Evidence for July North America Server

[likwidtek]

http://www.gni.com/node/147

Darkfall Comes to Light in North America on GNi’s Game Optimized Hosting Platform
May 25, 2009
San Jose, CA

Aventurine SA, a computer games developer located in Athens, Greece has expanded its relationship with GNi to host their groundbreaking game, Darkfall Online, in North America with a launch scheduled for release later this summer.

“We’re very happy with our results in Europe with GNi and we continue to add content to the game and rapidly grow the community. GNi’s network has proven to be very fast and robust, allowing us to deliver Darkfall Online in the best possible way to our customers. It is for these reasons as well as GNi’s commitment and dedication to the Darkfall Online franchise, that Aventurine selected GNi as our dedicated hosting partner in North America. We are confident that GNi will continue to deliver the world-class service and unparalleled network performance in North America that we have experienced in Europe.” said Zad Mehdawi, President of Aventurine SA”

“Aventurine has seen great growth in Europe and we are excited to have Darkfall Online running on GNi’s platform in both Europe and North America. Darkfall appeals to the serious PVP gamer looking for large-scale combat and, in turn, has a devoted player base that few other games can boast. We are happy to be selected by Aventurine to provide a dedicated hosting solution for Darkfall Online in North America. We know that there is significant demand for the game and we are ready to deploy servers for the upcoming launch. ”said Derek Wise, Founder and CTO of GNi, Inc.
Darkfall Online Offers Highly Immersive Experience

Darkfall Online is a Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) fantasy role-playing game featuring a fun, fast-paced, real-time combat system, massive battles, clan warfare and empire building. Darkfall combines role-playing, action, and strategic gameplay. Darkfall has been designed to create intensely realistic and highly immersive combat and a challenging, realistic environment for a more immersive experience. With full collision detection, battle lines really matter and well-aimed spell blasts will send opponents flying. Darkfall’s goal is to provide players with a fun and challenging experience through a seamless and zoneless, non-instanced, “sandbox” game world.
Game to Be Launched by July in North America

The high demand for Darkfall has made a North American server a priority with Aventurine. The company expects the North American server, US1, to launch by July 2009.
About Aventurine and Darkfall:

Aventurine SA is an independent computer games developer located in Athens, Greece. Aventurine is fueled by passion for gaming and game technologies, which motivates and guides our activities. Aventurine’s main project is Darkfall Online, a groundbreaking MMORPG launched in February 2009. Development of the game, the technology platform, game engine, and tools began in 2003. The Darkfall team consists of thirty five veteran developers. Visit us at www.darkfallonline.com
About GNi

GNi is the leading dedicated hosting provider for online games, Software-as-a-Service, Web 2.0, and Online Digital Media. GNi’s infrastructure supports more than 12.8 million users, 425,000 concurrent connected users at peak capacity, and more than 27 titles. GNi delivers rapid scalability with uncompromised performance. GNi solutions thrive in the most demanding online environments and offer a variety of smart systems including rapid on-boarding and deployment. GNi is headquartered in San Jose, California with infrastructure facilities located across the globe. For more information please visit www.gni.com.
Contact:

GNi Media Contact:
Francine Martel
fmartel@gni.com

I hope it's a fresh start server.

Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=191053

[Demiabeille]

Yeah! Will defo resub for this. Need a plan of action for a new server bossmen!

[Adad]

nice.

[Anamodiel]

I'm trying to decide whether I like the idea of a fresh start server.

On one hand, I've played legitimately, and I've spent hours upon hours farming and leveling up my skills since March (and we still have until late July to continue our leveling spr If they do a server reset (or just don't allow transfers), I'll be very disappointed that I put all that time in and it ended up not even really mattering. It'll be like a paid Beta.

On the other hand, I like the idea because everyone who exploited will be brought back down to size. As well, I will be more focused this time around and will know what to do, what to keep, what to sell, and better ways of going about things and there won't be as much time wasted in-game as there was on my first Anamodiel.

Eh. I'm glad my ping will be better!

[Jarimus]

I hope they allow transfers!

[Adad]

Either way it's a fresh start.  There's positives and negatives to both sides.  I wouldn't want to start all over but I would love to eliminate the advantage those who cheated received.  No matter which way they go tho, I look forward to the new server!

[Phienyx]

I would gladly start over from scratch if it meant an even playing field for everyone on the server (or as even as it can get.)  There would definitely not be as many exploits as there were with the current server.

[ArchNemesis]

I can't fucking wait, Wipe or no wipe.

[NoCry]

I dont want a wipe. Simple as that. Would rather they keep detecting (assuming they are) cheaters. I do however want to port my player to US1; would be a shocker to start again.