“Goodgame Empire” hits $800 Million in Lifetime Revenues
Hamburg,
Just in time for its sixth anniversary, ‘Goodgame Empire’ has given its developer, Hamburg-based Goodgame Studios, a truly special gift. The highly popular medieval strategy game hit $800 million in lifetime revenues, becoming Germany’s most successful game of all time and one of the top games worldwide.
More than 250 content updates within six years
“We are extremely proud and we thank all the players who have helped make it happen. The financial success has given us the freedom to expand ‘Goodgame Empire’ into one of the most complex strategy games ever,” says Nina Mueller, who runs the studio responsible for the game’s ongoing support and development. “We are especially proud of all the players who have been with us for many years. With over 250 content updates since the game launched in 2011, we have obviously kept the fun factor high.”
Nevertheless, there are still many ideas in the pipeline. “Yes, we have lots of interesting stuff in the backlog to look forward to. At the same time, we want to take requests from the community into account even more,” promises Mueller. “Our long-term goal is for Goodgame Empire to be running successfully ten years from now.”
Transition to HTML5
One requirement for reaching that goal is to successfully transition from the soon discontinued Flash technology to the new web standard, HTML5. “It’s a mammoth task, we are talking about one million lines of code that have to be transferred,” explains Benjamine Constantine, who is responsible for this strategic project for Goodgame Studios. “Nevertheless, we are aiming for a seamless transition for our players, meaning the complete feature set as well as regular content updates.” The project is well underway and the switch is planned for no later than mid 2018.
Expanding the Empire
2018 promises to be an exciting year for Goodgame Studios and the Empire brand anyway. Besides continuing development of Goodgame Empire itself, from early 2018, the Empire franchise will be expanded with the addition of the new game, ‘Empire: Millennium Wars’, where players can compete to dominate the mining industry on Mars. Unique support from Google will start this Thursday. Despite not being released yet, ‘Empire: Millennium Wars’ will be featured prominently in the Google Play Store for pre-registration.
Summery events at Goodgame Big Farm & Goodgame Empire
Hamburg,
Exciting tasks and valuable rewards for the players of Goodgame Studios’ successful titles
Goodgame Studios, Germany’s leading developer of gaming software, is welcoming the hot weather with a variety of events in its successful browser titles. For farm enthusiasts and noble castle lords alike fun will be guaranteed during these exciting events. While players of Goodgame Big Farm will be enjoying exciting activities during this summer’s weekends, fans of Goodgame Empire will be challenged in Kala’s contest – for sure there will be plenty of rewards!
Summer festival in Goodgame Big Farm
July 1 marks the first day of summer for Goodgame Big Farm! Players can look forward to a variety of weekend activities and bonuses that will change every week until October.
It pays to stock your barns for the new farm visitors – when players spot them on their farm, they can get really great prices for their products. And since riding under the sun feels so nice, players can occasionally benefit from a horse trainer who will reduce the horseshoe costs and training times of horses. For those who need a break from the hot temperatures, paying a visit to the ice cream truck isn’t only a delicious way to cool down but also great for boosting happiness to the farm – all players have to do is donate a bit of milk and fruit! And if all that isn’t enough, majestic fireworks above the main house let them collect even more dropped items on their farm.
A special edition of the Racing Farmer will keep the players informed on the current events every weekend. On the opening weekend, the farm will welcome the horse trainer and ice cream truck.
Kala’s contest in Goodgame Empire
Starting July 6, Goodgame Empire is all about collecting points, points, and more points! Castle lords can look forward to this exciting, month-long summer event with an Indian flair: Sultan Darsil himself will set up camp in front of the castle and herald in Kala’s contest. During this event, players can complete tasks to collect points. This gives them the chance to acquire valuable rewards such as equipment items, troops, tools, heroes, and decorative items, such as Kala’s pond.
Game of Towns: Goodgame Empire introduces alliance cities
Hamburg,
Goodgame Studios gives its 80 million+ players the biggest update of the year
Goodgame Studios, Germany’s leading developer of gaming software, has this week released the biggest update of the year for its online strategy hit, Goodgame Empire. This update grants the wishes of many players, as for the first time, players can team up with their alliances to build a metropolis of epic proportions and make this city the capital of the Great Empire. Check out this video to learn more about the update from the source.
Founding a noble house is the only prerequisite for building an alliance city. In terms of design and game mechanics, the alliance cities are completely different from all the current cities in Goodgame Empire. In the alliance city, buildings occupy set lots and thus blend in perfectly with the new picturesque scenery. Constructing buildings earns every player in the alliance valuable bonuses. Only one alliance city is allowed per alliance.
This feature focuses on not only building up the city, but also the battle for the title of royal capital. Alliance cities can only be attacked during battle periods – the first battle for the royal capital starts on June 7. The time it takes to reach an alliance city with your troops is always the same – regardless of where your castle is located on the world map. Attacks on alliance cities are anonymous, which means that even less advanced players can risk attacks without fearing the revenge of powerful alliances. The city defense is different as well. Alliances don’t station troops along their walls like usual, but rather upgrade their buildings to defend their cities. This means that even if a city has just lost a battle, its defenses remain intact and don’t need to be replaced.
