Nival Network Partners with Rambler

January 26, 2010

Nival Network is pleased to announce the signing of a partnership agreement with Rambler Media. Leaders in their respective fields, the two companies have taken a major step forward by making it possible for registered Rambler.ru users to enter Nival Network’s games through their Rambler accounts.

Rambler is one of the leading search engines, mail services, news resources and entertainment portals in the Russian segment of the Internet. Providing an entry point to Nival Network’s games will significantly broaden and strengthen the selection available to its users in this rapidly expanding area. Rambler users can now play Shaiya: Light and Darkness at http://shaiya.rambler.ru without the inconvenience of registering again and access to Nival Network's full portfolio is in progress.

Shaiya is an internationally popular MMORPG with hundreds of thousands of fans in more than 10 countries. The partnership between Rambler and Nival Network will add even more players from Russia and the CIS. They will experience an epic saga about the conflict between Alliance of Light and the Union of Fury in the fantasy world of Theos. The rich story within this magical realm makes everyone part of a grand war, supported by gods themselves. Massive PvP-battles and the need to fight for the blessing of the faction's respective deities give the game a unique identity and flavor.

"Rambler possesses exceptional experience and expertise in the online space, and Nival successfully operates a selection of online games that suit many different types of players. Now, we are combining our efforts so its users can discover new worlds and possibilities," stated Ilya Karpinsky, CEO of Nival Network.

"Nival and Rambler are contemporaries in today's high-tech world of communications and entertainment technologies. The fact our paths finally intersected is a landmark event, one that may have been predestined. I am confident our close cooperation will achieve our primary mutual objective of offering Russian Internet users a full range of the most advanced and interesting services. Starting with Shaiya, we will introduce our users to a number of games in Q1 2010," said Artyom Chukanov, director of entertainment services of Rambler.
 
About Rambler
Rambler Media is a diversified Russian media and services group that includes leading online resources such as the Rambler.ru Internet portal and search engine, online news portal Lenta.ru, product comparison website Price.ru, websites rating classifier Rambler Top 100, instant messaging service Rambler-ICQ, and contextual advertising company Begun.

About Nival Network
Nival Network is a leading developer, publisher and operator of free to play online games in Russia and the former USSR countries, and of a leading Russian online gaming and social networking portal, www.ZZima.com. The company's portfolio includes such diverse titles as MMORPGs Dragonica, Shaiya: Light and Darkness, Cabal Online and Conquer Online, multiplayer racer Level-R, browser-based strategy game Khan Wars and music title RockFree. Established in September 2008, Nival Network also owns development studios in Moscow (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus).

About Shaiya: Light and Darkness
Shaiya: Light and Darkness is a free to play MMORPG with enormous PvP-battles that involve up to 1,500 players on each side. Guild wars, arena duels, smuggling and exploring cavernous dungeons – the game offers huge scope for players to prove themselves in a variety of ways. More information is available at http://shaiya.rambler.ru.