BEIJING, Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At the press conference at the recently concluded 11th China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference ("ChinaJoy"), Mr. Robert Xiao, CEO of Perfect World, announced the launch of a global investment program called Perfect World Investment ("PWIN"). PWIN is believed to be the first global gaming investment program launched by a Chinese game developer and it is expected to have a far-reaching impact on the entire gaming industry and on China's cultural and creative industries.
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The global R&D and operation teams at Perfect World have always focused on delivering the highest quality game content and providing players around the world with the finest entertainment available today. As a leading multi-platform game developer and operator in China, Perfect World has world-class R&D capabilities, an extensive range of domestic and international well-known IPs, as well as a strong track record of exporting games overseas. Since its inception, Perfect World has created more than a dozen of highly-acclaimed online games for players worldwide, and the company is currently expanding into web and mobile games in an effort to offer more great game content. Perfect World has created an integrated global platform with well-established capabilities in R&D, operations, and collaboration with its overseas partners, providing high-quality entertainment to players around the world, and further expanding the popularity of the company's games on a global scale.
Perfect World is now fully-equipped to launch its global PWIN investment program. Way before the launch of PWIN program, Perfect World had established its own subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe, and Korea, acquired the famous U.S.-based Cryptic Studios, the Japan-based online game operator C&C Media, and the majority stake in the well-known U.S.-based game studio Runic Games, Inc. Leveraging the company's extensive experience in online game development and operation, as well as the success of Perfect World Import Export (PWIE), a platform that aims to facilitate Chinese online gaming companies with importing or exporting quality games to various markets over the world, the company is committed to providing users worldwide with a world-class entertainment experience. PWIN will primarily focus on mobile game projects, global investments, and global resource allocation. And the company considers mobile games as one of the most important areas of its global strategic focus.
Perfect World will continue to meet the needs of users and deliver high quality content to provide players with the ultimate gaming experiences. As part of its continuous efforts to exploit high-quality gaming resources and seek for mutual-beneficial partners worldwide, the company recently signed memorandums of understanding with China Unicom Broadband Online Limited Corporation and China Mobile Game Base, and expects to initiate more strategic collaborations to achieve smooth and effective joint operations, overseas market expansion, and copyright cooperation. Perfect World's management believes that mobile games are fast becoming a key area of strategic focus for the company. PWIN will give the company the opportunity to unveil even more favorable opportunities in the mobile gaming sector and to deliver the ultimate mobile gaming experiences to players worldwide.
In the future, Perfect World will continue to deliver products with the best quality, integrate high-quality entertainment resources worldwide, and develop its global R&D and operating capabilities. Aiming to further strengthen its gaming business consisting of client-based games, mobile and browser games, Perfect World will also continue to actively seek for outstanding global investment and partnership opportunities and expand its distribution channel worldwide.
