CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation and a pioneer of the "free-to-play, pay-for-merchandise" model for online games in China, announced today it has created a new subsidiary called CDC Games International (CGI) to launch new games internationally and to position CDC Games as a global publisher of online games.

CGI intends to launch new online MMO games in Japan and North America in late Q4 this year.CGI has also established sub-licensing agreements for publishing five new games with leading online games providers throughout southeast Asia and Taiwan. These agreements include the following:

16Pounds, a casual online bowling game, has been sub-licensed to Silver Coins Co. Ltd, one of the fastest growing online games publishers in Thailand. Silver Coins? first online game peaked to the second highest number of concurrent players at the time. Silver Coins also has a well established distribution channel and strong partnerships with local media.

Master of Fantasy, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and Grasen, a fantasy MMORPG with the unique ability to control five characters at the same time, has been sub-licensed to Playon Interactive, an online games publisher in Indonesia.

Darkness and Light, a real time strategy (RTS) online game, has been sublicensed to LYTO Online Entertainment Co., the market leader for publishing online games in Indonesia. They currently hold more than 50 percent of the MMO market in Indonesia.

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