Introduction and history of China.com Games Group

On August 28, 2007, China.com Games Group announced the establishment of a subsidiary, China.com Games International (CGI), responsible for publishing new online games worldwide. CDC Games America is a subsidiary of CDC Games International and is responsible for publishing new games directly or in cooperation with publishers. CDC Games America has signed a memorandum of understanding with K2 Network to jointly evaluate and select game distribution opportunities in North America. K2 Network is a leading online gaming and free-to-play operator in the Western Hemisphere.

Ye Keyong, CEO of China.com Gaming Group, said: "I am very pleased that the company's new business unit in the United States has been officially launched. The U.S. market will be an important part of our future growth strategy."

China.com Games America will fully leverage the existing infrastructure, support network, equipment and other assets of its sister company (China.com Software). Ron Williams, vice president of software systems engineering at CDC, was appointed as general manager of the new business unit. He will be responsible for the daily operations, R&D and marketing activities of the new company. Jeff Longoria, senior vice president of strategic alliances for CDC Software, will also participate in the operations of CDC Games America and will be mainly responsible for finding new partners, sales and sales channels. CDC Games' U.S. headquarters will be located in Atlanta.

Ron Williams said: "With the launch of our US business unit, China.com Games Group will be better positioned to become a global leader in online games. We have plans to release new games for the US market , hoping that the 'free-to-play' model that has been successful in China will also be successful in the United States."

Williams, who wrote the first personal computer game as early as 1979, has been in operation for more than fourteen years. Management experience, and over twenty-eight years of game development experience. Williams joined China.com Investment Group Co., Ltd. in May 2007. Previously, he served as Director of Systems Engineering at CompuCredit, responsible for the implementation of online loan management systems. Before joining CompuCredit, Williams spent more than five years at Earthlink, one of the largest Internet service providers in the United States. While at Earthlink, Williams oversaw several major corporate projects, including revamping the company's billing and customer care systems following Earthlink's merger with MindSpring in 2000. Prior to joining Earthlink, Williams worked at Internet startups for more than six years, including an online B2B trading platform company and a regional Internet service provider. Williams served in the U.S. Air Force for five years as a computer programmer, during which time he successfully created and maintained U.S. Department of Defense combat mission systems.

Longoria has more than twenty years of management experience in the software industry and has an impressive record of developing partners and channels for global enterprises. Longoria is the CEO of c360, a Microsoft Dynamics customer relationship management platform that provides expanded products, industry solutions and R&D tools. China.com Software completed its acquisition of c360 in April 2006. Prior to joining c360, Longoria served as president of Connect-Care, a provider of customer relationship management software. Earlier, Longoria served as senior vice president of marketing and software sales at Dickens Data Systems, where he successfully established the largest cooperation channel for IBM software and hardware.

The establishment of CDC Games USA is the latest in a series of recent moves by CDC Games Group to propel the company into becoming a leading global online game publisher. Last month, China.com Games International was officially established to be responsible for the global distribution of online games. China.com Games Group has signed agreements to publish new games in Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand.

Earlier this year, China.com Game Group launched the "Online Game Development Park" plan to help the company establish strategic partnerships with selected game developers and accelerate the development of new, original online games for the Chinese market and other target markets around the world. In August this year, China.com Games reached an investment intention with Beijing Xiakexing Network Technology Co., Ltd. Xiakexing Company is a well-known online 3D game developer. The "Virtual Olympic Museum" project it undertook is a major digital project in the "2008 Beijing Olympics" game.

The 2008 "Golden Ling Award Ceremony" was held in Beijing on November 4. As the most influential award in the game industry every year, more than 1,000 people from industry authorities, major game companies, professionals, The media and players gathered together. Kou Xiaowei, deputy director of the Technology and Digital Publishing Department of the General Administration of Press and Publication, Zhou Huilin, deputy director of the Press and Publication Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, and other leaders also attended the award ceremony. , recognized by the Chinese and foreign game industries for its fairness and authority, has further become a recognized product evaluation system in the industry, and is known as the "Oscar" of the game industry.

There are 167 models in this ***! Famous game products, more than 70 media, and more than 240 new and old online game associations participated in the 2008 "Golden Ling Award" selection. Over 1 million players' text messages voted for 105 awards in this selection event. The growth in number reflects the leap-forward increase in recognition and participation of the "Golden Ling Award" selection event in the industry and players.

In the star-studded awards ceremony, the most exciting online game in 2008 attracted global attention. "Lord of the Rings OL" shines brightly, easily winning the 2008 Golden Ling Award for "Best 3D Online Game" and "Top Ten Most Anticipated Online Games by Players". China.com Games, as the agent operating company of "Lord of the Rings OL"! The group's chief operating officer, Mr. Xuan Wenhao, took the stage to accept the award and made a brief speech at the award ceremony. Mr. Xuan pointed out: China.com Game Group has always been committed to providing players with the highest quality game services, and this time Lord of the Rings OL was able to win. The award is also the recognition of our work by players. We will continue to work hard to better reward the support of the majority of players. In particular, an excellent online game such as Lord of the Rings OL has won many international and domestic awards. We will launch it in the first quarter of 2009. This world-class masterpiece has officially started operating in China. At the same time, we have also seen the booming development of China's online game market. We believe that tomorrow's online game industry will be even more brilliant!