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Darkfall Comes to Light in North America on GNi's Game Optimized Hosting Platform

* On Tuesday May 26, 2009, 6:00 am EDT

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aventurine SA, a computer games developer located in Athens, Greece has expanded its relationship with GNi to host their groundbreaking game, Darkfall Online, in North America with a launch scheduled for release later this summer.

“We’re very happy with our results in Europe with GNi and we continue to add content to the game and rapidly grow the community. GNi’s network has proven to be very fast and robust, allowing us to deliver Darkfall Online in the best possible way to our customers. It is for these reasons as well as GNi’s commitment and dedication to the Darkfall Online franchise, that Aventurine selected GNi as our dedicated hosting partner in North America. We are confident that GNi will continue to deliver the world-class service and unparalleled network performance in North America that we have experienced in Europe,” said Zad Mehdawi, President of Aventurine SA.

“Aventurine has seen great growth in Europe and we are excited to have Darkfall Online running on GNi’s platform in both Europe and North America. Darkfall appeals to the serious PVP gamer looking for large-scale combat and, in turn, has a devoted player base that few other games can boast. We are happy to be selected by Aventurine to provide a dedicated hosting solution for Darkfall Online in North America. We know that there is significant demand for the game and we are ready to deploy servers for the upcoming launch,” said Derek Wise, Founder and CTO of GNi, Inc.

Darkfall Online Offers Highly Immersive Experience

Darkfall Online is a Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) fantasy role-playing game featuring a fun, fast-paced, real-time combat system, massive battles, clan warfare and empire building. Darkfall combines role-playing, action, and strategic gameplay. Darkfall has been designed to create intensely realistic and highly immersive combat and a challenging, realistic environment for a more immersive experience. With full collision detection, battle lines really matter and well-aimed spell blasts will send opponents flying. Darkfall’s goal is to provide players with a fun and challenging experience through a seamless and zoneless, non-instanced, “sandbox” game world.

Game to Be Launched by July in North America

The high demand for Darkfall has made a North American server a priority with Aventurine. The company expects the North American server, US1, to launch by July 2009.

About Aventurine and Darkfall:

Aventurine SA is an independent computer games developer located in Athens, Greece. Aventurine is fueled by passion for gaming and game technologies, which motivates and guides our activities. Aventurine’s main project is Darkfall Online, a groundbreaking MMORPG launched in February 2009. Development of the game, the technology platform, game engine, and tools began in 2003. The Darkfall team consists of thirty five veteran developers. Visit us at www.darkfallonline.com

About GNi

GNi is the leading dedicated hosting provider for online games, Software-as-a-Service, Web 2.0, and Online Digital Media. GNi’s infrastructure supports more than 12.8 million users, 425,000 concurrent connected users at peak capacity, and more than 27 titles. GNi delivers rapid scalability with uncompromised performance. GNi solutions thrive in the most demanding online environments and offer a variety of smart systems including rapid on-boarding and deployment. GNi is headquartered in San Jose, California with infrastructure facilities located across the globe. For more information please visit www.gni.com.

© 2009. GNi is a trademark of Global Netoptex, Inc.

Interesting ........

~Hairysun~

They'll need to change their web site.  To reflect whats really in game, before they launch here.

Facinating I wonder if EU1 will be completely empty by the time NA one gets off the ground?

*Takes a seat and waits for the show to start*

Does anyone else find it strange that DarkFall's own site and Forum is silent on this?  (From the Devs that is).

If they truly are opening an NA server in July (less than 2 months)... wouldn't that be worthy of at least a post on their Forums from the Devs?

Nope... I think this is more likely another taste of Aventurine's own unique brand of advertising and PR spin. 

I also believe that if they allow transfers from the EU-1 server... it will become a ghosttown.  Although perhaps then they could use it as a test server. 

This is the first time I've seen developers so stupid that, when their game fails in the EU, they open up servers in the U.S. for a second helping of Grade AAA failure.

Originally posted by xzyax

Does anyone else find it strange that DarkFall's own site and Forum is silent on this?  (From the Devs that is).

 

If they truly are opening an NA server in July (less than 2 months)... wouldn't that be worthy of at least a post on their Forums from the Devs?

