Bigpoint and Unity Pit Online Gamers Against Smart Phone Gamers as They Debut the First Ever Technical Demo of Real-Time Cross-Platform Online Gaming

Online Games Developer and Game Engine Company to Demonstrate How They Will Tear Down Platform Barriers at Game Developers Conference 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2010 - Bigpoint, the global market leader in Browser MMOs, today announced that
it will be demonstrating the next generation of browser based games and the
future of multiplayer gaming with a multiplatform technical demo, codenamed
Uniter, that illustrates how multiplayer gaming can be achieved across
multiple platforms like smart phones and PCs.

Leveraging Unity, Bigpoint can develop games for browser, console or
smart phones with the goal of creating a truly open gaming platform. Bigpoint
is currently working on other different Unity projects, the first technical
demonstration of them (codename "Uniter") will be presented at the GDC. The
Uniter technology will be demonstrated with the help of a racing game that
shows how Unity allows Bigpoint to develop games that are completely
synchronous, so the players can compete and interact in real-time on multiple
platforms. This is the first time that cross-platform gaming has been
realized in this form and will provide the industry with a first look at the
future of gaming. A Bigpoint user will be able to play the same character in
the game on different platforms. Which means that you can start in the
morning on your PC, pick up the same game exactly where you left off on the
bus using your smart phone and after that at home on your console. It will be
always the same game and the same character.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THE FULL RELEASE,
GRAPHICAL MATERIAL AND INFORMATION ABOUT BIGPOINT AND THE OTHER COMPANIES
INVOLVED

ftp://ftp-private-pub.bigpoint.net

Username: press_gdc

Password: gdc

    Contact:
    Bigpoint GmbH
    Janine Griffel
    Head of PR
    Tel.: +49-(0)40-881413-163
    Fax: +49-(0)40-881413-7163
    E-Mail: j.griffel@bigpoint.net
    or
    Bigpoint GmbH
    René Hamann
    Product PR Manager
    Tel.: +49-(0)40-881413-183
    Fax: +49-(0)40-881413-7183
    E-Mail: r.hamann@bigpoint.net

Contact: Bigpoint GmbH, Janine Griffel, Head of PR, Tel.: +49-(0)40-881413-163, Fax: +49-(0)40-881413-7163, E-Mail: j.griffel at bigpoint.net, or Bigpoint GmbH, René Hamann, Product PR Manager, Tel.: +49-(0)40-881413-183, Fax: +49-(0)40-881413-7183, E-Mail: r.hamann at bigpoint.net