July 17, 2011 – Moscow - Nival and Perfect World Entertainment announced an agreement to localize and launch the global hit massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Forsaken World, for Russia and the CIS territories. Forsaken World was developed by the same team which created Perfect World, one of the most successful MMORPGs in Russia. Nival will publish the title on its popular Russian-language gaming platform, ZZima.com. Players interested in the game’s Russian debut, which is scheduled for late 2011, can learn more at http://playfw.ru.

Forsaken World is a 3D MMORPG set against the backdrop of a fantasy world and designed to cater to the tastes of a global audience. Forsaken World delivers a deep, compelling story set in an enormous, fantastic world. Filled with easily accessible and exciting content, dynamic game mechanics, races and classes, a convenient distribution model and beautiful visuals, Forsaken World is a massive gaming experience. This is the second major partnership announced this summer for the title, as Forsaken World was also one of the first free-to-play games added to Steam, the popular digital distribution service.

“Adding Forsaken World, one of the most ambitious and exciting MMOs on the market, is a major coup for Russian gamers and Nival,” said Nival founder and president Sergey Orlovskiy. “ZZima.com is a popular and proven platform for localizing great games in Russia, making it the ideal location for millions of Russian gamers to enjoy Forsaken World.”

ZZima.com offers its users access to numerous free-to-play games, integrated support services and access to community services around the clock – all with a single sign-on system. The new, Russian-language Forsaken World website will be part of this popular gaming platform.

About Perfect World Entertainment

Perfect World Entertainment was founded in 2008 and developed several renowned projects such as Jade Dynasty, Torchlight, Battle of Immortals. Perfect World created one of the most successful MMO projects in Russia - Perfect World. Perfect World has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Seattle. For more information see http://www.pwrd.com

About Nival

Nival is a global developer and publisher of social strategy games with extensive experience in strategy game development and massively multiplayer online game publishing. Nival is headquartered in Moscow and was founded by Russian games industry veteran Sergey Orlovskiy, who currently serves as company president. With offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; Minsk, Belarus and Los Angeles, USA; Nival currently has more than 200 employees and three development studios. Nival also operates the popular Russian gaming platform, ZZima.com. For more information about Nival, please visit www.nival.com.