BioWare has announced that they have licensed Perpetual Entertainment's online technology platform for use in their upcoming and as-of-yet unnamed MMO project. BioWare first announced the foundation of their Austin studios for creation of said MMO back in March of last year, and not much has been heard on the subject since. Perpetual Entertainment is the development studio behind Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising and Star Trek Online, and their online platform will serve as the backbone of BioWare's mysterious project. Adopting the platform basically shaves a great deal of development time off the project, incorporating tools for everything from player management to billing to load balancing. So BioWare has the online structure as well as the Simultronics HeroEngine as the 3D game engine. Perhaps now they can get around to telling us what the hell the game will be about before we go insane.

BIOWARE CORP. LICENSES PERPETUAL ENTERTAINMENT'S ONLINE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR UPCOMING MMO GAME

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 19, 2007 - Perpetual Entertainment announced today that BioWare's Austin studio has licensed Perpetual's online technology platform for an upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) title. The agreement gives BioWare the platform to deploy and support its online titles utilizing Perpetual's industry-leading technology for online game operations, deployment, infrastructure development and community support.

"We evaluated numerous technology solutions to serve as the service backbone of our first MMO title and feel Perpetual's online platform is the best fit," said Gordon Walton, Co-Studio Director of BioWare Austin. "The Perpetual team has years of experience building infrastructure and tools for online games and we are thrilled to be working with them."

"BioWare is one of the leading developers of AAA games in the world and we know they will find the Perpetual platform provides both the functionality and ease-of-use they are looking for to support their upcoming title," said Joseph Keene, Co-Chairman and CEO, Perpetual Entertainment, Inc. "With the Perpetual platform, BioWare's Austin studio can focus on making great games while minimizing the time and effort required to deploy and support their titles."

The Perpetual online platform provides a technology backbone of modules necessary to deploy and operate any modern online game, as well as a collection of in-game features and services. Incorporating tools for player management, billing, customer relationship management, game feature extension, load-balancing, lobby servicing, patching and community management, the Perpetual online platform gives developers and publishers the tools to bring the next generation of online games to market faster, and with lower technological and logistical restrictions.

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