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In the wake of its dynamic growth, InnoGames announces it will open a new development studio on January 1. A team of industry veterans is already establishing the new studio in Düsseldorf, Germany which is planned to employ up to 50 people. The office in Hamburg will remain the companies’ headquarters. Better than expected turnover is one of the reasons for this expansion: revenue, foremost in the mobile sector, increased significantly in 2014. Especially after the very successful launch of the Forge of Empires iPad-App, with 1,5 million downloads in the first three months, added to that. It will probably not stop at this point since the iPhone-version for Forge of Empires was made available last week.

Online games developer InnoGames publishes today their September episode of InnoGames TV. The newest edition was produced during gamescom and presents the latest news on their games including Beta announcements. The newest installment rounds up the team’s work during the tradeshow, while giving viewers the opportunity to win an iPad.

Online game developer and publisher InnoGames announces the release of Thracian Conquest, a new event for its Strategic cross-platform game Grepolis. Players will be able to participate in the Thracian war and summon Hercules to lead their army in Thrace. The Event starts today and will run over the course of four weeks.

Today InnoGames released additional information on the art and graphics of its upcoming cross-platform strategy MMO Rising Generals. The game which is developed for browser, iOS and Android with Adobe Air, aims at creating a unique visual impression. A clear, moderately colorful look supports the handling of the user interface and underlines the player’s fantastic arsenal: Rising Generals features numerous laser-spouting, over-the top military vehicles – without delving into mobile game clichés of cartoonish simplicity. InnoGames released a new video elaborating on the design process. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rP9lNC3QTg

Today InnoGames announced the cross-platform strategy-MMO Rising Generals. The PvP-heavy online game is modern warfare centric, giving players access to numerous tanks, armored vehicles and dozens of deadly planes and other aircraft. Targeted at fast-paced, action-fueled sessions, the game will be playable on iOS- and Android-phones and tablets as well as on browsers. Users will be able to access the same account on all platforms. On www.risinggenerals.com, players can apply for the upcoming beta, which is scheduled for summer 2014.

In the current edition of InnoGames TV, online games Developer InnoGames presents the latest news from its popular titles and offers a glimpse behind the scenes of game developing.

Today InnoGames released additional information on the battle tactics of its online strategy game Tribal Wars 2. In Tribal Wars 2, players find themselves as leader of a small village in the midst of a medieval world. Tasked with growing and expanding their empire within a war-torn landscape, they have to fight in order to survive.Aside from the raw number of soldiers, successive waves of exactly timed attacks are crucial to victory – but players have to keep an eye on their troops’ discipline. A new video explains how the attacks work, and displays exclusive new footage from the game’s browser-, iOS- and Android-versions. The PvP-heavy game encourages its players to attack their neighbors and conquer their villages, upon which the defeated has to restart in the game world at another location with a new, basic settlement.

InnoGames just announced it would create 100 new job positions upon its upcoming relocation. Tomorrow, the online game developer and publisher will move to a new headquarters closer to thecentre of Hamburg.Following the move, InnoGames plans to use the additional office space for hiring 100 new colleagues. Until the end of the year, a total of 400 people are supposed to be developing and publishing games for the German Studio.

With Guild vs. Guild, InnoGames’ just released a massive new long time PvP feature for its successful strategic browser game Forge of Empires. From now on, the game’s guilds may participate in a large-scale battle for control and power on one persistent continent. Participating guilds need to gain and keep control of sectors by means of battle and trade and will gain rewards like recruitment or research boosts according to their success. InnoGames released a video explaining the basics of guild vs. Guild. The feature is out on all language versions.

InnoGames’ online role-playing game The West launched a Valentine’s Day event today, leading players on a hunt for hearts! With those hearts, players can unlock up to ten rewards with increasing heart requirements. The first special item to unlock is a traveling fair, with which the players can win unique item sets. Hearts can be earned via regular jobs or in duels with other players until March 2nd.As appropriate for a day of love event, players will also be rewarded for cooperative behavior. Hearts can be sent to other players via a friends bar, which will be part of a special quest line. Furthermore, all hearts collected on one world will be accumulated. The more successful the community is here, the more valuable the rewards given to them will be. Those community rewards can be items given to every single player on that world, and include things like a new questline.

InnoGames’ just released the Grepolis Heroes feature on three test markets. Along with Spanish and Brazilian players, the Dutch community will have the chance to play with the new special units before anyone else. Their feedback will be implemented in the further development of the feature, which will go live on the other markets soon. The Grepolis team also explains the feature in a recently released video.

Valentine’s Day might still be one week away, but in Innogames' online game Forge of Empires, the time of love just started today. From now until February 16, players will have the chance to master two unique quest series: The troubled couple Jack and Rose need the player’s support to survive several challenges and come to a happy end.If players manage to reunite Jack and Rose, they will be rewarded by the Tree of Love, which contributes heavily to the happiness of cities’ inhabitants. If players are already proud owners of such a valuable tree from last Valentine’s Day, they receive an updated and bigger version of it. As a bonus, two new avatars await the successful cupids.