San Francisco, CA — February 12, 2007 — Three Rings Design, Inc., a leading developer of multiplayer online casual games, announced today that its newest title, Bang! Howdy, is officially launched. The free to play game has experienced strong growth in usage since the end of beta thanks to promotion by its launch partner, Miniclip which boasts more than 34 million monthly visitors.
Three Rings continues its tradition of actively developing its games following launch. Bang! Howdy has recently seen two exciting additions in the form of a single player campaign, where players bring in Outlaws for Bounty Rewards, and the release of an original soundtrack, written and produced by SomaTone Interactive Audio, which can be purchased with in-game micro-currency and downloaded directly in MP3 format.
Bang! Howdy is a nominated finalist for two awards at the upcoming 2007 Independent Gaming Festival, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. "The game marries the accessibility of casual web games with the depth and social experience of traditional MMOs," said Michael Bayne, designer of Bang! Howdy and Three Rings' CTO. "The micro-currency-based model allows us to provide a compelling game at the price demanded by casual users — free — who then discover a rich, evolving experience that's worth paying for."
These design choices also contribute to the continued success of the company's previous title, Puzzle Pirates, a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game with more than 2.5 million registered players since its launch in late 2003.
More information on Bang! Howdy can be found online at http://www.banghowdy.com.
About Three Rings
Three Rings is a leading developer and operator in the rapidly growing casual massively
multiplayer online games space. They launched Puzzle Pirates, the first casual massively
multiplayer game, in 2003. Puzzle Pirates and