Drakensang Online Surpasses One Million Accounts

The folks at Bigpoint just kicked over a press release announcing that over a million players have already registered to play Drakensang Online since the game went into open beta a little over six weeks ago. A single new screenshot accompanied the announcement, so we've uploaded it to our image gallery and posted the remaining details below:
An army against evil: Drakensang Online and one million players

'¢ Drakensang Online sets new milestone after less than two months
'¢ Various new features expand game world and thrill the community

Hamburg, September 26, 2011 Bigpoint  (http://www.bigpoint.com/) celebrates a huge success story: With over one million players registered for Drakensang Online (http://www.drakensang-online.com) since the official launch of the Open Beta on August 8, 2011, it's not just the registrations that are on the rise, but the excitement too: With the first big update launched as well as many more to come, such as the community's highly anticipated PvP features, Bigpoint Berlin is keeping players on their toes with new adventures and challenges in the epic fantasy world of Drakensang Online.

(Drakensang Online helped us prove, only after just a few short weeks, that it's possible to launch browser games with the same level of quality as traditional PC or console games,) says Philip Reisberger, Chief Games Officer at Bigpoint. (Action RPG fans looking for an outstanding gaming adventure should definitely get in on this game now and experience the free-to-play Drakensang Online for themselves!)

Since the launch of the first big update just a few short weeks ago, Drakensang Online players have had the chance to delve into (Teganswall) and discover not only many new quests and new items but also a completely new game region. The development team also plans on expanding the game with other PvP features, including a guild system, arena battles, statistics, buddy lists and a PVP-only server.

(Our community keeps us supplied with a continual pool of ideas to further improve Drakensang Online,) says Bernd Beyreuther, Head of Development of Bigpoint Berlin. (We already have a plethora of new content updates planned and Drakensang Online is just in its infancy. As a developer, it's a great feeling to be able to develop the game world together with the game fans themselves.)

Drakensang Online's free-to-play and browser-based Open Beta is available to play on the official website http://www.drakensang-online.com/ in a variety of different languages such as German, English, French not to mention Spanish, Italian and Polish. Additional game information can be found on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/drakensangonline/) as well as Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/drakensang/).

Further online links:
- http://www.drakensang-online.de/
- http://www.facebook.com/drakensangonline/
- http://www.twitter.com/drakensang/
- http://www.bigpoint.net/  
- http://www.bigpoint.com/  


About Bigpoint
Bigpoint (http://www.bigpoint.com) is an online-game developer, publisher and content provider for more than 1,000 global distribution partners. Bigpoint's free-to-play games are played by over 200 million registered users in over 30 languages. The company's diversified portfolio includes high-quality games for browser, mobile and social platforms. More than 800 employees from over 35 different nations work at the company headquarters in Hamburg, Germany or at other locations in Berlin, San Francisco, São Paulo and Malta. Bigpoint's many distinctions in the industry include the Mashable Best Online Game Award for (Farmerama), the (Fastest Growing Larger Company) and (Uniqueness of Offering) prizes at the 2010 Media Momentum Awards, as well as the MTV Skyscraper Award for extraordinary achievement in game development. For more information or press material, please visit the press area at www.bigpoint.net.