[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]
EVERETT, Wash.--March 15, 2013-- GameSamba is
celebrating spring with an exciting lineup of events and
announcements! Beginning tomorrow, players in both Remnant Knights
and Champions of Regnum can participate in the Harlem Shake Video
Contest by gathering their friends to create an in-game video of
the hottest viral dance craze. Next week, Remnant Knights fans will
be marking the first day of spring with an Alien Abduction Festival
starting March 20
th. The company also announced a new Remnant Knights
Launcher that allows players to launch the game outside of their
browsers.
Gather your clubbies and clannies, it's time to Shake! The
global dance phenomenon has come to Remnant Knights and Champions
of Regnum. Between March 15
th and 29
th, record a video in-game of you and your friends doing
the
Harlem Shake and upload it to YouTube. To help
players properly suit up with premium shop items for their video
wildness, Remnant Knights players will get 300 free sambas and
Champions of Regnum players will see significant shop discounts.
One winning video will be selected from each game, plus one winner
that features both games in the same video. For more information
and contest rules, check out
http://remnantknights.gamesamba.com/current_events.html
While most other MMOs will have players hunting down leprechauns
this month, things will get downright otherworldly in Remnant
Knights when the community observes
Alien Abduction
Day by kicking off a weeklong event running from March 20
th through the 28
th. Aliens have invaded Kasmari, and it's up to the
players to collect as many as possible and turn them in for prizes
that are out of this world. Visit the new NPC Saturn located in
your school courtyard for your marching orders, and checkout the
Alien Abduction
Festival
info page. This event marks the start of Remnant Knights support
of non-traditional events throughout the year instead of more
predictable holidays. Stay tuned for details of more unique
upcoming events, including World Penguin Day and Amelia Earhart Day
that can only be found in RK.
Remnant Knights players can now download the
RK Launcher (less than 400kb file) that provides
another way to access the cloud based game. Rather than having to
visit remnantknights.com in their browser to login and play,
players can click a desktop icon and launch the game via the
RK Launcher to provide an experience players are accustomed to with
most client games. You can also still play via browser any time as
well. To download the new RK Launcher, visit the website at:
http://remnantknights.gamesamba.com/getting-started/RK-Launcher.html
ABOUT GAMESAMBA
GameSamba is an exclusive publisher of online free to play games
including
Remnant Knights
(converted to Cloud game in Feb),
Champions of
Regnum (launched on Steam in Feb), and
JollyGrim (open
Beta coming soon). Headquartered in Everett, Washington, GameSamba
is an energetic startup that has built a diverse team of industry
veterans committed to creating innovative online gaming
experiences. The company recently formed a strategic alliance
with
FUNimation
Entertainment, a leader in bringing the best of Japanese Anime
to North America. Visit
www.gamesamba.com
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