Bigpoint opens offices in London and Paris

Hamburg (ots) -

- Cédric Génin, entertainment and digital media expert, to manage
the Paris office, while marketing specialist Paul Raven to head up
the London location

- Additional Bigpoint locations to open in 2012

The Hamburg-based online video game company Bigpoint is
significantly expanding its operations in Western Europe by opening
up regional offices in the English and French capitals. Bigpoint is
set to hire five to ten staff members in each of the newly-formed
branches. These positions will focus on expanding the sales network,
in order to promote Bigpoint's portfolio, which currently consists of
approximately 70 games.

Bigpoint banks on extensive experience

Bigpoint has already appointed managing executives at both its
Paris and London locations. Overseeing the French and Italian sales
networks is new Managing Director Cédric Génin, who has over 15 years
of experience in the interactive entertainment industry. Mr. Génin
most recently worked at SFR, where he helped to launch the world?s
first on-demand games service via IPTV (Cloud Gaming). He was also
responsible for SFR?s games which, because of his push to offer
mobile games, led to the company becoming one the market leaders in
all of Europe. Before his time at SFR, Mr. Génin worked for various
game publishers (like Activision Blizzard and Infogrames, to name a
few) for whom he helped to develop over 40 game titles from their
inception.

Entrusted to lead operations in London is Paul Raven, who has been
with Bigpoint since 2011 as head of the Product Marketing division.
Before joining Bigpoint in the UK, Mr. Raven held a number of senior
marketing positions including interim Head of Product Marketing for
Bigpoint in Hamburg, Marketing Director of British TV network ITV's
international distribution division, head of marketing for global
production company FremantleMedia, and a consultant for media
companies including Shine Group (News Corp).

The Spanish and Italian offices are set to open in the second
quarter of 2012.

Expanding successfully around the world

"With over 1,000 media partners from all corners of the globe, we
have created a one-of-a-kind sales and distribution network for
online games," stated Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz. Mr. Hubertz went on
to say that efforts will be "aimed at cultivating our regional
contact partners in Western Europe to expand our position as market
leader."

Bigpoint is currently represented around the world at four
international locations. Company headquarters are located in Hamburg,
Germany, where close to 700 staff members from over 35 countries are
employed. The main areas of focus in Hamburg are development,
controlling and marketing. Two years ago Bigpoint opened its second
German location in Berlin directly on the Alexanderplatz.
Approximately 50 developers are employed by the Berlin office, where
the award-winning 3D action-adventure saga Drakensang Online is
produced. Bigpoint expanded its market presence by opening its first
international office in San Francisco, which employs an additional
100 staff members, making it the second largest location in the
company?s growing portfolio. In 2010, Bigpoint opened offices in Sao
Paolo ? its first dedicated exclusively to sales operations. Bigpoint
employs a team of five in the South American metropolis that
effectively supports local media partners and conducts regional-based
marketing activities.

About Bigpoint:

Bigpoint (http://www.bigpoint.com) is an online-game developer,
publisher and content provider for more than 1,000 global
distribution partners. Bigpoint's free-to-play games are played by
over 250 million registered users in over 30 languages. The company's
diversified portfolio includes high quality games for browser, mobile
and social platforms. More than 850 employees from over 35 different
nations work at the company headquarters in Hamburg, Germany or at
other locations in Berlin, San Francisco, São Paulo and Malta.
Bigpoint's many distinctions in the industry include the European
Business Award 2011, the Mashable Best Online Game Award for
"Farmerama?, the "Fastest Growing Larger Company" and "Uniqueness of
Offering" prizes at the 2010 Media Momentum Awards, as well as the
MTV Skyscraper Award for extraordinary achievement in game
development. For more information or press material, please visit the
press area at www.bigpoint.net.

Contact:

Bigpoint GmbH
Katharina Lohse
PR Manager
Tel: +49-(0)40 881413-153
E-mail: k.lohse@bigpoint.net