Dev Clever Holdings PLC Vanguard: Fight for Rudiarius (8331O)

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RNS Number : 8331O

Dev Clever Holdings PLC

04 February 2019

Dev Clever Holdings plc (LSE: DEV)

("Dev Clever" or "the Company")

Dev Clever Delivers Vanguard: Fight for Rudiarius VR launch

Dev Clever, a leading developer of mobile and immersive consumer experiences, is pleased to announce that its competitive multi-player, virtual reality game "Vanguard: Fight for Rudiarius" successfully opened to the public at Quasar in Harlow Shopping Centre in Essex on Friday, 1(st) February 2019.

The "Pay Per Play" multi-player game allows up to 8 players to compete against each other as space-age gladiators in full 360' virtual reality.

The opening at Quasar in Harlow signifies the start of the Company's plans to roll out its lightweight, low-cost installations of multiplayer virtual reality experiences across the UK leisure and hospitality sector.

The "Pay Per Play" game version of "Vanguard: Fight for Rudiarius" has been created specifically for installation in venues across UK leisure and hospitality sector and has been developed using Dev Clever's proprietary immersive framework that enables rapid development of immersive, multiplayer games and experiences.

Further releases of the Vanguard game are to include "Pay to Download" and "In App. Purchase" versions downloadable for mobile users via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, VR users via the Oculus Store and PC users on windows, leading to full cross-platform integration to include users on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

Chris Jeffries CEO said:

This is an exciting step forward for our "Experience" Channel and a chance to show the hospitality and leisure sector the level of immersive customer experience that can be reached with minimal upfront investment and high margin returns. With more VR games within our portfolio we are able to install experiences that best suit the venue's customer demographic at the same time as providing marketing support via our "Engage" products, which incentivise and drive usage and footfall through discounts and instant win gamification.

Cheryl Alden - MD Quasar Harlow said:

Vanguard: Fight for Rudiarius is a compulsive virtual reality game, which I know our customers will love. Virtual reality is the hot topic in leisure and having seen a lot of examples we felt that Dev Clever's lightweight application of the technology enabled us to offer our customers the next level of competitive immersive games without the huge upfront investment. This allows us to keep the cost to consumer low and drive more customers into our venue.

For further information please contact:

Dev Clever Holdings plc

   Chris Jeffries, Executive Chairman & CEO               Tel: [phone] 
   Nick Ydlibi, Chief Financial Officer                          www.devclever.co.uk 

Cornhill Capital - Broker

   Daniel Gee                                                                  Tel: [phone] 

For more information on Vanguard: Fight for Rudiarius, please visit www.vanguard.game

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