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Gameforge Surpasses 300 Million Registered Users

by Jeff Marchiafava on August 15, 2011 at 05:13 PM

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If you're one of those gamers who thinks free-to-play browser games are just a blip on the radar, Gameforge has 300 million reasons for why you may want to reconsider. Today the company announced its user base has grown to roughly the size of the US population.

Today Gameforge sent out a press release stating that its user base has grown by 100 million in the past year alone, and that it expects those numbers to continue rising thanks to the upcoming browser game Star Trek -- Infinite Space, which is set to release this year. The German-based company currently runs 20 games, from client-based MMORPGs to more casual browser-based titles.

I'll be honest, I've never even heard of Gameforge before, but with 300 million players, they must be getting something right.

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by Ed is a troll Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:18 PM

do you think megan from ny ink is hot?
by Kenji Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:19 PM

probably mostly people with multiple account and it would end up being all chinese people with 300 account+ farming gold.
by TheWaft Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:20 PM

never heard of them either. that's weird
by Ace Karsh Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:22 PM

Woah. I don't think I've even heard of them either.
by The_Fuzzy_Muffin_Man Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:23 PM

These guys are kind of like nexus, they make a lots of bad free-to-play MMO's with a ludicrous number of micro transactions.
by Superstition Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:25 PM

maybr you heard of bitefight,o game...
by cmanwitaplan Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:27 PM

Well I have... Never heard of them.
by magiccoffeepot Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:32 PM

Yeah.....like all the other people here, I've never heard of this GameForge.
by Dustin Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:39 PM

I have never heard of them but if they are one of those companies who put out games that rely heavily on micro-transactions and a pyramid scheme, then I probably won't be playing any of their games. I'm not saying their games are bad, after all, I have no idea which games they have made but if they do rely on the aforementioned business model then I really have no interest in them. It's just not my thing.
by Blake Monday, August 15, 2011 at 05:39 PM

Do all these users want me to buy some sort of clothing from a website I have never heard of?
by Zero Monday, August 15, 2011 at 06:14 PM

There is no possible way to conclude that f2p is a blip on the radar right now. There are far too many games using some variation of the Nexon model to compensate for the rising costs of other platforms.

I don't know how long it's going to last (I've never heard of Gameforge either), but it's the present.
by Kazama Blood Monday, August 15, 2011 at 06:57 PM

300 million? Wtf? I have never even heard of GameForge and I read about games a lot. Those numbers seem fishy..
by Brawldud Monday, August 15, 2011 at 07:08 PM

Who?
by Noctorios Monday, August 15, 2011 at 07:45 PM

Never heard of this, maybe it has 300 million users because it's FREE.
by DJX25968 Monday, August 15, 2011 at 08:00 PM

I never really heard of them ,but I wonder if their games are good...
by Abertix24 Monday, August 15, 2011 at 08:19 PM

Same here, I've never heard of them either, but there are a lot of people who play browser games.
by Bigdaddy 7378 Monday, August 15, 2011 at 09:02 PM

thats more than facebook i think.......
by Stonecutters908 Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:19 PM

They got 300 million people to register on their site. That is impressive but it doesn't mean these people didn't leave the site once they discovered the games. Have they got a significant number of people to give them a dime in micro-transactions? If they had, they would be worth hundreds of millions and you would know who they were.

I encourage people to go to gameforge and check it out. If you hadn't heard of the company before you won't wonder why when you see the games on offer. I have heard of any of these titles. Right now, as I write this they have advertised about 181K people currently online. So that is about 1 out of every 1627 registered users is playing a game in what would assume to be a prime time for activity.

These companies put out these press releases for sucker investors. A tiny amount of digging and you find nothing worth talking about.
by KindSoup Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:33 PM

never even heard of gameforge, probably an Aisan thing
by Colton Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Is it free to play?