Underworld Drug Lords Press Release

About
Underworld: Drug Lords is a unique mobile game that puts you into the shoes of a small-­‐time drug dealer with the goal of building a global criminal empire from the ground up. The game’s online and location-­‐based, so the action unfolds in parallel to your real life and you get to interact with real people around you. !
The drill is simple: get cheap merch from drug labs, move around and sell for proAit. Acquire better equipment as you grow your operation and widen your crew to gain more power. Rise to the top of your hood, become the most prominent dealer in your city, then take over the country and the whole world!
Link: http://underworld.zone Platform: Google Play (Android) Genre: Real Life Smuggling MMO Release date: August 2014 Developer: A-­‐Steroids Contact: andrei@a-­‐steroids.com
History
The game's Airst version was originally created in 2008 in the wake of the smartphones era (Mashable, PocketGamer). Before the title has hit the AppStore, the story caught a bad angle and has been widely discussed in the media and by the readers (Daily Star, The Escapist, GamePolitics). After a long delay, Apple has decided to reject the game, although it has Ainally been released in a tongue-­‐in-­‐
cheek setting of Candy Prohibition in April 2009: Underworld: SweetDeal. !
Being pushed by fans to deliver updates, we’ve decided to make a full-­‐scale sequel and bring the concept of the original game to the whole next level. The idea was to rework the key mechanics, add lots of new content and polish the game experience while keeping the addictiveness and simplicity of the original. According to the feedback of our early access players, we’ve seem to succeeded in that and really looking forward to release the game.
Release
The game's now available as an Early Access download in the Google Play and is in the beta-­‐test stage, which means we’re adjusting the balance and polishing features. We're set to deliver the last major Beta update at the end of July and aiming for the global release this August. !
Our launch platform will be Google Play, which is more liberal and less censorship-­‐driven, and doesn’t require all the content to wait for review. The game will have a strict maturity rating as we realise it’s not for kids to play. !
We’re also planning to distribute the game in the AppStore, but we’ve yet to make up our minds about how exactly to do that.
About the
developer
A-­‐Steroids game development studio has been founded in 2008. We're a 20+ strong team of talented industry professionals with focus on online mobile games. Being a virtual studio from day one, we've got two core locations
(in St Petersburg, Russia and Klaipeda, Lithuania) and many team members working remotely from all over Europe and the world. !
Among our previously released titles are Vampire Rush (iOS, WP8, Samsung Bada) and Clash of the Damned (1.5+ million players on Android, iOS and
Amazon Appstore).