Regensburg. Oct 20, 2005 -- Now available world wide: The German developer CipSoft has recently published the first-ever massive multiplayer online role-playing game for mobile phones. Owners of Series60/Symbian phones from all over the world can now download free demo versions at www.tibiame.com or at the wap-site wap.tibiame.com.

In TibiaME, hundreds of users can chat and interact with each other in real-time. Players will fight many different creatures and do challenging missions, many of which can only be solved by teams. Just like with established MMORPGs, players can improve their game characters' attributes and equipment. The game world is huge, offering a wide range of different areas. It is even possible to travel to other continents by ship!

The handling of the game is simple and intuitive, and unlike many other MMORPGs, players do not need to read a complex manual before setting out. Currently, the full spectrum of series 60/Symbian mobile phones is supported. A Java version will follow shortly.

Unlike with most other MMORPGs, no fixed fee is charged for playing TibiaME at the moment. All that players need to pay for is the one-time fee to download the "Gold" version as well as any traffic fees charged by the respective mobile network operators to connect to the game server.

As with regular well-known MMORPGs played on personal computers, the TibiaME game program (“client“) connects to a central server which processes all player actions as well as the assignment of „quests", i.e. missions. Information is simultaneously sent to all clients to make sure players can see each other and interact in real-time. The response times, which are often quite long on mobile phone networks, are significantly reduced by employing a special method, thus allowing fluent, lag-free gameplay. Data traffic between the phone and the game server is reduced to a minimum in order to keep traffic costs as low as possible.

The “Gold“ version is available at Handango.com, Clickgamer.com and other selected international download portals. In addition to the features of the free version, the Gold version offers many additional attractive features such as an automatically drawn map, a list of players currently online, and a high score table. CipSoft is still looking for further international distributors for the gold version.

The German developer CipSoft GmbH has specialised in Massive Multiplayer Online role-playing Games (MMORPGs). Apart from TibiaME, they are running the highly successful MMORPG “Tibia” (www.tibia.com)

For further details, screenshots or the manual please see www.tibiame.com

A list of supported mobile phones may be found at
www.series60.com/products