Out Now! goalunited – The Next Generation Online Football Manager Game

News by GamesIndustry International Contributor

Published on Feb. 26, 2007

PRESS INFORMATION

The online games developer Northworks Software GmbH and the online games publisher gamigo AG announced the launch of the online football (soccer) manager game "goalunited" ( http://www.goalunited.co.uk) in english speaking countries today.

"goalunited" ( http://www.goalunited.co.uk) is a free web based football manager game. Players get the chance to manage their own unique and personalized club, to compete against other managers' teams in their league, to climb up the table and to fight for the title. Through smart selection and enduring training, teams stay fit and develop the best tactics. Spectacular victories and the signing of the right sponsors allow players to build up enough support for the Beckham's and Figo's of tomorrow.

In the English version gamigo and Northworks include 14 completely new leagues. In addition to English speaking countries like England, Wales, Scottland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Oceania, USA and Canada, leagues for Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands have been created. Everything is prepared to continue the global rollout of this next generation football manager game aimed at attracting soccer enthusiasts and manager game addicts. "goalunited" ( http://www.goalunited.co.uk) is also available in Spanish, Portugese and German. More languages are planned to be released later this year.

The graphical quality ("Gold Award" at the Galaxy News Browser Games of the Year Contest) and the feeling of the game is comparable with full price console- and PC-games. "goalunited" ( http://www.goalunited.co.uk) can be played everywhere and at anytime, all over the world. All that is needed to play the game is a standard Internet Browser (like I.E. or Mozilla Firefox) and the obligatory Macromedia Flash Plug-In. Registration through the official website ( http://www.goalunited.co.uk) is easy, fast and free. After approval of their teams, players start playing immediately - no extensive installation is required.

1st come 1st serve

In early January "goalunited" had its "kick-off" in south- and middle America, launching leagues for Argentina, Brasil, Chile and a dozen more Spanish and Portugese speaking countries. The registration for the English version ( http://www.goalunited.co.uk) is open from today and the leagues will start within a week. The earlier players register their club, the higher they are placed within the league-system.

To date, more than 80.000 spare-time-managers have already signed up on this fast growing online football manager game. The launch of the Spanish and English versions means that "goalunited" is poised to become a global phenomenon with over 250.000 teams by December.

"goalunited" ( http://www.goalunited.co.uk) is our boom-title of the year 2007. Due to the great response during and after the World Championship in Germany, we had a tremendously successful launch. With the new language version and the international expansion we anticipate that we will welcome player number 250.000 with a free lifetime premium account this year", said Rolf Klöppel, Executive Board of gamigo AG.

"With the launch of "goalunited" in the English speaking countries, we provide a lot of football maniacs with the chance to demonstrate their expert knowledge and management skills in a real international competition. Coming together with our partner gamigo, sets a milestone for the future internationalization of our game", said Thomas Lehr, Managing Director of Northworks Software GmbH.

Further Information:

gamigo AG

Rolf Klöppel

Butterstraße

D-48431 Rheine

Phone: +49 5971 899 06 18

Fax: +49 5971 899 06 11

Email: partner@gamigo.com

http://www.gamigo.de

Northworks Software GmbH

Thomas Lehr

13 Ruhrstraße 49