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Poker.co.uk - Poker News Archive
Wednesday 4th July 2007 NEW GAME FEATURES SPUR ON PKR.COM
London, 04 July, 2007 – PKR.com continues to shatter expectations as it grows at an unparalleled rate. Still less than a year into its launch, the next generation online poker room has now attracted more than 700,000 sign ups – and the momentum is showing no signs of slowing down.
In fact, the poker room has experienced a recent surge in signups on the back of the release of a host of new in game features that add even more excitement to PKR.com’s market leading offer. The upgraded version of PKR delivers with; a stunning new ‘Met Bar’ environment and VIP room, new animations and poses that allow players to express themselves in more ways than ever before, new player customisation options that make PKR characters even more complex and unique and an all new tournament ranking and leader board system that’s adding even more excitement to PKR.com’s highly popular tournament offering.
PKR.com’s Chief Operating Officer, Leon Walters, who oversaw the implementation of these new features, credits PKR.com players with inspiring the design mission, “Because of the interaction and customisation features in PKR, players see the game as an extension of their persona. That makes them extremely passionate about ‘their game’ – far more so than on any other poker room. As a result there’s huge interest in the development process and we’ve had loads of submissions and suggestions from players about what they’d like to see on PKR – and a lot of those where incorporated into version 1.2.”
One of those user driven features is PKR.com’s new Tournament Ranking system – where players can see how their game stacks up against the competition and collect ranking points to earn bonuses. “Poker is obviously a very competitive game”, says Walters. “And having a system that allows players to show off their results and aim for the top of leaderboards adds a whole new layer of excitement to the experience.”
All these new features and more are available to download and play for free at www.PKR.com.
About PKR (www.pkr.com)
PKR is a revolutionary new concept in online poker that aims to change both the way that online poker is played and perceived.
Featuring stunning real-time 3D graphics and a uniquely engaging and immersive gaming system, PKR brings an unparalleled and previously unseen level of realism to online poker.
Developed by some of the brightest stars in the video games and poker industries, PKR was founded in 2005 by President Jez San, one of Europe’s most respected technology entrepreneurs and the first person ever be awarded an O.B.E for services to the computer games industry.
For more information on PKR, please visit http://www.pkr.com or contact:
Hannah Shepherd
Trilogy Communications
24 Ives Street
London, SW3 2ND
+44 (0) 20 75815295
hannah@trilogycomms.com
Source: pkr.com
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