Aion and Blood Bowl at the Top of the Charts

SYDNEY, Australia – September 30, 2009 – as QVS continues to take great strides in becoming the biggest independent gaming specialist in Asia Pacific, we are proud to announce that two of our biggest titles for the year occupy the number 1 and number 4 spots out of the top 5 ranked titles on the charts.

Aion and Blood Bowl have made the ranks in the top 5 of the UK charts. Aion’s first week of launch has hit Number 1 in both the Australian and UK charts and Blood Bowl at Number 4 and rising in its second week running. All other major brands that were launched on the same day are officially behind the 2 titles on the charts (Need for Speed: Shift; Batman: Arkahm Asylum; Resident Evil 5).

Blood Bowl has already been a big seller in Spain, Germany and France since its release in June and Australia is confident to see a very similar level of success when the game is released October 22nd. Blood Bowl being released on handhelds and PC, with a console version in the works, the title holds true to its tabletop counterpart, challenging players with a turn-based strategic romp that gives new meaning to the term ‘fantasy football’.

The team at Cyanide have done a fantastic job of accurately recreating the turn-based play mechanics of the tabletop game that will be familiar to Blood Bowl fans in Australia. It also delivers an exciting and new real-time play version of the game that will appeal to a wider audience that may not be as familiar with turn-based strategy titles.

Aion has also been a success, taking Asia by storm and has wowed hundreds of thousands of beta testers in Europe, North America and Australia. With cconsumer excitement and anticipation for Aion reaching massive heights in the lead up to the release date, nearly 450,000 copies were sold before launch! The game was constantly ranked among the top games on both Steam and Direct to Drive throughout the preorder period.