Danke Games and Row Sham Bow Announce Knights of the Rose

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Danke Games and Row Sham Bow today announced a partnership with Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the world's leading provider of social game services, to bring Knights of the Rose to the 306 million monthly active players on the Zynga network. Developed by Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, Knights of the Rose is currently available on Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/knightsoftherose) and will launch on Zynga.com soon.

Knights of the Rose is an epic tactical RPG that brings a deep gaming experience to social platforms. Combining traditional RPG mechanics like character leveling, looting, and crafting with strategic combat and player vs. player battles, Knights of the Rose brings the captivating role playing experience that hardcore gamers expect into the social realm. With beautiful art, a light-hearted fantasy story and carefully paced progression there's plenty to draw in social gamers that are new to the RPG category.

The Zynga Platform is a social gaming platform designed to give players the most social and fun gaming experience wherever they play, while helping third-party developers of all sizes launch, promote, scale and grow their games and business.

"Perfect World has created a very deep, yet broadly appealing RPG for social networks and we couldn't be happier to bring this game to market," said Dan Kelly, CEO of Danke Games. "We selected Row Sham Bow as a co-publisher because of its live operations expertise, analytics know how and optimization capabilities."

"From the moment we saw Knights of the Rose, we wanted to be a part of this unique partnership with Danke Games to bring this distinctive game to Facebook," said Philip Holt, CEO of Row Sham Bow. "Based on our great relationship with Zynga, it was only natural that we would also leverage its publishing platform to distribute and promote Knights of the Rose across its massive global network of active players."

About Danke Games

Danke Games develops and publishes social games on multiple platforms, focusing on highly differentiated, multi-player experiences. The company was founded by former Disney Interactive, THQ and Gameforge senior executive Dan Kelly. For more information, visit dankegames.com.

About Row Sham Bow

Row Sham Bow, Inc. is a critically acclaimed social game developer and publisher. Row Sham Bow's previous game, Woodland Heroes, earned Gamasutra's Social Game of the Year award in 2011. Row Sham Bow also provides analytics, optimization, and personalization services powered by its advanced predictive analytics platform. For more information, visit rowshambow.com or follow the company @rowshambowgames.

SOURCE Row Sham Bow