4Story now in Beta

The Kalydo powered version of fantasy MMORPG 4Story, published by Gameforge, is now in beta at www.4story.net. Play this 1.4 gigabyte game in a minute, directly in your browser. Waiting for a big download and installation to play this game belongs to the past...

Choose your side and charge into sweeping battles for important strongholds with a countless amount of other players. Plunge into a fantastic adventure with your friends and discover many quests and exciting journeys through time all the while learning more of the land's background story. Investigate dungeons full of secrets, defeat dangerous monsters and uncover legendary treasures. The fate of Iberia lies in your hands!

About Gameforge
Gameforge is Europe's leading provider of online games. The company - based in Karlsruhe, Germany - currently offers 20 games in more than 50 languages and has more than 300 million registered users world-wide. Their portfolio includes two types of games: Client-based massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), including Europe's most successful MMO, Metin2, as well as 4Story and the European version of Wizard101; and top-quality browser-based games such as the award-winning Ikariam, OGame, and the upcoming Star Trek - Infinite Space. Gameforge currently has approximately 500 employees at their headquarters in Karlsruhe. In 2010, Gameforge won the "TOP JOB - Employer of the Year" award and was named one of Germany's best employers in 2010 by the Great Place to Work® Institute.

For more information, please visit http://press.gameforge.com.

About Kalydo
Kalydo a leading world class browser game technology provider. Kalydo works with any game technology and provides developers and publishers a durable platform with the tools they need for business efficiency. With Kalydo you can provide a frictionless gaming experience to gamers around the world.

Kalydo works with companies such as Frogster, Shanda Games, Gameforge, Gravity and Barunson. Kalydo powered games include 4Story, Godswar Online, Conquer Online and Runes of Magic.

Gameforge and Kalydo announce 4Story MMORPG for the browser

Karlsruhe – 15-08-2011 – Gameforge, one of Europe’s leading publishers of online games has announced the new major version of MMORPG 4Story will run in the browser using the Kalydo Platform. Gamers will be able to play the game within a minute, directly in the browser.

Using Kalydo’s scalable cloud game platform, the 1,3 gigabyte large 4Story game runs directly from the browser, without the need of a large download and installation. In addition players are able to login easily with their Facebook account. The browser version of 4Story is the exact same game as the downloadable client, with the same graphic quality (Fullscreen play) and content.

Both Gameforge and Kalydo will be showing 4Story running in the browser at GamesCom 2011, which takes place this week in Cologne, Germany.

“We are excited working with Gameforge, they understand games like no other and understand the huge potential of high quality browser gaming.” says Doki Tops, CEO at Kalydo.

Visit Kalydo at GamesCom in Hall 4.2, aisle F, nr. 0.30 between Tuesday 17-88 and Saturday 20-08.

About Kalydo www.kalydo.com
Kalydo is a leading browser game middleware solution which enables playing games, based on any game technology, directly from every browser and social network. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games takes away traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. Kalydo decreases distribution costs while increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenues. Games can now be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a fantastic gaming experience from anywhere in the world.

Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched a beta version of their platform in 2007 before going commercially live in 2009. Since then Kalydo has become the number one browser game technology provider for successful games such as Godswar Online, Runes of Magic and OnGolf. Kalydo partners include Gameforge, Frogster, Shanda Games, Gravity, ChangYou, Netdragon and IGG.

About Gameforge www.gameforge.com
Gameforge is the largest independent global provider of online games. Located in Karlsruhe, Germany, Gameforge offers 15 games in more than 50 languages and has more than 200 million registered users worldwide. The Gameforge portfolio includesMetin2, the largest massively multiplayer online game in Europe, and other popular games such as OGame, Ikariam, Gates of Andaron, or Gladiatus.
The Gameforge portal, Gameforge.com, integrates all Gameforge games in a comprehensive community network. Gameforge has won numerous awards, including "Technology Pioneer 2009" from the World Economic Forum and "Entrepreneur of the Year 2008." Ikariam won the German Computer Game Award 2009 in the "Best Browser Game" category. In 2010, Gameforge was awarded "TOP JOB Employer of the Year" and titled one of the best employers of 2010 by the Great Place to Work® Institute Germany.

For more information about the company, please visit: http://corporate.gameforge.com/
For more information about our games, please visit: http://www.gameforge.com/

Gravity partners with Kalydo

Kalydo today announced they've partnered with Gravity games to bring their succesful client games to the browser.

Gravity is a world renowned leader in online game publishing and operates Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) for the North American casual and hardcore gaming markets. The company's flagship title, Ragnarok Online, has over three (3) million North American subscribers (about 50 million subscribers worldwide) and has been joined by other Gravity Interactive titles such as Dragon Saga, Requiem: Memento Mori, and ROSE Online.

"We are excited to work with Gravity. With our combined expertise and Kalydo's cloud based browser game platform, Gravity will be able to reach a big new market and introduce more players to their games." adds Doki Tops, CEO at Kalydo.

In addition to Gravity, CEO Doki Tops confirmed more partners and games will be announced shortly.

Kalydo at ChinaJoy 2011
Kalydo will be attending the ChinaJoy convention 2011. Interested in meeting with Kalydo at ChinaJoy? Let us know at sales@kalydo.com