Kick-off for the 9th goalunited season - now including merchandising and a fanshop

With the new fanshop, goalunited managers are able to sell merchandising

Although some fans are still reliving this year’s European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine, many are already waiting to seeing their favourite teams play in new matches. For players of the free-to-play goalunited 2012 football manager, however, the football season has already started, as the game enters its ninth season. Players can look forward to exciting games versus real opponents from all over the world – games that will determine their club’s success, the mood of their fans and the state of their bank account – all in real time. Incorporating nearly all the elements of managing a real football club, the game challenges players to lead their team from victory to victory over several seasons as they develop and transfer...

A special feature is available from July 11. It is divided into the merchandise factory, where many different types of fan items can be produced, and the fan shop. From mugs to star player jerseys and the ever-popular fan scarves, there is a wide range of possible items. But be careful! The production costs cannot always be recouped quickly enough and you, the manager, may need to use special promotions to ensure a lucrative income. Managers from level 10 onwards can significantly boost their own revenues in this way.

goalunited 2012 is free to play and available in 28 different languages. It is playable in a browser window, without downloads or installation of data.

Travian Speed Areas fill up completely in record-breaking 36 hours

The Travian Speed Arenas were filled in less than 36 hours with ambitious gamers

The Munich-based browser games publisher Travian Games was caught by surprise when fans flooded the newly-started speed arena servers. While it normally takes several days to fill a server, both of these game rounds completely filled up with players within less than 36 hours. A true record for Travian Games. No other product has ever filled its servers so quickly – a clear sign that Travian 4’s popularity is only growing

After previous positive experiences with speed servers, Travian Games launched two speed arena servers last week. Both were very different from the usual servers launched in their respective countries: The speed arena is played at ten times the usual speed in the international version and five times speed in the Arabic version. This is an extreme challenge for the players, as all actions in the game are completed much faster. Also the game’s map is smaller than usual, allowing for less expansion space. It’s an exciting tightly-packed battle between Gauls, Romans, and Teutons.

For almost eight years the free browser game Travian is fascinating players all across the world in over 40 languages. That’s reason enough for Travian Games to continuously improve their flagship product and to excite their worldwide customer base with special events.

Conquer Europe’s Renaissance with Perfect Worlds strategygame Rise of Europe

Rise of Europe - strategygame set in Europe´s Renaissance

Travian Publishing GmbH, specialized in the management and sale of browser games, today announced it reached an exclusive agreement to publish the browser game Rise of Europe, developed by Perfect World Co., Ltd. (“Perfect World”), in Europe. Perfect World is one of the best-known Chinese providers of online games. As a subsidiary of Travian Games, Travian Publishing is responsible for full marketing, operation, customer support and payment processing of this strategy game in Europe.

Rise of Europe is set against the background of balancing of power in Europe during the Renaissance. The leading European noble families of the Medici, Fugger and Tudors struggle for influence and power. Choosing a character as a member of one of these families, gamers can join the game and interact with thousands of others. With their noble houses proudly identified by their family banners, players build their own impressive metropolis and fight to protect it from intruders and enemies. To find out more about the game and feel the real historic struggles of the past, come revel Rise of Europe Open Beta this summer.

Florian Müller, CEO of Travian Publishing, is very pleased with the strategic alliance with Perfect World to launch this great title: “We look forward to the upcoming launch of Rise of Europe and have high confidence in its success because we know that Perfect World sets the same high standards of product quality as we do. Also, the development capability of Perfect World is exceptional especially in terms of quality of products and their keen perceptions to capture player’s needs. The attractive Rise of Europe with impressive graphics will be the first title from China that we publish. We expect our combined experiences and resources will bring about a new level of entertainment to our players.”

Alex Xu, Vice President of Strategic Game Development at Perfect World, commented: “Prioritizing players’ needs is always one of the key standards that Perfect World’s development teams are devoted to implementing for every game we work on. Evolving with the fast growing and increasingly demanding game markets in China, we have accumulated a wealth of innovative development ideas and valuable experiences. Now, with the upcoming launch of Rise of Europe, we would like to share what we have accomplished with players in Europe. We are very excited about our partnership with Travian Publishing and we consider their rich experiences in publishing games in European markets a priceless asset for a successful debut of Rise of Europe. We believe this partnership will bring wonderful gaming experiences to millions of European players. And we look forward to more opportunities to work with Travian Publishing for more great titles in the future.”