Unique Distribution Agreement with RealNetworks Opens up English-Speaking Market for Clusterball.
Daydream announced today that it became the exclusive electronic distributor for the English-language version of the online game, Clusterball.
RealNetworks is the recognized leader in media delivery on the Internet, with over 160 million unique registered users of RealPlayer® and over 50 million unique registered users of RealJukebox®.
In addition to offering and marketing downloads of Clusterball via its websites, RealNetworks will also sell complete games packages and extra "Venues" to visitors.
Since Clusterball debuted on the Internet in July, more than 200,000 players have played the game online, although the company chose to wait before conducting any marketing. Through its global agreement with RealNetworks for electronic distribution, Daydream anticipates being able to quickly reach avery large number of global Clusterball users.
"Electronic distribution of PC games on the Internet is emerging as an incredible new business opportunity for game developers and publishers," said Andrew Wright, general manager, RealNetworks, Inc. "We are excited to be working with a top tier game developer like Daydream Software producing hot new games specifically tailored for our site and business models."
"We believe that Clusterball has substantial possibilities to become a major success in the US, as a result of such factors as the games declared message of non-violence, that it can be downloaded simply over the Internet, played online and has a strong game concept, which is important for reaching a broad American market," said Leif Danielsson, President Daydream Software. "It is extremely valuable for us to have access to the experience of distribution over the Internet that RealNetworks has built up as one of the world´s leading software distributors."
Daydream already has an agreement with Infomedia Software Publishing GmbH, which is one of Germany's leading distributors of Interactive media. Under this agreement, Infomedia will publish and distribute Clusterball in the German-speaking market, which is Europe´s largest for interactive games. Through the agreement with RealNetworks, Daydream gains strong distribution channels in both the English-speaking and German-speaking markets.
Daydream develops interactive entertainment, innovative technologies and services which can be experienced, distributed and paid for via the Internet and other digital media. Daydream is comprised of the subsidiaries Daydream Technology, Daydream Entertainment and Daydream Ventures. Daydream Software AB is listed on the O List of the OM Stockholm Exchange.
In addition to offering and marketing downloads of Clusterball via its websites, RealNetworks will also sell complete games packages and extra "Venues" to visitors.
Since Clusterball debuted on the Internet in July, more than 200,000 players have played the game online, although the company chose to wait before conducting any marketing. Through its global agreement with RealNetworks for electronic distribution, Daydream anticipates being able to quickly reach avery large number of global Clusterball users.
"Electronic distribution of PC games on the Internet is emerging as an incredible new business opportunity for game developers and publishers," said Andrew Wright, general manager, RealNetworks, Inc. "We are excited to be working with a top tier game developer like Daydream Software producing hot new games specifically tailored for our site and business models."
"We believe that Clusterball has substantial possibilities to become a major success in the US, as a result of such factors as the games declared message of non-violence, that it can be downloaded simply over the Internet, played online and has a strong game concept, which is important for reaching a broad American market," said Leif Danielsson, President Daydream Software. "It is extremely valuable for us to have access to the experience of distribution over the Internet that RealNetworks has built up as one of the world´s leading software distributors."
Daydream already has an agreement with Infomedia Software Publishing GmbH, which is one of Germany's leading distributors of Interactive media. Under this agreement, Infomedia will publish and distribute Clusterball in the German-speaking market, which is Europe´s largest for interactive games. Through the agreement with RealNetworks, Daydream gains strong distribution channels in both the English-speaking and German-speaking markets.
Daydream develops interactive entertainment, innovative technologies and services which can be experienced, distributed and paid for via the Internet and other digital media. Daydream is comprised of the subsidiaries Daydream Technology, Daydream Entertainment and Daydream Ventures. Daydream Software AB is listed on the O List of the OM Stockholm Exchange.