Players can look forward to royal tokens and royal coins as rewards for successful attacks. With royal tokens, alliance city owners can upgrade their buildings and move up in the event rankings. The alliance that secures first place in these rankings will receive the prestigious title of royal capital for their city. This is then indicated on the map of the kingdoms. Players who don’t have their own alliance cities can also benefit from royal coins. Using this new currency, they can buy decorative items, equipment, and more in an exclusive shop.
The Strategy Games Studio, under the umbrella of Goodgame Studios, is in charge of the development of Goodgame Empire. Over 50 game designers, artists, and programmers worked several months on implementing this mega update. More content that will further expand the alliance cities is planned for the future.
Phillip Knust, head of the Strategy Games Studio, remarked: “Our goal for more than four years has been to regularly deliver new, top-quality content to ensure that our players will continue enjoying Goodgame Empire in the future. Over 80 million registered players have already claimed their thrones in the empire, and this number keeps on growing. This shows us that we’re on the right path, and we’re grateful to all our loyal fans who have taken this path with us.”
Battle of Empires – Goodgame Empire hands out 75 billion rubies in rewards
Hamburg,
The largest PvP event in the history of Goodgame Empire will see 5 million battles in one week – Winner gets a trip to Hamburg
Goodgame Studios has announced the biggest multiplayer event in the history of Goodgame Empire and Empire: Four Kingdoms – the Battle of Empires will run simultaneously on all Empire and Empire: Four Kingdoms servers around the globe from March 24 – 31.
During the event, participating players will be awarded items and bonuses valued at an incredible 75 billion rubies, and the player who emerges victorious over all others will be treated to a special reward. He or she will be invited to Goodgame Studios in Hamburg to spend a day getting to know the team.
Players will compete to collect glory in battles and in doing so help their game world to achieve up to three victory levels: bronze, silver, or gold. Every glory point won in battle takes them one step closer to reaching the next level, so perseverance on the battlefield really pays off. During the event, the number of battles fought is expected to increase from 1.75 to 5 million within one week.
The rewards for players taking part include rare units and a multitude of premium items, as well as a unique decoration that will stand as a monument to their hard work in the Battle of Empires. This decoration boosts the production of resources and troops.
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Spine-Tingling Halloween Events for Goodgame Empire and Big Farm
Hamburg,
New Units And Buildings For Fearless Players
Spooky Ghosts And Sinister Skeletons will be ready to haunt players’ screens when Goodgame Studios, Germany’s leading developer of gaming software, introduces exciting new events in its successful titles, Goodgame Empire and Goodgame Big Farm, this Halloween. All 110+ million registered players of these browser games can look forward to valuable rewards and action-packed challenges.
Goodgame Empire: Nail-biter Event
Starting on October 29, a special camp in front of the castle walls will ring in the beginning of the nail-biter event for players level 6 and higher. Until November 30, King Ludwig the Round will give players various tasks that can only be achieved by the bravest of the brave as part of this special Halloween-themed nobility content. In this event, fearless players can collect nobility points in order to rise up in the event rankings. The more successful they are, the bigger the reward they will receive at the end. Players can get their hands on fun event prizes such as bloodcurdling heroes like the Bloodsucker, creepy new equipment sets like the heirlooms of the autumn warrior, and lots more.
Experienced castle lords in the Great Empire aren’t the only ones who can look forward to rewards. Each new player who registers while the event is running will receive a Halloween welcome gift when they reach level 6. This accomplishment will unlock the dragon fountain, an exclusive decorative item, and give their troops reinforcements with powerful skeleton warriors.
Goodgame Big Farm: Trick or Treat
From today until November 1, players’ idyllic farmlands will transform into a stage for spooktacular Halloween events. Farmer George has donned his favorite wizard costume and come to the farm to ask players for help making Halloween jack o’lanterns. To do this, players have to find all kinds of hidden items like candles and pumpkins. Players can find candles while harvesting crops or in their stables and production buildings, but the search for pumpkins hidden around the farm will require a more discerning eye. The fearless collectors will be rewarded with valuable decorations like the eerie haunted castle and grinning jack o’lantern.
The twins, Jim and Jack, will also make sure that players have the choice between “trick or treat” this Halloween. To this end, they haven’t only heavily reduced the prices of their gifts and pranks in the naughty or nice event, they have also expanded their assortment to include new, bone-chilling gifts and pranks. Players can use these to give other farmers a real spook! Good souls can bless their farm friends with mysterious seeds that change harvests, thus ensuring surprises and variety in the hard worker event and cooperative championship! The new gifts and pranks can only be purchased during the Halloween event, but the player can still use them after the event is over – so it’s worth stocking up.
In addition, players can purchase two new, exclusive Halloween backgrounds from the landscape artist Frida Flower to give their farms a true spine-tingling atmosphere. A view like this is sure to leave your farm workers with goosebumps!
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