China Game Industry Annual Conference 2008 winners
December 22, 2008 by Joel Tan
Filed under 9you, Asian MMO, Chibi, Giant Interactive, MMORPG, MMORPG News, Perfect World, Shanda, Tencent, The9
It may be over and done with, but the China Game Industry Annual Conference, held on December 16 at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, has opened the doors to the world for the country’s video games industry. This year’s theme: Scientific Development, Creative Culture and Service Improvement.
Of course, what’s a conference without awarding recognition to the best in the industry. Here’s a list of some of the winners and their company profiles:
Shanda Entertainment
Shanda is a leading interactive entertainment media company in China and offers a variety of Internet-based entertainment services, such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games, casual games, chess and board games, network PC games, cartoons, literature, and music. Shanda offers popular products and services for its users, and allows them to remotely interact with one another over its community platform. The company offers an easy-to-use payment system, 24/7 customer service, and technical support. Shanda’s interactive entertainment platform attracts a large and loyal user base. As of June 30, 2008, Shanda has over 700 million registered accounts for all its content.
9you
Nineyou, or the Shanghai Everstar Online Entertainment Co. Ltd., is one of the world’s biggest music online game operator, China’s biggest casual game operator, one of the biggest interactive entertainment portal sites in China, which is the first to integrate online game services (MMORPG, massive and medium size casual games, mobile games, etc.), fashion digital entertainment content, a variety of chatting and community services equipped with avatar system, wireless value-added services and other premiere service to the Chinese language Internet users all over the world. With its wide coverage for all major types of user needs related with digital entertainment service, 9you represents the latest services style and newest trend for the digital entertainment provider business in China.
Perfect World
Perfect World Co. Ltd. is a leading online game developer and operator in China. It primarily develops three-dimensional online games based on its proprietary Angelica 3D game engine and game development platform. Perfect World’s strong technology and creative game design capabilities, combined with its extensive local knowledge and experience, enable it to frequently and rapidly introduce popular games designed to cater to changing customer preferences and market trends in China.
Speaking of Perfect World, the developer of popular MMORPGs like Perfect World, Zhu Xian and Chibi also bagged an award as one of the best product developers aside from game company of the year.
