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Atlanta, Georgia - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - August 20, 2008 - Search engine, Baidu.com, has ranked CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation, and pioneer of the ‘free-to-play, pay for merchandise’ model’s Digimon, as the number one upcoming online game.

John Huen, Chief Operating Officer, CDC Games noted, ”We are very excited on completing our successful closed beta test and especially proud of the high interest level gamers have exhibited on Baidu for our upcoming Digimon release. We believe the popularity will continue to increase as we launch this much anticipated online game commercially in the next few months. We believe that Digimon will help to fuel our continued rapid growth in our games business in China and add to our existing diversified portfolio of five exciting and entertaining online games in China.”

Digimon’s Number One ranking is from the ‘Gamers’ Recommendation List.’ The rankings are listed on g.baidu.com . Baidu allows players in China to rank games based on factors like graphics, sound, game play and other features. Since July 10, 2008, Digimon has held the No. 1 ranking as interest has significantly increased regarding the upcoming open beta testing and commercial launch of Digimon, expected during the second half of 2008.

CDC Games licensed Digimon RPG and Digimon RPG2, from SK Telecom, a leading mobile telecommunications operator in South Korea. Both of these online games are based on a widely popular Japanese television animated series. Players collect and train virtual monsters called Digimon and battle versus other players. Launched four years ago in Korea by its developer DIGITALIC, Digimon is already a very popular and mature game.

CDC Games is one of the market leaders of online and mobile games in China with more than 140 million registered users and approximately 11 million active 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.

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 a part of this strategy, CDC Games has partnered with MBC Group, a leading media company in the Middle East, to launch the world’s first online games web portal in the Middle East.

Baidu provides access to one of the largest online audiences in China, targeting groups with defined interests as indicated by queries. Baidu also offers performance based online advertising services, designed to for measurable cost effeciency.

For more information on CDC Games, please visit: www.cdcgames.net.

To learn more, please visit: www.baidu.com.

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