Press
→ Frequently Asked Questions
→ What’s changed since the Launch?
→ What makes case Crown of Byzantus exceptional?
→ Material
→ Picture tour of the game *updated*
→ Logos
→ Contact
→ Press releases
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s changed since the Launch?
- Smaller but more powerful chivalric orders
- Extended troop customization options
- Unit appearance now reflects combat experience
- Order quests, ranging from monster bashing to grand warfare
- Epic relics of immense power
- Revamped defence options for conquered cities, castles and towns
- Streamlined interface and other tweaks and fixes
What is Crown of Byzantus?
The throne of the once-mighty Eastern Empire sits empty. The land has become a battleground between would-be emperors and usurpers, or those who only wish to exploit the chaos. As a landless knight having arrived to Byzantium in search of fame and fortune, your task is not easy. You must raise an army, lead them into battle and grow stronger through quests and perilous adventure until you can wage war over the Crown of Byzantus itself.
The Emperor is dead! Long live the Emperor!
Crown of Byzantus is a browser-based MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) combining strategy and adventure. The players are knights competing for the throne of the crumbling Byzantine Empire. Sent to the Land of Byzantium by their liege lords, they must raise an army and rise from lowly Knight Errants to mighty Champions, battling their way through adventures, quests and jousts, until it is time to embark on a war conquest and claim the throne. Byzantus is based loosely on the late 14th century Byzantine Empire spiced up with monsters, relics and a whole lot of action. It does NOT feature farming, raising pigs or building log cabins.
Crown of Byzantus is a game played in limited short game sessions throughout the day. The game world is persistent and an active player typically plays the game for months.
The most successful games of the genre are OGame (30 million users), Travian (5.1 million active users) and Seafight (25 million users). We estimate an average lifetime ARPU (average revenue per user) of 1.5 EUR for successful games.
What makes case Crown of Byzantus exceptional?
The medieval genre in browser games is choked with village building, farming simulations and gladiatorial combat. Crown of Byzantus steers clear from that crowd and instead makes the player a hero, a knight and a warlord in search of gold and glory… at least for a few minutes a day.
Crown of Byzantus is based on historical events in the 14th century but with supernatural elements based on the region and writings of medieval scholars. The player starts by building his army, unlocking new units and features as he rises through the titles of nobility. Eventually he will become embroiled in an epic war of conquest that determines the Emperor, the leading player on the server.
Crown of Byzantus is the first large-scale Finnish production for the booming markets of browser-based MMOGs with persistent game worlds. Crown of Byzantus was the other Finnish game project along with Recoil Games’s Earth No More to receive 500 000 DKK funding from Nordic Games Program in spring 2009. Due to the emerging nature of the markets the overall game quality is still low and thus Crown of Byzantus can easily challenge the market leaders in quality.
For an international roll-out Casual Continent has a partner network of media companies.
Who are behind the game?
The game is developed and operated by Casual Continent Ltd, a game development company founded in 2007 that is located in Helsinki, Finland.
The game has been designed by Ville Vuorela. Ville Vuorela is a veteran gamer and game designer with a background in mobile games, videogame script writing, pen-and-paper role-playing games and games media in general. He has 20+ digital titles for different platforms, five role-playing game books, one novel and two books on game development under his belt.
When was the game launched?
Crown of Byzantus was launched in February 22nd, 2010.
How can I play the game?
You can access the game with a regular web browser at www.byzantus.com.
Material
Picture tour of the game
Land of Byzantium. Or a small part of it.
A land of mystery...
...so having wise advisors is a must.
Adventures can take you far...
...and wide.
Visit exotic locations...
...meet interesting people...
...or travel by sea to rest your legs.
Would you like to buy an army?
I would.
Quests are the key to gold and glory.
So make sure you always have them.
It's a calculated risk.
Victory is sweet
"So... how big is your army?"
"Amateurs..."
Game screenshots
JPG 250×47 (white background)
PNG 250×47 (transparent background)
JPG 500×95 (white background)
wfwrf
PNG 500×95 (transparent background)
EPS Vector, CMYK
JPG 250×31 (white background)
PNG 250×32 (transparent background)
JPG 500×63 (white background)
PNG 500×63 (transparent background)
EPS Vector, CMYK
PNG 269×200 (transparent background)
PNG 414×326
PNG 414×326 (white background)
Contact
For more information contact us:
Pyry Lehdonvirta
CEO / Casual Continent Ltd
press@casualcontinent.com
+358408697778
Press releases
→ 17.02.2010 (Finnish): Ensimmäinen suomalainen massiivimoninpeli julki
→ 13.01.2010: Casual Continent to take on German giants
→ 13.01.2010 (Finnish): Casual Continent haastaa Saksan jättistudiot
