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CDC Games Launches www.12FootTall.com Portal to Showcase Online Games in North America 12 Foot Tall Portal Provides Common Access Point to CDC's Games and Offers Virtual Merchandise for Sale Last update: 7:30 a.m. EST Feb. 15, 2008Print E-mail RSS Disable Live Quotes BEIJING & ATLANTA, Feb 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation and pioneer of the "free-to-play, pay for merchandise" model for online games in China, announced today that its CDC Games USA business unit has launched 12 Foot Tall, a games portal designed to provide gamers in North America with fast and easy access to the company's popular online games, facilitate purchases of virtual merchandise and enhance collaboration with other players. With one single sign-on, users can easily access any of CDC Games' North American games. Later this month, 12 Foot Tall will feature Lunia, CDC Games USA's first online arcade-style massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) recently recognized in the Top 5 Best New Games of 2007 by MMOsite.com. The portal will feature several flash mini-games, based on the popular MMO world of Lunia, that can be accessed through any standard web browser and allow gamers, with limited time, to play and interact in the Lunia world from anywhere in North America. Gamers can also interact with each other in forums for each of the games offered by CDC Games USA. The portal also allows gamers to deposit money into the 12 Foot Tall payment portal and use their credit to purchase virtual merchandise for any of the company's North American games, instead of being locked into only one game. Loyalty points, called Overdales, and virtual currency, called Polks, will be used by gamers to execute micro-transactions in each game's shopping mall that will offer both real and in-game virtual merchandise. The 12 Foot Tall site are powered by IBM servers and are hosted at a state-of-the-art Terremark data center that will provide direct access to the core of the North American Internet. To access 12 Foot Tall, visit: www.12FootTall.com "The goal for 12 Foot Tall is to make it very easy for all types of online game players to engage with our games and each other - anytime - from anywhere in North America," said Ron Williams, general manager of CDC Games USA. "12 Foot Tall is the gateway for CDC Games USA game websites and it is all about big fun. Besides being the starting place for accessing our free-to-play hardcore and casual massive multi-player games, 12 Foot Tall features flexible options for micro-transaction payments, free fun flash games, weekly contests, news about CDC Games USA, and player community forums that we believe will enhance the overall gaming experience for players. In the coming months, we also will be offering other new features using advanced technology to help provide the most innovative social platform for online game players in North America." |
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