in challenging fights. 4 character classes, PvE and PvP battles, an action-oriented combat system, 5 unique locations, a virtual home for every player, and clan wars in individually designed worlds will make Otherland fans lose all sense of time and space. The game's story, a sequel to the famous novels, is a treat for both fantasy and science fiction enthusiasts.

The complete official patch notes can be viewed on the Steam page for Otherland. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/376310/?l=english)

About Otherland
Otherland is an Unreal-based action MMORPG set in the world of Tad Williams's widely celebrated novels of the same name. In Otherland, players explore a multiverse of virtual worlds, including the futuristic Lambda Mall, the medieval 8Squared, or the Asia-inspired 5Isles. As they follow an intricate storyline, the players have to solve hundreds of quests and prevail in PvP and PvE battles. Extracting eDNA from NPCs serves as the basis for crafting rare individual items. Players can furnish their own virtual home in Otherland – and even create their own worlds in cooperation with their clan members. Otherland is being developed by DRAGO Entertainment on behalf of otherland co-production GmbH. For more information please visit http://www.drago-entertainment.com/otherland.

About the gamigo group:
The gamigo group is one of the leading gaming companies in Europe and North America. Over 100 staff members in Hamburg, Berlin, Münster (Germany) and Chicago (USA) are in charge of managing the platform (including Software as a Service and gaming portals) and the publishing of free-to-play mobile and online games. Fiesta Online and Dragon’s Prophet are just two examples of gamigo’s very successful multiplayer online role-playing game titles with a long-standing customer base. At the same time, the existing portfolio of games is constantly expanded with new titles, such as: Wickie Online, Kings and Legends, Desert Operations and Empire Universe 3. The gamigo group has a total of more than 65 million registered user accounts worldwide. In addition to online multiplayer games, gamigo is also stepping up investments in mobile games, including games such as Dino Empire and the cross-platform game The Rats. gamigo was one of the first few companies to discover the booming market segment of online games, and published the first MMOG that was completely localized into German as early as 2000. Besides organic growth, the gamigo group also performed 10+ M&As since 2014 and further strives to grow its business through the acquisition of companies specializing in games and technology.

Press contact
gamigo group
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22765 Hamburg
E: pr@gamigo.com
T: 040 411 885 – 248

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