northworks Software GmbH - Ballersunited Germany’s “Browser Game of the Year 2008”

Store this angel in big sizeNorthworks’ online basketball administrator called “Best Sports Game” by German online annual GalaxyNews

Hamburg, 24 February 2009: It has been annihilation abbreviate of a absolute alpha for Hamburg-based northworks Software GmbH’s additional release. A simple three weeks afterwards its bazaar launch, the new basketball administrator “Ballersunited” was already accustomed as the “Best Sports Game” in the “Browser Game of the Year 2008” accolade antagonism captivated by the online magazine, GalaxyNews. The pre-market adaptation abandoned assertive the able anticipation console that “the developers at northworks are demonstrating what a sports bold should attending like. The abstraction – simple acceptance to a bold with abundant abyss – is appropriate on the mark.” The aggregation is about to accomplish its attendance accepted on the absolute arena field, as well: northworks is acknowledging the TOP 4 clash appointed for February 28 and March 1, 2009 at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena. The cup final of the German civic basketball alliance is the basketball highlight of the year.

“Winning the accolade for ‘Best Sports Game 2008’ makes us actual proud,” says northworks’ managing director, Sascha Kaddatz. “It is a absurd acknowledgment of our harder work, and we are actual blessed that the aftereffect to our aboriginal release, ‘Goalunited’, is such a able contender.” Since its addition in September 2006, Northworks Software GmbH’s football administration simulation bold has won several awards and has become a admired for added than a actor players in 15 languages. With an even college akin of above and added anxiety than its ‘big brother’, Ballersunited has so far admiring some 25,000 players.

In all, 5 browser-based amateur were nominated in the Sports category: Ballersunited from northworks, Football Arena from Axiss, Konterstark from Kontertaktik, Smashdown from mindvent and Top League from aitainment. Northworks denticulate with its aggregate of astute basketball administration and appropriate trading agenda game. The anticipation panel, which aswell included experts from assorted gaming magazines, was afflicted by the all-embracing accomplishing and by how able-bodied the affair translates into the gaming experience.

But not just the board were taken – even absolute basketball pros are aflame about the game. Former civic alliance brilliant and all-embracing player, Marvin Willoughby, recommends Ballersunited for trainees, back the online basketball administrator can advise them assertive things about real-life matches.

The accurateness to absoluteness will aswell be underscored by northworks’ actualization as one of the sponsors of the TOP 4 cup finals of the German civic basketball alliance on February 28 and March 1. With four top teams angry for the coveted basketball alliance bays at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena, the bold developers will be in the antechamber presenting strategies and approach for the basic arena field. As Sascha Kaddatz puts it, “the BBL TOP Four cup final in Hamburg is one of the hottest basketball contest in Germany. We are accustomed to be a allotment of those acknowledging it and can’t delay for the finals!”

Additional Information, Screenshots and Images
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About northworks
Established in Hamburg in 2006, northworks develops and operates browser-based computer amateur that bout the above of PC and animate games. The three aggregation founders, Sascha Kaddatz, Thomas Lehr und Axel Würthele, arch a aggregation that currently consists of 13 agents associates and 67 freelance association supporters. Northworks Software GmbH’s aboriginal release, “Goalunited”, has already admiring added than 1,000,000 players about the apple and is accessible in 15 languages. The online football administrator bold has garnered a amount of awards, such as “Best Browser-Based Game 2007” (gdynamite), “Best Graphics 2007” (GalaxyNews), First Runner-Up “Hamburg@work Games Award 2005” and First Runner-Up “Best German Sports Game” (Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2007). In February 2009, northworks launched “Ballersunited”, which was called “Browser Game of the Year 2008” in the sports chic by German magazine, GalaxyNews. Prototype development for the browser-based basketball administrator bold was accurate by Gamecity Hamburg. Seed costs for the aggregation is provided by DuMont Venture Holding GmbH & Co. KG and High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH.

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22761 Hamburg
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