eRepublik Labs Releases First Online Strategy Game
Players Work Together as Nations to Create the Strongest Economy
SAN FRANCISCO and DUBLIN, Ireland/PRNewswire/ -- eRepublik
Labs today announced the public availability of the first massively
multiplayer online strategy game. The game, called eRepublik, is set in
a mirror world where players, referred to as citizens, join in local
and national politics, set economic policy, start businesses and wage
wars with other countries. With more than 35,000 active daily
"citizens" playing the beta version of eRepublik, this new release
delivers an improved war module that lets citizens stage resistance
wars and more sophisticated political and economic systems that include
the management of natural resources. Version 1.0 is immediately
available free of charge with no software to download.
"A lot of companies think they are going to take over the world;
eRepublik allows you to, virtually," said Carla Thompson, senior
analyst of Guidewire Group. "eRepublik has combined our favorite
aspects of strategy games like Risk and Civilization and placed them in
the social context of a massive multiplayer game. Countries rise and
fall as they wage war, allocate resources and fund economies. It will
be interesting to watch how the game resonates with players around the
world and how those users will influence the evolution of a truly
intriguing concept."
The game is designed to take just 15 minutes per day to maintain an
active citizen. eRepublik estimates that over 90% of the content in the
game has been created by citizens, including thousands of newspapers,
hundreds of political parties, and more than 2,900 companies that
employ over 23,000 citizens. Citizens also provide national defense as
soldiers and set foreign policy as presidents, congressmen and leaders
of political parties.
Version 1.0 of the game builds on popular features including:
-- Resistance wars - countries that have been taken over or occupied
can now stage resistance wars against the aggressing country
-- Raw materials - countries will now be able to exploit and trade raw materials such as oil, wood, grain and diamonds
-- Embargoes - presidents will be able to set economic embargoes against countries
-- Minimized corruption - a new system that reduces the ability of presidents to steal the assets of countries
-- New tools for Congress - ability to propose and debate laws and impeach the president
-- Improved media section - a completely new media section that allows media owners to better reach their subscribers
"Whether it's running a company or running a country, everyone has
had the thought 'I could do that better'," said Alexis Bonte, CEO of
eRepublik. "eRepublik allows people to pursue their dreams of
dominating the world, feeding the hungry or creating peace in the
Middle East. It's all possible in eRepublik."
For a complete list of features available in version 1.0, please visit http://wiki.erepublik.com/.
The beta version of eRepublik, launched just under one year ago, has
attracted worldwide interest. Most of eRepublik's citizens come from
Sweden, Spain, the United States, Norway, Romania, Portugal, Indonesia,
the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands.
To join eRepublik visit http://www.erepublik.com/. It's free and there's no software required.
About eRepublik Labs
Founded in 2007, eRepublik is the first massively multiplayer online
game from eRepublik Labs, a game developer based in Dublin, Ireland.
Based in the mirror world eRepublik citizens run countries, build
businesses, lead political parties, volunteer for the military and
write newspapers in the new world of eRepublik. At the launch of V1,
eRepublik has more than 100,000 registered users and 35,000 active
daily players. eRepublik Labs has received euro 750,000 in funding from
AGF Private Equity and has offices in Spain, Romania, France and the
U.S.
Source: eRepublik
CONTACT: Erica Lee of StrategicLee, Inc., +1-415-831-0181,
erica@strategiclee.com, for eRepublik
Web site:
http://www.erepublik.com/
http://wiki.erepublik.com/