Rusty Hearts launches Cell of Darkness, reveals game numbers

Cells of Darkness, the latest update for Rusty Hearts, is now live. The update increases the level cap to 36; adds a new pet system, where players can raise three kinds of pets, resurrect fallen pets, or manage pets through the Pet Shed; introduces several new dungeons in the Cemetary District; adds the Underground Training facility, where players can face off against enemies while protecting relics; and also unlocks new skills for all four characters.

Perfect World Entertainment has also released information about the game’s progress so far, including data that shows Angela as the most popular character to date, almost one and a half million duels fought, and almost ten million dungeons run since the game’s launch.

As a celebration of these milestones, players can get double experience until Friday, November 11, 5pm Pacific. Players who log in between now and November 20 will also be entered for a chance to win a “3D makeover” for their computer.

Perfect World Entertainment also publishes Jade Dynasty and Forsaken World.

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NEW RUSTY HEARTS STATS, CONTENT AND PROMOTIONS

Two Million Hours Spent In-game and 14 Million Quests Undertaken!

(Foster City, CA) November 9, 2011 — Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), today released a Rusty Hearts infographic detailing various in-game accomplishments related to its successful free-to-play online hack ‘n’ slash dungeon crawler. Since Rusty Hearts launched just two months ago, players have slain over 532 million foes and logged almost two million hours of gameplay.

Some statistics from the infographic include:

•    9.7 million — Dungeons Run
•    14.3 Million — Quests Attempted
•    587,550 — Heroes Slain
•    485,038 — Heroes Resurrected
•    532 Million — Kills
•    1.4 Million — Duels
•    703,511 — Weapons Enchanted
•    2,787,401 — Skills Learned
•    11 Trillion — Gold Spent
•    Angela — Most Played Character

Alongside these in-game achievements, Perfect World Entertainment announces the release of expanding content to Rusty Hearts titled Cells of Darkness. The second major content update since Rusty Hearts’ September launch, Cells of Darkness features a new and unconventional pet system, increased level cap, fiercer dungeons, an underground training facility and much more.

“Our Rusty Hearts community is amazing. Only two months post-launch and we’re already seeing very impressive in-game stats that speak to their enthusiasm,” said Mark Hill, Game Producer, Perfect World Entertainment. “And, just two months from launch, we’re shipping our second major content update. Cells of Darkness is out now and expands Rusty Hearts with new content and features. We can’t wait to see what achievements our community hits tomorrow.”

To celebrate the in-game achievements of Rusty Hearts’ community and the Cells of Darkness content release, all new and existing players can take advantage of choice free offerings and bonuses. Log into Rusty Hearts from now until 5:00 p.m. Pacific on Friday, November 11, and be rewarded with double XP to level faster. Players may also enter a new 3D giveaway by logging into the game from now until November 20, for a chance to win a complete 3D setup to experience the game in a whole new way. The $799 3D makeover includes: 1 NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 560 graphics/video card ($199.99), 1 NVIDIA 3D Vision Wireless Glasses Kit ($149.99), and 1 Alienware OptX™ AW2310 3D monitor ($449).

For more information on the stats, giveaways and XP promotion, or to download and play Rusty Hearts right now, please visit the official website: https://register.perfectworld.com/rhad2.