'Magic Land'- wooga Publishes a New Social Game

'Magic Land'- wooga Publishes a New Social Game

BERLIN, August 15, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    The newest social game 'Magic Land' from wooga, the world's second
largest provider of social games, is now available on Facebook. Its engaging
story unites medieval customs and legends in a mix of role-playing, village
building simulation and adventure features. For a Facebook game, 'Magic
Land' offers especially well-developed characters, high-quality graphics and
gameplay that provides long-term fun with real friends.

    wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann introduced 'Magic Land' today at the
GDC Europe developer's conference in Cologne, Germany, in the run-up to
gamescom. In his keynote speech, he addressed the eminent changing of the
games industry into a mass entertainment market. Begemann elaborated,
"Social games will make the games industry the definitive medium for mass
entertainment. Even today, many games reach more people on a daily basis
than the major television formats. The next step in the evolution will be to
increase a player's identification with the game by increasing the game
depth combined with more developed social cooperation, interaction and
communication. We are heading in this direction with 'Magic Land'."

    This new social game from the young Berlin-based company transports
players into a fantastic dreamland full of treasures and magic. The focus is
on the shared game experience with friends. The daily visit of friendly
kingdoms will be rewarded and some tasks, such as the big castle-warming
party in the player's own castle, can only be finished with the help of
friends. The creativity and variety that raises 'Magic Land' above other
social games can be attributed to the international developer team from
eleven different countries that has been polishing the game with a lot of
love for the last six months in Berlin. Additional social features will
introduce never-before-seen social interaction with friends and continue the
thrilling story. They are already in the works and will expand the game in
weekly updates.

    In addition, 'Magic Land' appears in seven languages and will have an
HTML5 add-on 'Magic Land - Island', which will provide a continuation of the
game on smartphones.

    At the GDC Europe from 3:20 - 4:10 PM, Henric Suuronen, Head of Studio
at wooga and Lead Designer of 'Magic Land', will explain the creation
process and the background of the brand-new social game to the guests at his
panel Killer Game Loops in Social Games
[http://schedule.gdceurope.com/session/5841/Killer_Game_Loops_in_Social_Games ]
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    wooga will be at the GDC Europe on August 15/16 2011 in CC Ost #159 and
at gamescom on August 17/ 18 2011 in Hall 4,1, D30/D31 at the G.A.M.E.
Association booth.

   
    Agency contact:
    Matt Baldwin, Coast communications
    Kent, UK
    Tel: +44(0)1233-503200
    matt@coastcommunications.co.uk

    Mika Kelly, Clever Communications
    California, USA
    Tel: +1(0)949-715-1228
    mika@clevercomm.com

    Company contact:
    Sina Kaufmann, wooga GmbH
    Saarbruecker Strasse 38, 10405 Berlin
    Germany
    Tel: +49(0)30-89632926
    press@wooga.com
    http://www.wooga.com [press@wooga.comhttp://www.wooga.com ]

Source: wooga GmbH

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