Allods Online North American Closed Beta Begins

November 12, 2009

Moscow, Russia & Sunnyvale, CA — November 10th, 2009 — Astrum Nival, a leading Russian game developer, and Gala-Net, Inc., a major free-to-play online game publisher, announced today that the first North American closed beta test for Allods Online has begun.

Allods Online is an award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the internationally popular Rage of Mages property.  It takes place in a unique universe combining traditional fantasy with a science fiction twist.  The embattled planet Sarnaut has broken into mysterious islands and continents.  Called allods, they now float in the Astral, a constantly changing, dangerous magical space with a life of its own and many great unknowns, including the lurking presence of Astral Daemons. 

With two mighty factions at war, six races, eight archetypes, 28 classes, hundreds of skills, and over 1,500 quests, Allods Online is a fully-featured MMORPG that is set to win the hearts of gamers worldwide by supporting an exceptional variety of play styles.  The game offers a tremendous amount and variety of content including intense PvP and PvE combat on land, epic battles between astral ships and their crews, raids, instances, pets, a crafting system designed as a mini-game, grand opportunities for exploration, deep character development, plenty of social interaction, and more.

"This beta test represents an important milestone," stated Dmitry Devishev, CEO, Astrum Nival.  Allods Online has already proven its high quality in the Russian market, where our commercial launch has already been a great success.  We know that Gala-Net's leadership and experience will allow our partnership to deliver the best possible experience to North American players as well."

"We are very excited about collaborating with Astrum Nival to bring Allods Online to North America," commented Jikhan Jung, CEO, Gala-Net, Inc.  "Our companies are working together diligently, and both our companies are confident that the millions who make up the gPotato community will be enthralled by the game's unique universe, its compelling range of features, and its comprehensive range of gameplay and content."

Users can sign up for the closed beta at http://allods.gpotato.com

About Allods Online
Allods Online is a free to play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Astrum Nival. Based on the popular Allods series of games (known internationally as Rage of Mages) and featuring eight playable character classes, six races and an expansive and compelling world, it is set to win the hearts of gamers worldwide. The title's unique setting combines a traditional fantasy MMORPG experience with a new science fiction twist, featuring magical islands called allods that float in the living substance known as the Astral. With fierce player versus player and player versus environment combat plus epic battles between Astral ships, Allods Online was acknowledged as the Best Game 2009 and Best Online Game 2008 by Russian Game Development Conference (KRI), where it also received the Audience Choice Award 2008.  Additional information is available at www.allods.com.

About Astrum Nival
Astrum Nival is the leading developer and operator of free to play client-based online games in the Russian Federation and the CIS. The company develops rich online worlds full of epic adventures, challenges and fun for international audiences. Allods Online, the epic MMORPG continuation of the globally acclaimed Allods series (known internationally as Rage of Mages), developed by Astrum Nival has been recently launched in Russia and the CIS. Astrum Nival is the exclusive operator in this territory of Perfect World, ZT Online, Granado Espada, and Pirate King Online (branded locally as Piratia™). Founded in 2006, Astrum Nival is headquartered in Moscow, with development studios in Moscow and Voronezh, Russian Federation. Additional information is available at www.astrumnival.com.

About Gala-Net
Founded in 2004, Gala-Net, Inc., together with its European subsidiary, Gala Networks Europe, is a leader in the thriving western free to play online games market.  Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company's diverse service portfolio includes Allods, Flyff, Rappelz, Tales Runner, Luna, Aika and more.  Through the gPotato game portal (http://www.gpotato.com), gamers can play any of these for free, as well as buy in-game currency and virtual items.

Contact
Aiman Seksembaeva
+7 495 221 2009
info@astrumnival.com