A new Legend is Born: Drakensang Online Launches its Open Beta

HAMBURG, Germany, August 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Bigpoint's (http://www.bigpoint.com/) quest for heroes and warriors to step into battle against the dark forces of the Anderworld has begun!

With the long-awaited launch of the Open Beta, fans of action RPGs will be able to explore the world of Drakensang Online (http://www.drakensang-online.com/), the free-to-play online browser game. The international release of the game will be offered in 19 different languages including German, English, French, Spanish and Italian.

"Drakensang's going online!" rejoiced Bernd Beyreuther, Head of Development at Bigpoint Berlin "The launch of this game allows us to realize a long-held ambition of developing a fully immersive action RPG game that can be enjoyed by all players from the first moment of playing, and is brought alive by its large community."

Drankensang Online has been wowing fans in Closed Beta with a variety of different character skills, exciting quests, an impressive armoury of weapons and magic, and over 100 hours of gaming content. The visually stunning game world was developed by Bigpoint using their in-house "Nebula3" engine, impressing players with a level of 3D graphics and effects that have not been seen in browser games before.

Players can meet up in public gathering sites to get to know each other, take on challenges together and hatch plans to march into battle united. Gamers can also test their mettle against each other in the PvP arena located in the capital of Kingshill and find out who is the mightiest hero in Drankensang Online.

The start of the Open Beta is just the beginning: The team at Bigpoint Berlin is currently working on the first updates in order to expand the world of Drankensang Online on a weekly basis.

Contact:
Bigpoint
Matthias Mirlach
T: +49-(0)40881413-207