Company Profiles
Tencent Technology (Shengzhen) Company Limited
Tencent is one of the most influential Chinese Internet companies and a major player in China's casual game market. With over 150 million active accounts, its Instant Messaging system, Tencent Messenger, has a market share of 77% in China. According to Alexa, Tencent's portal site QQ.com was ranked the 4th most popular portal site in China and the 13th most widely accessed web site in the world.
With such a large user base and popularity, Tendent is actively promoting its casual game portal called QQ Game Portal and transforming its Instant Messaging system to include entertainment and games. Its casual game portal site has become one of the largest in China.
Type: Online game (both MMOG and casual) publisher and developer
URL: www.tencent.com
Address: Floor 5-10, FIYTA Hi-tech Building, Gaoxinnanyi Avenue, Southern District of Hi-tech Park, Shenzhen
Zip Code: 518057
Tel: 0755-86013388
Fax: 0755-86013399
Guangzhou Optic Communications Development Co., Ltd.
Optic Communications is fully supported by Hong Kong Citic Pacific. Its main business is online game development and publishing. On March 20th 2003 , Optic Communications obtained the license to publish Mir 3 in China , and on August 1st in the same year, the game was put into official commercial operation in China mainland, Hong Kong and Macao . In August 2004, the co-developed game ‘1000Do Online' with Korean partner gained its publishing rights. Optic Communications obtained the operation rights of SOS, Shaiya, Shine and Come on Baby. ‘Hero 108' , independently developed by Optic Firestone Software, is being produced and improved and is expected to be on the stage in early 2006. Optic Communications promises to contribute more and better games to online game enthusiasts with first-rated services as back-up.
Optic Communications gained a number of honors as: ‘The Primary Brand to Online Game Users', ‘Game World Online Game of Best Operation and Service', ‘Most Progressive Online Game', ‘Most Excellent Agent Operating Online Game', ‘The Annual Best Online Game' and ‘2nd Prize of Top 10 Most Popular Online Games of the Year' in 2003; ‘Top 10 Online Game with Generous Boss', ‘The Best Online Game Service' and ‘Top 10 Most China Most Popular Online Game' in 2004. In early 2005, Mir 3 was granted ‘The Best Oversea Online Game'.
Type: Online game (both MMOG and casual) publisher and developer, ISP, Internet Infrastructure
URL: www.optisp.com
Guangzhou Branch
Address: Room 101, Metro Building, #58 Jianzhong Rd, Tianhe Industrial Zone, Zhongshan Rd, Guangzhou
Zip Code: 510665
Tel: 020-85539000
Fax: 020-85538830
RealNetworks China
In 1995, RealNetworks, Inc. pioneered the entire Internet media industry, and continues to fuel its exponential growth.
Because the Internet was built to handle text-based information, not audio and video and other rich media, RealNetworks, Inc. foresaw the need for specific solutions that could handle the creation, delivery and consumption of media via the Internet. That led RealNetworks, Inc. to invent and release the RealPlayer and RealAudio in 1995.
Today, hundreds of millions of RealPlayers have been downloaded throughout the world take advantage of RealNetworks, Inc. world-class media creation, delivery and playback technology. Type: Casual game portal, publisher
URL: china.realnetworks.com
Address: Room 2005, Building A, ChaoWai MEN Office Building, No. 26, Chao Wai Da Jie, Chaoyang District, Beijing. 100020
Tel: 10-8565 6466
Fax: 10-8565 6477
Radiance
Radiance Digital Entertainment was founded in July 2005 as an independent Video Game Production company. The core of the company is comprised of senior managers with decades of experiences in the game industry in the China , Korea , Japan , Taiwan and US markets. Our teams are comprised of leaders necessary to execute our projects creatively, visually and technically, with a flexible scaleable architecture that leverages the best resources on a per project basis.
We concentrate on developing On-line games, Mobile-phone games and Mobile platform games. Radiance's focus is to become the premier 3rd party independent games developer in the Chinese market, working with best of class publishers on a game by game basis, or forging multi-product partnerships with one publisher when opportunities present themselves.
