IT Territory

Astrum Online Entertainment, the largest player in Russian interactive entertainment market, is proud to announce open beta testing of the "Legend: Legacy of the Dragons" browser-based online game in China.

Starting December 1st, everyone is able to go to the game site (http://lz.woniu.com), register and participate in open beta testing of one of the most successful Russian MMO games. The testing period will continue till January 1st, 2009. The commercial Chinese version of the "Legend: Legacy of the Dragons" online game is scheduled to take off next January.

By the results of closed beta testing some new elements were added to the game making it even more exciting on lower levels. Also, a number of important improvements were made to the clan system. Now, the size of every clan can reach up to 50,000 people on Chinese game server.

The main targets of open beta testing are quite trivial: the entire system needs to be tested to make sure it’s fail-safe and invulnerable to the glitches and overload.

About 35,000 players have already registered during closed beta testing.

The "Legend: Legacy of the Dragons" is developed by IT Territory, Russian game developer, a division of Astrum Online Entertainment Holding (http://astrumonline.ru); it’s operated in China by Snail Game Company (http://www.snailgame.net).

“With the beginning of open beta testing we entered a homestretch just before launching a commercial version of the game. Our Chinese team has confirmed its high professional standards and our expectations from partnership with Snail Game were met in full. These facts strengthen out intentions to further develop Chinese online gaming market by constantly introducing new projects by the companies of Astrum Online Holding”, said Vsevolod Leonov, vice-president for business development at Astrum Online Entertainment.

About the game

The "Legend: Legacy of the Dragons" is a full-scale massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which is situated in the world of Faeo. The war between the Magmars and the Humans seems to be endless. Two Great Dragons protect the interests of both races. There is nothing in the world that could withstand their strength, however, when chaos comes, even the Dragons are unable to keep fragile balance of power anymore. By entering the world of amazing adventures, the player will become either great warrior or crafty magician; will participate in bloody battles; will take a delight in victory and feel heartsick consciousness of defeat.

The key feature of the game is a precise visual implementation of the battles, allowing the players to observe all enemy actions and enemy information while simple enough for understanding even by an amateur player.

Over 2.5 million users have registered just on Russian game servers since The Legend: Legacy of the Dragons was officially launched two years ago.

For additional information please contact:
Roman Chernigovtsev
Astrum Online Entertainment Corp. Press Office
Tel. +7 (495) 952-4482, 952-0765
E-mail: press@astrumonline.ru

About Astrum Online Entertainment

Astrum Online Entertainment is the largest player in the Russian market of interactive online entertainment. The Corporation is formed by five companies: Nival Online, Nikita.Online, IT Territory, Time Zero and DJ Games. These companies have successfully launched more than thirty MMO games, including hits like Legend: Legacy of Dragons, Territory, Time Zero, Sphere, Piratia, Perfect World and many others. Over 10 million players are currently participating in the games released by Astrum Online Entertainment.

Astrum Online Entertainment plans to launch 7 new MMO games of different genres during 2008, including the localized Russian versions of the well known titles from Europe and Asia.

About Snail Game

Suzhou Snail Electronic Co., Ltd., i.e. Snail Game was founded in October, 2000. It became one of the very first Chinese developers of 3D online games with its headquarters located in Suzhou. Snail Game currently employs 800 people. Snail Game has successfully developed and presently administers four online games: Voyage Century, Age of Armor, 5 Street and The Chosen. During eight years of its successful operation Snail Game has received more than 30 awards from the government of China, the industry, the media and the end users. Snail Games has been awarded “Chinese National Game Export Prize” four times in a row and received “China Top 10 Game Developers” Award three times.
Super Richman in Kong-fu Land, Age of Armor 2 and other MMO games have been introduced to China market by Snail Game in 2008. For more information please visit http://www.snailgame.net.