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Akamon Launches its First Game on Facebook: Chinchón
BARCELONA, February 7, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
The company expects a turnover of more than 1 million euros in 2012 for activity
generated through the social networking site
Akamon Entertainment Ltd., the leading international online social gaming company in
traditional games, has launched its first game on Facebook with the aim of expanding its
network of users who play simultaneously and share a gaming community. The company, which
operates through the leading Spanish portal Mundijuegos.com and the Brazilian
Ludijugos.com, is the first in Spain to launch a game that allows players to be connected
to the entire gaming community independently of which gateway they have entered through -
be it one of the company's portals or Facebook - so creating the best social game
experience.
Akamon plans to follow up the launch of Chinchon on Facebook with the incorporation of
a further six games on to the social networking site during the first quarter of 2012,
including Ruleta (Roulette), Parchis, Brisca, Tute, Buraco and Domino (Dominoes). The
company expects its presence on Facebook to represent at least 15 per cent of its turnover
for 2012, estimated at 9 million euros.
Vicens Marti, CEO at Akamon Entertainment Ltd., states that "the move onto Facebook is
part of an ongoing strategy to offer new gateways to our players, which complement our own
portals and those of our affiliates. We hope that the number of daily users (DAU) of
Chinchon, which currently stands at 30.000, will increase tenfold during the first months
of being active on the social networking site."
Chinchon is a traditional Spanish card game that is played throughout the world with
small variations. The Akamon development team, which is made up of more than 20 engineers
based in Valencia, has dedicated more than 5.000 hours to the creation of the game and its
adaptation to different platforms. As Daniel G. Blazquez, director of Art and Design at
Akamon, explains: "we have succeeded in creating a competitive product that operates
synchronously on different portals and Facebook, and which merges the appeal of
traditional games with the social features that players look for in a social networking
environment."
About Akamon
Akamon Entertainment Limited is an online social gaming company specialising in
traditional games. Founded by Spanish entrepreneurs with Spanish capital, the company
operates in the south of Europe and Latin America via the local portals Mundijuegos.com in
Spain and Ludijugos.com in Brazil. These sites will be complemented in 2012 with new
portals resulting from the company's expansion into France, Argentina, Mexico and Italy.
With its headquarters in Malta, Akamon has a development team based in Valencia and a
business intelligence team in Barcelona, and has a total of 35 employees who are highly
specialised in the online sector.
Akamon's portfolio consists of 27 traditional local casino-based games such as
Parchis, Chinchon, Buraco, Mus, Poker and Domino. All the games incorporate social
features and users are connected to the entire gaming community via Akamon's portals,
those of the affiliates who offer the games on their platforms and, as of February, on
Facebook.
For further information visit http://akamon.com or contact:
Georgina Rife i Domenech - +34-902-999-343
press@akamon.com / Twitter: @AkamonLTD [http://www.twitter.com/AkamonLTD ]
Photos available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/akamon
Source: Akamon
Akamon Launches its First Game on Facebook: Chinchón
BARCELONA, February 7, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
The company expects a turnover of more than 1 million euros in 2012 for activity
generated through the social networking site
Akamon Entertainment Ltd., the leading international online social gaming company in
traditional games, has launched its first game on Facebook with the aim of expanding its
network of users who play simultaneously and share a gaming community. The company, which
operates through the leading Spanish portal Mundijuegos.com and the Brazilian
Ludijugos.com, is the first in Spain to launch a game that allows players to be connected
to the entire gaming community independently of which gateway they have entered through -
be it one of the company's portals or Facebook - so creating the best social game
experience.
Akamon plans to follow up the launch of Chinchon on Facebook with the incorporation of
a further six games on to the social networking site during the first quarter of 2012,
including Ruleta (Roulette), Parchis, Brisca, Tute, Buraco and Domino (Dominoes). The
company expects its presence on Facebook to represent at least 15 per cent of its turnover
for 2012, estimated at 9 million euros.
Vicens Marti, CEO at Akamon Entertainment Ltd., states that "the move onto Facebook is
part of an ongoing strategy to offer new gateways to our players, which complement our own
portals and those of our affiliates. We hope that the number of daily users (DAU) of
Chinchon, which currently stands at 30.000, will increase tenfold during the first months
of being active on the social networking site."
Chinchon is a traditional Spanish card game that is played throughout the world with
small variations. The Akamon development team, which is made up of more than 20 engineers
based in Valencia, has dedicated more than 5.000 hours to the creation of the game and its
adaptation to different platforms. As Daniel G. Blazquez, director of Art and Design at
Akamon, explains: "we have succeeded in creating a competitive product that operates
synchronously on different portals and Facebook, and which merges the appeal of
traditional games with the social features that players look for in a social networking
environment."
About Akamon
Akamon Entertainment Limited is an online social gaming company specialising in
traditional games. Founded by Spanish entrepreneurs with Spanish capital, the company
operates in the south of Europe and Latin America via the local portals Mundijuegos.com in
Spain and Ludijugos.com in Brazil. These sites will be complemented in 2012 with new
portals resulting from the company's expansion into France, Argentina, Mexico and Italy.
With its headquarters in Malta, Akamon has a development team based in Valencia and a
business intelligence team in Barcelona, and has a total of 35 employees who are highly
specialised in the online sector.
Akamon's portfolio consists of 27 traditional local casino-based games such as
Parchis, Chinchon, Buraco, Mus, Poker and Domino. All the games incorporate social
features and users are connected to the entire gaming community via Akamon's portals,
those of the affiliates who offer the games on their platforms and, as of February, on
Facebook.
For further information visit http://akamon.com or contact:
Georgina Rife i Domenech - +34-902-999-343
press@akamon.com / Twitter: @AkamonLTD [http://www.twitter.com/AkamonLTD ]
Photos available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/akamon
Source: Akamon