Jadestone Networks announced recently that its combined Arena business has completed a record breaking first quarter.

With the addition of the DiceArena network and healthy growth in the GamArena network, the overall player activity has been growing steadily. The March total number of unique cash players across the combined Arena business increased year on year by 116 per cent.

This strong upward trend is supported by good organic player growth, but also by the fact that an increasing number of igaming operators are joining the Jadestone networks. From three partner sites in Q1 2008, the number of sites featuring Jadestone’s Arena games has tripled to nine.

Tobias Nissen, business development director at Jadestone, said: "We’re seeing strong growth overall, with good numbers across the board. The DiceArena games are picking up momentum and we’re convinced that with over 200,000 pre-registrations from bwin, the curves will continue to push in the right direction."

In the summer, Jadestone will launch additional multiplayer games including a new backgammon and the highly popular game Liar’s Dice.