 

Nope... I think this is more likely another taste of Aventurine's own unique brand of advertising and PR spin. 

I also believe that if they allow transfers from the EU-1 server... it will become a ghosttown.  Although perhaps then they could use it as a test server. 

I, too, thought this was a really odd announcement.  There hasn't been any official word from Aventurine and players post questions about an NA server on a daily basis.  I don't really know what to make of the announcement, since the EU1 server is hardly full and, of what's there, there's a significant NA population.

Yes - Aventurine should announce something, whether it refutes or supports this claim.

~Ripper

 Good, ive been pwned long enough by high ping.

Let NA war begin!

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if AV put a second server i go back to eve-online

a second server is just stupid

if they don't allow transfers from EU to US server with the amount of changes that have been made re: leveling skills and stuff. Starting as a new player on the US server would be easier/farer than a current new starter on the EU server.

On EU a number of characters still exist that used bugs/macroing/etc to level skills quickly. Many of these have now been "plugged" but no steps were taken to "normalise" the gain where as these patches will already be in place for the US server.

Maybe they will begin to make advertisment + new homepage for DF when they have a second server? Then DF will maybe be taken for a normal MMO! (lol).

I am not sure look , i found this on the web site of this company. it says nothing about july looks like someone edited it

the date for this is sep. 16 2008 but the red is change on that link but not on the site..

Aventurine to Launch New Game on GNi’s Leading Multiplayer Game Hosting Platform
GNi Selected for Convenience and Scalability
September 16, 2008
San Jose, CA

Aventurine SA, a developer located in Athens, Greece has selected GNi, a leader in infrastructure-as-a-service, to host their groundbreaking game, Darkfall Online, which is schedule for release later this year.

“True to our game development philosophy, we demand uncompromising quality for Darkfall’s hosting needs. We want it all: world class service, hardware, and bandwidth, while offering competitive pricing and terms flexibility. We also demand game industry knowledge and experience, and, more importantly a shared vision for our game and a long-term relationship. We’ve found all of this in GNi. We’re very impressed with their professionalism and their commitment to the success of Darkfall and Aventurine. We feel very confident we made the right choice and are pleased to be working with them in bringing Darkfall to our customers,” said Jade Mehdawi, CEO of Aventurine SA.

“Aventurine is a creative, energetic, quality organization and we are excited to have Darkfall Online running on our platform. The game looks great, offers compelling new experiences and freedom players don’t often see with some of the most widely played MMOs. Darkfall offers a rich variety of experiences that will appeal to MMO veterans and new players alike,” said Derek Wise, founder and CTO of GNi, Inc.
Darkfall Online Offers Highly Immersive Experience

Darkfall Online is a massive multiplayer online (MMO) fantasy role-playing game featuring a fun, fast-paced, real-time combat system, massive battles, clan warfare and empire building. Darkfall combines role-playing, action, and strategic gameplay. Darkfall has been designed to create intensely realistic and highly immersive combat and a challenging, realistic environment for a more immersive experience. With full collision detection battle lines really matter and well-aimed spell blasts will send opponents flying. Darkfall’s goal is to provide players with a fun and challenging experience through a seamless and zoneless, non-instanced, “sandbox” game world.
 

Game To Be Launched Simultaneously Across 50 Countries

With a projected usage of over ten thousand concurrent users per game world, Aventurine’s massive investment in Darkfall will pay off for players across the fifty countries where it will be launched.
About Aventurine and Darkfall:

Aventurine SA is an independent computer games developer located in Athens, Greece. Aventurine is fueled by passion for gaming and game technologies, which motivates and guides our activities. Aventurine’s main project is Darkfall Online, a groundbreaking game schedule to launch later in 2008. Development of the game, the technology platform, game engine, and tools began in 2003. The Darkfall team consists of thirty veteran developers. In August 2008, Aventurine secured a publishing deal with Audiovisual Enterprises SA for publishing and distribution of Darkfall in fifty countries.

