June 23, 2011 – Grey Area, the mobile game developer changing the way people interact with their friends, has launched Shadow Cities, the world’s first mobile location-based massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) across thirteen additional European countries, after its successful North American launch last month. Shadow Cities is now available and can be downloaded for free in the local Apple iTunes App stores in Spain, UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark and Norway.
Shadow Cities was released in the U.S. and Canada in May 2011 to critical acclaim after previously skyrocketing to the top downloads in Finland’s iTunes App Store. The persistent mobile MMORPG received tremendous critical reception to its North American launch, immediately becoming the “App of the Day” on top game blog Kotaku and chosen as a “Daily iPhone App” by AOL’s The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Mobile games site Gamezebo exclaimed that Shadow Cities “brilliantly blends location-based gaming with MMO standards,” while MMO enthusiast site AOL Massively affirmed that “Grey Area’s Shadow Cities redefines mobile MMORPGs and immersion.”
The experience of Shadow Cities is made possible through location based technology that creates an augmented reality and a revolutionary global arena for its players to participate in real-time, large-scale combat with friends and other gamers. Players will engage each other in epic battles around the world in their very own transformed neighborhoods and cities. Shadow Cities builds upon traditional roleplaying systems and concepts, offering a deep leveling system that allows players to customize their character by learning spells and developing attributes.
Shadow Cities is available now for free in the United States, Canada and in Spain, UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. To begin your journey as a modern-day mage in the US, please visit http://itunes.apple.com/app/shadow-cities/id387962119?mt=8. Shadow Cities is developed by the Finnish game developer Grey Area, which in 2010 raised a $2.5M Series A round of financing from an experienced syndicate of games industry investors. For more information check out http://www.shadowcities.com/, Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/shadowcities or follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/shadowcities.