The News Review:
- Urban legend e-mails about Bill Gates sharing cash prove true
- NetEase May Win Approval for Lower Tax Rate by End of Year
- Netease revenues hit all-time high
- CDC Corporation to Continue Share Repurchase Initiative
- Video and game downloads to get age ratings in the UK
- Software Review: Going online for educational fun
Urban legend e-mails about Bill Gates sharing cash prove true
Seattle Times – May 22, 2008
WildTangent was already growing like crazy reaching 26. 5 million unique online visitors per month. The addition of 5 million more visitors from PopCap could make it the fourth largest online-game network up from its current fifth place behind Spill Group according to comScore rankings. John said the exclusive deal expands on a good relationship between the companies. WildTangent has been selling PopCap games and it needed more space. “We didn’t have enough inventory to carry all the deals we wanted” St.
NetEase May Win Approval for Lower Tax Rate by End of Year
Bloomberg – May 22, 2008
9 million yuanbeating the 571. 7 million yuan median of six analysts' estimates. Online game revenue rose 15 percent to 555. 9 million yuan NetEasesaid. which doesn't charge subscription feessaid last month that first-quarter game sales surged 24-fold to$41 million… in Hong Kong said before the earningsannouncement. “NetEase is converting three games to the free-to-play model and that might help in generating more revenue butright now we haven't seen a major growth catalyst for them''said Leung who rates the ADRs “underperform. '' NetEase's share of the Chinese online game market fell to13. 3 percent in the first quarter from 18. 6 percent a year earlieraccording to Analysys. Shanda's share declined to 18. 7 percentfrom 19 percent while The9 Ltd.
Netease revenues hit all-time high
VNUNet.com – May 22, 2008
"We believe that diversification in our product offerings will allow us toachieve our goals. "The company suspended its biggest income earner online game services aspart of a three-day national mourning for victims of the Sichuan earthquakeearlier this month. Netease is one of China’s largest online games developers and operators withmassively multiplayer and smaller casual games among its many offerings. The key to our success in 2008 and beyond will be our continued ability to evolveWilliam Ding Netease The company earned the major part of its first-quarter revenue of $79. 3m fromonline games. The company is currently developing Tianxia II a newMMORPG in house… "We believe that diversification in our product offerings will allow us toachieve our goals. "The company suspended its biggest income earner online game services aspart of a three-day national mourning for victims of the Sichuan earthquakeearlier this month. Netease is one of China’s largest online games developers and operators withmassively multiplayer and smaller casual games among its many offerings. The key to our success in 2008 and beyond will be our continued ability to evolveWilliam Ding Netease The company earned the major part of its first-quarter revenue of $79. 3m fromonline games. The company is currently developing Tianxia II a newMMORPG in house. "During the first quarter of 2008 we continued to intensify our focus on thedevelopment of item- and fee-based games and remain on schedule to start closedbeta testing of Tianxia II which will be our first 3D item-based game" said Ding.
CDC Corporation to Continue Share Repurchase Initiative
Earthtimes – May 22, 2008
About CDC Games CDC Games is one of the market leaders of online and mobile games in China with more than 140 million registered users. The company pioneered the “free-to-play pay-for-merchandise” online games model in China with Yulgang and launched the first free-to-play pay for merchandise FPS (first person shooter) game in China with Special Force. Launched in July 2007 Special Force has consistently ranked in the Top 10 downloaded games in China and becoming the top revenue producer for CDC Games. Currently CDC Games offers six popular MMO online games in China that include: Special Force Yulgang Shaiya Mir III Shine and Eve Online. In March 2007 the company announced the formation of CDC Games Studio to establish strategic relationships with selected games development partners to accelerate the development of new original online games for China and other targeted global geographies… The company pioneered the “free-to-play pay-for-merchandise” online games model in China with Yulgang and launched the first free-to-play pay for merchandise FPS (first person shooter) game in China with Special Force. Launched in July 2007 Special Force has consistently ranked in the Top 10 downloaded games in China and becoming the top revenue producer for CDC Games. Currently CDC Games offers six popular MMO online games in China that include: Special Force Yulgang Shaiya Mir III Shine and Eve Online. In March 2007 the company announced the formation of CDC Games Studio to establish strategic relationships with selected games development partners to accelerate the development of new original online games for China and other targeted global geographies. Through its CDC Games International (CGI) subsidiary the company launched a long-term strategy to be a global publisher of MMO games. As part of this long-term strategy CDC Games launched the.
Video and game downloads to get age ratings in the UK
InfoWorld – May 22, 2008
Disney Warner Brothers and Fox are among the studios that have already signed up. It is expected that by May more than 1000 videos will have online certificates. Peter Johnson head of policy at the BBFC explained that online games would not be affected by the system. “If what you’re doing is providing the game to the consumer and you’re using the internet as a form of delivery as an alternative to mail order or shops then that’s included in the scheme. If the gameplay is hosted online then that’s not included in the scheme” he explained. Johnson added the BBFC would work in conjunction with gaming industry body Pegi to regulate online gaming. “We don’t need to set up in rivalry with Pegi online.
Software Review: Going online for educational fun
Jerusalem Post – May 22, 2008
That is the marketing strategy of a small but growing number of software firms and this is what Israel’s own Compedia – which has already produced more than 100 titles that have been translated into 35 languages and are sold in 40 countries – has done here. But it has also taken a refreshing stand with this CD-ROM: All profits go to help at-risk Israeli children and teenagers through the Jewish Agency’s Haruah Hayisraeli organization. McDonald’s has joined by offering the CD-ROM for NIS 5 to those who purchase a children’s meal giving them a week to play the online games. Compedia isn’t ashamed to emphasize that its products are educational and the disk – without an Internet connection – offers richly colorful games mostly using children’s aptitude for moving objects around. Go online by clicking an icon and they may choose their suitable age group and symbol. An icon installed on the desktop enables parents to monitor their child’s progress in a variety of skills needed to play well. With a genie as a guide the child can click the mouse play tunes on a xylophone and learn the musical notes meet animals manipulate robots use their arithmetical skills to fill in line drawings with color (if you know how much 5×5 equals for example you can click the appropriately marked paints to fill the spaces).