<s>
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
is	O
a	O
freemium	O
online	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Dracania	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
character	O
(	O
Dragonknight	O
,	O
Ranger	O
,	O
Spellweaver	O
or	O
Steam	O
Mechanicus	O
)	O
and	O
discover	O
cities	O
,	O
dungeons	O
and	O
wilderness	O
areas	O
in	O
the	O
11	O
different	O
regions	O
in	O
Dracania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
German	O
Developer	O
Prize	O
as	O
best	O
German	O
role-playing	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
best	O
browser	O
game	O
"	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
German	O
Video	O
Game	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Diablo	B-Application
game	O
franchise	O
and	O
to	O
other	O
comparable	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
that	O
is	O
played	O
from	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
perspective	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Drakensang	B-Application
world	O
known	O
as	O
Dracania	O
is	O
a	O
freely	O
explorable	O
open	O
world	O
similar	O
to	O
medieval	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
roots	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
sprouted	O
in	O
2008	O
when	O
German	O
developer	O
studio	O
Radon	O
Labs	O
released	O
the	O
title	O
Drakensang	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Eye	I-Application
and	O
then	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
its	O
successor	O
Drakensang	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
River	I-Application
of	I-Application
Time	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
classical	O
single	O
player	O
role-playing	O
games	O
that	O
both	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	O
game	O
world	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Eye	I-Application
(	O
Das	O
Schwarze	O
Auge	O
,	O
DSA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
acquired	O
by	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
Games	I-Application
and	O
was	O
fully	O
integrated	O
in	O
the	O
existing	O
studio	O
of	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
Berlin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
did	O
not	O
acquire	O
a	O
TDE	O
(	O
DSA	O
)	O
license	O
and	O
only	O
had	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
rights	O
for	O
"	O
Drakensang	B-Application
"	O
,	O
they	O
developed	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
game	O
world	O
with	O
an	O
independent	O
rule	O
system	O
which	O
had	O
no	O
relationship	O
to	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
runs	O
within	O
a	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
in	O
the	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
released	O
an	O
open	O
beta	O
version	O
for	O
testing	O
which	O
included	O
the	O
item	O
shop	O
for	O
purchasing	O
Andermant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
frame	O
of	O
action	O
role-playing	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Drakensang	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
German	O
Developer	O
Prize	O
as	O
best	O
German	O
role-playing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
