Trion World Network, publisher and developer of server-based dynamic online games, has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 North America Award. The Red Herring editorial team deploys a detailed process to whittle down a pool of 1,000 eligible, promising companies to the 200 Finalists and in a last round decided the top 100 winners of this important North American award. Evaluations are made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. The Winners, elite executives and venture capital leaders from North America celebrated the Top 100 Privately Held Companies in San Diego, May 11-14, 2009.
“We’re proud to be recognized by the Red Herring for this award,” said Lars Buttler, CEO, Trion World Network. “Trion’s mission is to define a generation of interactive entertainment by fundamentally revolutionizing the way games are created, played and distributed.”
Trion World Network is poised to unveil its first title, Heroes of Telara™ at E3 2009, held in Los Angeles, June 2-4, 2009. Heroes of Telara™ is a fantasy Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) where everyday gamers are forged into legendary heroes. In Heroes of Telara™, players are challenged to conquer the unknown in an epic, ever-changing world. Heroes of Telara™ will feature an unprecedented level of rich and dynamic gameplay, driven by recurring events, unexpected challenges and limitless new content.
About Red Herring
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About Trion World Network
Trion World Network, Inc. is the publisher and developer of server-based dynamic online games and original entertainment for the connected world. Trion provides groundbreaking new capabilities and content to revolutionize entertainment by combining the best elements of online, gaming, and traditional media. Headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and with development and technology studios in San Diego, CA, and Austin, TX, Trion combines vision and experience in the interactive entertainment industry with a world-class team of Internet and gaming veterans.
Privately held, Trion has raised funding from investors including Act II Capital, Time Warner, Peacock Equity – the joint venture between GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business and NBC Universal – Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) – a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, a leading international media company-, Rustic Canyon, DCM and Trinity Ventures. For more information, please visit www.trionworlds.com
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