Saturday, June 23, 2007

21:08:41

CDC Games to Expand Development Partner Program with Up to $100 ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and pioneer of the "free-to-play, pay-for-merchandise" model for online games in China, today announced plans for its accelerated expansion into the development of online games through the establishment of a subsidiary to be named CDC Games Studio.

CDC Games Studio expands the scope of the Online Games Developer Partner Program announced in August of 2006. The original partner program was funded by up to $20 million and focused on investments in strategic games development partners to accelerate the development of new and original online games for the China market. CDC Games Studio will continue to place strategic investments with selected game developers and also support emerging game developers with the resources they need to rapidly develop innovative new games.