SUNNYVALE, CA - July 22, 2009 Astrum Nival and gPotato are proud to announce that four talented artists working on the eagerly anticipated  free-to-play MMORPG Allods Online have received awards in the prestigious 2009 Dominance War art competition. Allods Online will be published this Autumn as a free-to-play MMORPG by Gala-Net in North America and Central America at www.gPotato.com.

This year, the Astrum Nival's artists were highly visible, winning multiple awards in both the 2D and 3D categories, as well as picking up prizes in the miniatures contest.

"It's truly a great honor to win first prize considering all the talented, experienced artists who entered. I'm also very glad to see my colleagues Anton Lavrushkin, Bordan Gabelko and Elena Bespalova among the other winners. I'm very proud to work with such fine, distinguished artists, and I look forward to even more awards for Russian game artists in the next Dominance War contest, " said Vadim Bakhlychev, who took first place in 3D Art.

"We are very proud of our colleagues who won prizes in the Dominance War contest. With such creative individuals working on Allods Online, we can say with even greater confidence that our game will be a success," said Dmitry Devishev, CEO Astrum Nival. "And we look forward to more awards for our talented art team next year."

The Dominance War contest is the largest worldwide art contest for the game development industry. Thousands of professionals contend for 10 prizes in each of the 3D and 2D categories. More information on the competition can be found here [ http://www.dominancewar.com/2009/en_about.php ].

Stay tuned, for the latest information on Allods, visit http://allods.gpotato.com.

Vadim Bakhlychev, Senior Artist
1st Place, 3D Art Category, Recon Elite entry
3rd Place, Miniatures Category, General Acheron Entry

Bogdan Gabelko, Artist
6th Place, 3D Art Category, Valkyrie Entry

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Anton Lavrushkin, Senior Artist
10th Place, 2D Art Category, Bad Robot Entry. The entry can be viewed here

Elena Bespalova, Artist
2nd Place, Miniatures Category, General Atrian Havoc Entry.
2nd Place, 2D Art Category, Dionesis entry. Dominance War 2008