RSSOctober 23, 2008, 12:00 PM
Two Game Studios Join Alawar Entertainment's Stable of Internal Developers
MOSCOW, October 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Alawar Entertainment, a leading publisher of casual games, today announced the formation of two in-house development divisions resulting from newly established relationships with Russia-based Friday's Games and Ukraine-based Five-BN. Alawar has signed an agreement with each studio to create a joint venture with Alawar as the majority shareholder. As a result of these newfound partnerships, Alawar now boasts five in-house development divisions.
In 2007, Alawar began to strengthen its role as a supplier of high quality casual games for the international market with the formation of Alawar DreamDale and Alawar Stargaze. Alawar Entertainment also includes Alawar GameSTUDIO, which specializes in the creation of new game technologies.
Established in 2003, Five-BN has released several successful titles, with a project management series enjoying tremendous popularity. The star of that line of games, Maria, opens a clothing boutique in "Fashion Craze", launches a chain of beach resorts in "Beach Party Craze" and manages a pet salon in "Pet Show Craze". Alawar Five-BN plans to expand this series in the future.
A Russian company, Friday's Games entered the casual games market in March 2007 and has since released several popular titles, including the blockbuster, "Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House". The goal of the game is to help a young lady solve a series of daring crimes. Currently, Friday's Games is working on a number of projects, including a sequel to "Natalie Brooks".
Regarding Alawar's cooperation with Friday's Games and Five-BN, Alexander Lyskovsky, CEO, said, "Our experiences with Friday's Games and Five-BN have proven that they are made up of highly professional and creative individuals. Adding these companies to our stable of internal developers will further strengthen our position on the worldwide markets for casual games."
Alawar Entertainment http://www.alawargroup.com Alawar Entertainment was founded in 1999. The company's catalog includes around 250 globally popular casual games. Alawar also has its own network of online game platforms and cooperates with all of the major online and CD distributors. In 2004, the company was one of the first to enter the Russian market for casual games; today, Alawar is its leading participant. Casual games from the company's portfolio are offered through more than 200 leading Russian resources, including Rambler-Games, Games@Mail.ru and the Web sites of the RBC company.
Tatyana Chernova Director of Marketing Communications and PR Alawar Entertainment E-mail: pr@alawargroup.com Phone: +7-9139055543