"Car Town" By Cie Games Is One Of The Fastest-Growing And Top 10 Most Popular Game On Leading Social Network In Russia

LONG BEACH, Calif., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cie Games, successful social games developer, announced today that its leading automotive-based social game, Car Town, is one of the fastest-growing games, and is ranked top ten in the most popular games catalogue on Vkontakte.ru, one of Russia's top social networks, since the past few weeks. In less than a month after its initial launch, Car Town has earned more than 1.3 million installs on Russia's biggest social networks, Vkontakte.ru and Odnoklassniki.ru. 

Under the terms of the deal, Russian-based social games publisher and operator, 101XP, will develop, market and localize Cie Games' flagship title, Car Town, for Russia. Through the partnership, Car Town launched on the top three social networks in Russia – Odnoklassniki.ru, Vkontakte.ru and Mail.ru. 

"We are very excited to partner with Cie Games as it is an important and strategic collaboration for us," said Eugene Grigoryev, Vice President of Business Development, 101XP. "We hope to make great strides to drive Russian and European versions of Car Town to the top of automotive-themed social games. Its current position as one of the fastest-growing games on Vkontakte, has already proved that the game will be a great success with our audiences."

In recent years, the Russian game market has seen a tremendous growth of social and online games. According to DFC Intelligence, the Russian game market will reach $1.5 billion by 2016 which is up from $500 million in 2011 to become one of the fastest growing PC online markets and driven by free-to-play games.[1] The new venture into Russia by Cie Games is just the beginning of the Car Town franchise expanding onto new social networks.

"We are pleased to partner with 101XP and, in a short time, attract more than 1.3 million new Car Town players across top social networks in Russia," said Dennis Suggs, president and CEO of Cie Games. "The partnership is part of our on-going commitment to international expansion and dedication to improving players' overall user experience with focus on local development, marketing, and support for each market."

Cie Games' international expansion is the result of rapid and continual growth inside the company.   Cie Games has now grown to 51 employees since June 2010 and is still actively hiring. For employment opportunities at Cie Games, visit: http://www.ciegames.com/careers/.

For more information about Car Town, visit: www.CarTown.com or to access the game on Odnoklassniki.ru, visit [http://www.odnoklassniki.ru/game/cartown], Vkontakte.ru [http://vk.com/gorodtachek], and Mail.ru [http://my.mail.ru/apps/669609].

About 101XP
101XP is a fast-growing publisher and operator of top quality social games on the largest Russian and international social networking sites. 101XP cooperates with the leading global social games companies, including Cie Games, CrowdStar, Mail.ru Group, Playdemic, RockYou, Vizor Interactive and others. The company's key titles include Car Town, Gourmet Ranch, It Girl and World of Zombies. With games being operated across up to 8 platforms and 9 languages, played by millions of users in Russia, Poland and Western Europe, 101XP is strongly focused on providing the best possible live service to its players.

About Cie Games
Cie Games is a leading publisher and developer of social and mobile games. Its popular game Car Town is the first Facebook game built around brands, has attracted more than 40 million players.  Cie Games has developed licensing, advertising and marketing partnerships and integrations with more than 35 major companies and brands, including NASCAR, General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Ferrari, Universal Pictures, Regal Entertainment and others. Cie Games is based in Long Beach, California.

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