wooga wins big at the European Games Award 2011 - Best Publisher and Best Social Game

Berlin (ots) - The 2011 European Games Award was given out
Saturday evening in an official ceremony on the event ship Pure Liner
in Cologne, Germany. 69 companies from 17 countries were nominated in
23 different categories. wooga beat out strong competition in two
categories - as the best European publisher and with "Diamond
Dash" as the best social game.

In just a short time since its creation in 2009, wooga - world
of gaming, has become the number one social games provider in
Europe. With around 35 million monthly active users, the Berlin-
based company has not only secured the leading role in the
European branch of the industry, but has also reached number two
in global rankings.

'The award is a major honour for wooga - just two years after
our founding, we have been recognised as the best European
publisher. We certainly didn't expect this after established
industry giants like EA, Ubisoft, Bigpoint and Gameforge were
nominated,' Jens Begemann, CEO of wooga, expresses his delight
with the double victory. 'We are very proud to have held our own
against the international competition thanks to our focus as a
provider of social games. All of our games are fully developed
with a lot of love by small international teams in Berlin.'

wooga also recently announced that they will be publishing an
iPad and iPhone version of the award-winning game "Diamond Dash".
Diamond Dash iOS will use Facebook Connect and is available in the
App Store at the end of the summer as a mobile social application for
millions of fans.

On August 15 2011, Jens Begemann, founder and CEO of wooga, will
deliver a keynote address on the future of the entertainment
industry at the GDC Europe developer conference in Cologne. From
12:40 to 1:30 PM in the Congress Center Ost, Conference Room 1,
4th floor, he will referee the topic 'Playing is a Core Human
Desire - How Social Games Change the Entertainment Industry'.

Also on Monday from 3:20 to 4:10 PM, in the Rheinsaal, 1st
floor, Henric Suuronen, Head of Studio at wooga, will lead the
discussion on the topic 'Killer Game Loops in Social Games' and
offer deep insights into the development process of a new wooga
game.

During the GDC Europe, wooga will be at area # 159 in the CC
Ost, 1st floor - at gamescom wooga will be in Hall 4.1 - D30/ D31 at
the G.A.M.E. Association booth.

About wooga

Founded in 2009 in Europe´s leading technology hub, Berlin,
wooga - world of gaming is the second largest social game
developer in the world. wooga creates high quality games for
Facebook and iOS, with a specific focus on emotional character
development, usability, and superb localization in seven
languages.

Company contact:
Sina Kaufmann
wooga GmbH
Saarbrücker Straße 38
10405 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 89632926
press@wooga.com
www.wooga.com