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The Settlers Online (2011)

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Today, Ubisoft® and Blue Byte® are proud to celebrate the the 20th anniversary of the renowned strategy franchise, The Settlers®. To celebrate this momentous occasion, The Settlers® Online: Castle Empire is launching a special in-game event June 27 featuring new adventures, resources, and server-wide objectives and rewards. The Settlers Online: Castle Empire can be played for free in a browser at www.thesettlersonline.net.

The very first The Settlers® game was released in 1993 for Amiga-PC and later ported for MS-DOS. The franchise has since grown across seven core titles and multiple adaptions, including the highly successful browser game, The Settlers® Online: Castle Empire. To date, more than nine million copies of The Settlers have been sold.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, Blue Byte will launch an exclusive event in the franchise's latest iteration, The Settlers® Online: Castle Empire. This event will introduce new adventures that take their inspirations from Settlers II: the Retro click adventures (playable for all players) and the Semi-retro military adventures (playable for players from level 26).

A new resource has also been introduced -- balloons. Users will find many ways to collect balloons, including by completing new quests and adventures, by sending their explorers for treasure searches, or by converting almost any resource into balloons.

Additionally, servers are challenged to reach a certain amount of balloons. When a server completes 100% of its balloon objective, users will be automatically rewarded with the Settlers II original headquarters. Each further objective obtained will grant players additional rewards. The fastest server and the one to gather the most balloons will receive extra bonuses.

North American players can check out The Settlers Online: Castle Empire and play for free in their browser at www.thesettlersonline.net.