Visit us at www.darkfallonline.com
About GNi

GNi is the leading infrastructure-as-a-service provider for online games, software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, and online digital media. GNi’s infrastructure supports more than 12.8 million users, 425,000 concurrent connected users at peak capacity, and more than 27 titles. GNi delivers rapid scalability with uncompromised performance. GNi solutions thrive in the most demanding online environments and offers variety of smart systems including rapid on-boarding and deployment. GNi is headquartered in San Jose, California with infrastructure facilities located across the globe. For more information please visit www.gni.com.

may just be bull...crap. here is the link tho, and looks like they are hosting earthrise though

http://www.gni.com/company/news/releases

But it did get released 50 Countries, right?
 

Originally posted by daarco

But it did get released 50 Countries, right?
 

HA...ha.haha.haha.HAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

Originally posted by daarco

But it did get released 50 Countries, right?
 

LOL, that is funny, what i am saying tho is this press is not on the GNI web news, and the only part that says july had been edited on the OP link..

Originally posted by daarco

But it did get released 50 Countries, right?
 

If you count what they have right now as "Released"... then it "Released" to every country... not just 50.

For instance... name a single country that DarkFall is NOT "Released" for... if we are counting their current status as "Released". 

"ground braking game"

lol

Originally posted by huxflux2004

"ground braking game"

 

lol

LOL, well the GNI web hosting was given to the hype like most at the time, but the site has nothing about this july thing. i bet they had planned to use them but either money or time they just went with one server. looks like it may be a poor joke.

Here's the official GNi press release (dated yesterday):

Linky...

~Ripper

forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php

If these news articles are true, and they appear to be true. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

I'm not sure how many players have been waiting for a NA server, and how many will transfer from EU. However I really don't see a large population on the NA server. I can see total subscriptions for NA to be about maybe 15,000 like it is now on the EU. The thing is, I'm sure most, if not all the NA players right now playing will transfer their character.

So I would guess that to be about 45% of the population moving. which would be 7200 based on 16000 players would move to NA. Now lets say for argument points that the number doubles in NA to 14,400. In EU they will have left 8800 players. Since right now there does not appear to be a huge influx of new players lets just hold that number steady. So all together there will be a total of 23,200 players. While that would be an increase over all to what they currently have. Will it be enough money coming in to sustain 2 servers?

I do think this is a bad time to announce a new server though. I would think it best to fix the problems they have now, and improve the game before considering a new server.

I do wish them luck though

I'm a little cofused.

I just looked at thier official site.
It still doesn't indicate that the game has been released, and the features list is still WAY off.

The two articles about the release of a NA server both say for people to join them at thier official site.
They are effectively advertising the game through those two articles.

Is that not false advertisement.
The site doesn't say that they are features to come.
Someone reading that article would go to the official site and think that they are getting an accurate depiction of what the game offers; they would be very wrong.

It also still says it's in beta, and no where does it direct you to anyplace you can buy the game or get an account.
Yet the president of Av makes it very clear that the game is released.  Not only does he indicate it's been released, but that they are rapidly growiing the community.  Zad Mehdawi makes some very misleading statements about the game.  They've been adding content to the game?  They've added some generic quests, and a some addition mob spawns. 

What's with the line:
Game to be launched by July in North America?
It was already launched worldwide.  I'm not really sure how they can say that it's going to be launched in July.  Was it a typo, did they mean to say NA server to be launched by july.  It's as if they are implying they had a European only launch; wich isn't true.

How exactly is GNi providing unparalleled network performance when the server bugs out during those large scale battles?

I really don't get it.  People are already complaining on the official forums that there aren't enough people in the world as is.  EU1 will become a ghost town if they open a NA server. 

Even if they did come out with A NA server in july I will still avoid this game until the cheating and customer service get under control. It wouldnt hurt if Tasos was gone too.

By reading forumfall I noticed they have a lose-lose situation if they really open a NA server. If they don't add transfers, they would be breaking a promise hurting part of their playerbase, losing them probably. If they allow transfers right away, the people who want a "fresh start" will not enjoy playing along with toons with maxed skills. Maybe the best option would be to allow transfers after 2-3 months after opening the server.

Not to mention the problem of an enormous evasion from EU-1 (not sure about how many people from NA are playing in EU-1 right now), leaving the players with a deserted server, devoid of PvP, the main attractive of the game. I would say it's a risky move.

But it's weird how they have not announced the news yet even in the news forum.

I'll believe it when i see it.