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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Perpetual Entertainment today announced their decision to employ Game Center Group's support management services for their highly anticipated MMO, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising(TM). With a team made up of passionate, informed gamers, Game Center Group will provide end-to-end Customer Relationship Management (CRM) services (including knowledge base management, technical, account/billing, and in-game support) for Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising.
"Game Center Group offers the best-in-class solution for live support in this space," said Richard Zinser, Vice President of Game Services for Perpetual Entertainment. "After an exhaustive review of all our options, it was clear the team at Game Center Group had the experience and depth on their bench to provide a true turn-key solution for comprehensive support in all major markets."
"We are thrilled that Perpetual has chosen GCG to provide this critical piece to their business model," said D. Scott Mattson, Founder of Game Center Group. "Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is a triple-A title, developed by a triple-A studio, and we are committed to providing a premium live management service that is both scalable and economical. The Perpetual Entertainment Platform (PEP), is the most robust and elegant solution in the marketplace today. We have no doubt that it will provide a significant edge for our customer support team."
Featuring epic God Powers, intense squad-based combat, and creatures drawn from the myths and legends of the ancient world, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is among the most highly anticipated of next-generation massively multiplayer games. Gods & Heroes was awarded Best of Show at E3 2006 by Ten Ton Hammer, Allakhazam, and MMORPG.com, and Best Gameplay of Show by both Stratics and GameAmp. It was recently featured as a cover story on Play magazine. For more information, visit http://www.godsandheroes.com/.
About Perpetual Entertainment
Perpetual Entertainment is a San Francisco based producer, publisher, and operator of networked multi-player and massively multi-player games for the PC and next-generation video game consoles. Perpetual Entertainment was founded and is staffed by industry veterans dedicated to the vision that playing games together is simply more fun, more challenging, and more rewarding than playing alone. Perpetual Entertainment's mission is to craft gaming experiences that immerse players in other worlds like no game has before. Perpetual Entertainment is realizing this vision with its two AAA titles, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising and Star Trek Online. For more information visit the web site at http://www.perpetual.com/.
About Game Center Group
Game Center Solutions & Investment Group (Game Center Group) located in San Diego, CA offers live management services for the MMO vertical. Services offered include on-demand billing, turn-key CRM, localization, and knowledge management services. For more information visit the web site at http://www.gamecentergroup.com/ . Game Center Group -- "We don't make the games -- we make the games better."