STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Swedish provider of middleware solutions for connected and multiplayer gaming has appointed Tom Stone as non-executive chairman of the board. Tom Stone has much experience in the games industry, having worked eight years at Electronic Arts Europe latterly as Head of its European Studio and earlier in a number of different roles within the European publishing group. After heading up LEGO Interactive for eighteen months, Tom started the U.K.-based publisher Giant Interactive, most notably known for its LEGO games including award winning LEGO Star Wars.
"I am a strong believer in building communities in and around games to really improve the gaming experience", says Tom Stone, "and Terraplay is in a strong position to become the leading company that is best at servicing the games industry with middleware solutions for connected gaming."
"I am excited to have Tom onboard", says Terraplay CEO Sven Halling. "With his industry experience and contact network he will be of great help in fulfilling our vision of connecting gamers and building communities for both game publishers and operators."
"We see strong growth in the games industry", says Fredrik Adams, Venture Partner at VPSA (ex Viventures), "and believe higher value connected gaming will have an increasing market share. Terraplay's key technology enables better gaming for its game publishers and mobile operators clients. But there are also applications in gambling, for media companies and console/PC/handheld publishers."
For more information please contact:
Sven Halling, CEO Terraplay Systems AB +46 705 82 53 23 sven.halling@terraplay.com Tom Stone, Chairman Terraplay Systems AB +44 7785 347 052 tom@giantentertainment.com Fredrik Adams, Venture Partner at VPSA +44 77 8593 8503 fredrik.adams@vpsa.com
About Terraplay Systems AB Terraplay Systems is a leading supplier of multiplayer and connected gaming solutions, enabling game publishers, network operators and service providers to provide successful revenue generating connected gaming services to large communities. Terraplay MOVETM is a complete solution for connected gaming, including lobby, multiplayer, in-game content download, and billing. Comprehensive development tools for Windows(R), PlayStation(R)2 and for mobile devices including J2ME(TM), Brew(TM), Symbian(TM), mophun(TM) and Microsoft Mobile(TM) help our partners bring the best out of their games when going online. For more information on Terraplay solutions please visit www.terraplay.com.
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