Gameforge Founders and Ex-Endemol Executive Invest in MMO Life, a New MMO Gaming Venture AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Jan 2009 – MMO Life B.V., operator of regionalized and demographically-targeted portals for massively multiplayer on¬line (MMO) and role-playing games (RPG), today announced a €1 million ($1.3 million USD) round of initial funding led by investors Klaas Kersting and Alexander Roesner of gaming pioneer Gameforge, and ex-Endemol media ex¬ecutive Pim Schmitz. The funding will allow MMO Life to accelerate deployment of its net¬work of gaming portals, build its team and make strategic third-party in¬vestments.

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Gameforge Founders and Ex-Endemol Executive Invest in
MMO Life, a New MMO Gaming Venture
Investors Klaas Kersting, Alexander Roesner and Pim Schmitz Back
MMO Life B.V., the Netherlands-Based Operator
of Massively Multiplayer Online and Role-Playing Games Portals
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, [DATE, 2009] – MMO Life B.V., operator of re-
gionalized and demographically-targeted portals for massively multiplayer on-
line (MMO) and role-playing games (RPG), today announced a €1 million ($1.3
million USD) round of initial funding led by investors Klaas Kersting and
Alexander Roesner of gaming pioneer Gameforge, and ex-Endemol media ex-
ecutive Pim Schmitz. The funding will allow MMO Life to accelerate deployment
of its network of gaming portals, build its team and make strategic third-party
investments.
MMO Life’s family of portals will deliver news, reviews and rich-media demos
for MMOs and MMORPGs throughout Western Europe and North America, and in
several local languages. MMOhub.org, the company’s first portal, launched in
late 2008; other MMO Life-operated portals will go live in the coming months.
“Even in this challenging global economic environment, MMO and MMORPG
games continue to be popular and financially viable,” said Simon Usiskin, CEO,
MMO Life. “The experience and know-how of Klaas, Alexander and Pim will un-
doubtedly help MMO Life grow. This initial funding enables MMO Life to deliver
the right content to the right user and introduce MMO gaming to a new and
wider audience.”
Gameforge’s Klaas Kersting adds, “I strongly believe in MMO Life’s strategy for
driving online traffic and revenues. As importantly, I support the team behind
the company. I will work closely with MMO Life to help their portfolio of portals
become the MMO destination of choice for all gamers – from beginner to ad-
vanced skill levels.”
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2. About MMO Life
MMO Life was founded by Reinout Te Brake in November 2008. The company
aggregates the very best MMO-related games, surrounded by rich and dy-
namic content, through MMO Life's easy-to-navigate, region-specific portals.
MMO Life’s portals are the destination for casual and advanced gamers
throughout North America and Western Europe. MMO Life’s first portal,
MMOHub.org, delivers news, reviews and rich-media demos for teen-focused
free-to-play MMOs and MMORPGs. Other portals targeting “tweens” and
adults will come on line in 2009. MMO Life is based in Amsterdam.
Executives will be present at the Casual Connect conference in Hamburg,
Germany, 10-12 February; and the Game Developers Conference in San
Francisco, 23-27 March. To connect with MMO Life, email info@mmolife.org,
or visit www.mmohub.org.
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