Type: Third party independent game developer
URL: www.radiance.cn
Address: Room 1401, No.877 Dongfang Rd, Pudong New Area, Shanghai , China
Tel: 21 6875 3688
Fax: 21 6875 3488
Shanghai Art-Coding Software Co., Ltd.
Shanghai ArtCoding, a leading independent game developer in China , provides offshore outsourcing services to international game publishers, developers and independent studios such as SEGA, Ubisoft, THQ etc. for their projects on the PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox360, NGC consoles and PC online platforms. Founded in June 2003, Shanghai ArtCoding was invested by Shanghai Venture Company and other famous VC companies with total registration capital of 1.5 million US$.
Artcoding are managed by a professional veterans from Ubi Soft who ever participated some famous titles (Splint Cell 2, Rayman III) and acted as Project Manager or Team Leaders. Currently ArtCoding is employed more than 50 talents most of whom belong to Game Design, Programming and Artist departments. 70% of them have ever been educated professionally and got Bachelor Degrees of above. Due to the fast expanding of business, our producing team is increasing constantly.
As the most excellent 3rd independent game developer in China, ArtCoding is committing itself to become tight partners of Game Publishers and offering the most popular game content with the best quality and service.
Type: Outsourcing company
URL: www.art-coding.com
Address: Room 1707, Orient Mansion ,No.1500 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai , China 200122
Tel: 21 5062 3777
Fax: 21 6840 7882
Shanghai Game Developers Association
Shanghai Game Developers Association (SGDA), a non-profit membership organization, is a branch institution of the Shanghai Multimedia Industry Association involved in the field of game development. The missions of SGDA are to establish an extensive game developer organization in Shanghai and to use this organization's strength to promote development and progress of the game development industry in Shanghai and throughout China .
As of Feb 2006, SGDA has more than 140 official members, including numerous key figures in the Chinese game development industry. On average, SGDA organizes one inter-industry activity per month, such as technical workshops, seminars, casual gatherings, etc. Between December 2004 and Feb 2006, more than 900 game developers from across the world participated in activities organized by SGDA. SGDA maintains close relationships with more than 100 local and international game companies, related organizations and government institutions. It receives widespread acknowledgement and support within the industry.
SGDA is keen to grow alongside game developers who share common ideals, and work hard hand-in-hand towards the development of China 's game industry. China GC Networks
China GC Networks offers global clients with a complete, integrated source of marketing tools to reach the Chinese game industry. With our integrated media offerings (magazine, web sites, and events), China GC Networks is your best partner in expanding your company’s products and services to China.
China GC Networks publishes Game Creation Magazine, which is the first and only professional magazine serving the rapidly growing game development community in China. Published monthly, Game Creation provides technical and industry information to game developers, market analysts, gaming enthusiasts, educators and students in China. Serving as an information center and open forum, Game Creation allows China’s industry leaders and game development experts to share technical solutions as well as discuss strategies for creating innovative and visually stunning games. China GC Networks also has a strong web presence with its own magazine and portal sites as well as several affiliated web sites. Together they reach the largest number of industry professionals as well as students in China.
In addition to its media offerings, China GC Networks also provides a wide variety of services such as event planning and management, public relations, China market entry support, business consulting and market research to companies who want to explore business opportunities in China.
China GC Networks maintains close relationship with various government agencies and industry organizations in China. It also has established strategic partnership with many foreign companies and conferences such as Game Developers Conference and Austin Game Conference.
China GC Networks maintains offices in Beijing, China and Chicago, IL, USA. For more information, please visit www.gcmag.com.
GameVision Corporation
GameVision Studio provides premier outsourcing services and turnkey solutions to clients from all over the world. GameVision Studio has built an extensive production network, which consists of affiliated development studios and individual freelancers. Together they host a broad expertise in digital entertainment production, which enables us to find a solution that suits every client's unique need.
Type: Outsourcing
URL: www.gamevisionstudio.com
Address: P.O.Box 4481, Naperville, IL 60567, U.S.A.
Tel: 630-839-5250
Fax: 630-839-5026
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