InnoGames Announces Kartuga Challenge!

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InnoGames has announced that they are holding a contest in November to launch their brand new Unity 3D based browser game Kartuga! The contest will be held on Saturday, 24th of November, from 14.00 to 18.00 local time in the InnoGames headquarters offices in Hamburg, Germany. Sixteen contest winners will be chosen from entries received via the Kartuga Blog sign up form! The winners will compete in a head to head high seas battle with several rounds, the winners will recive several prizes such as iPads, iPhones and iPods. In addition to being among the first to try the full version of the game, which is currently in Alpha, the lucky winners will also be reimbursed 250 € in expenses, and also have the opportunity to meet the makers of Kartuga – Game Designer Philipp, and the Producers Florian and Tobias!

I don't recall any game company offering a promotion quite like this before, it's probably really only feasible for European gamers, but I believe the contest is open to everyone worldwide. You can find out more over at InnoGames development Blog, and there is a bit more information in the press release below!

Hamburg, October 4, 2012. InnoGames unveils the 3D pirate browser game – Kartuga – for the first time, to a small selection of players, on November 24. The Kartuga Alpha, organized by the game’s developer will take place in Hamburg, at the company’s headquarters. Sixteen gamers will be invited to compete in a Kartuga high-seas battle with several rounds. Three winners will be then chosen to receive prizes as such as iPads, iPhones and iPods.

By organizing the event, InnoGames plans to give exclusive insight into the game, which is currently still in alpha phase, for a lucky group of enthusiasts. Players will be given up to 250 EUR for travel expenses, making it possible for participants to jet off to the beautiful German city for a day of fun. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet and chat with the makers of Kartuga. To register for the upcoming lottery, players can apply until the 14 th of October via the Kartuga blog.

Hamburg developer-studio Ticking bomb Games designed the action-packed MMOG. The game is based on Unity 3D and places a strong focus on cooperative PvP with various role-playing elements. In Kartuga, players choose one of three ship types to improve and expand through a series of quest and missions. The official launch is scheduled for the first quarter of 2013. The first graphic of a lead character, the Engineer, is now published on the Kartuga homepage.

With about 90 million registered players, InnoGames is one of the world's leading developers and providers of online games. The Hamburg-based company has scored major successes with games such as Tribal Wars, Grepolis and Forge of Empires .