Giant Interactive Group, Inc. develops and operates online games in China. The company focuses on massively multiplayer online (MMO) games that are played through networked game servers in which thousands of players are able to simultaneously connect and interact. Its online games include ZT Online, a two-dimensional online role-playing game; ZT Online PTP, a pay-to-play game based on the ZT Online free-to-play game; and Giant Online, a military-themed MMO game. The company markets and sells its prepaid game cards and game points through distributors and retail outlets, including Internet cafes, software stores, supermarkets, bookstores, newspaper stands, and convenience stores, as well as through official game Website. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

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Shi says that players have become accustomed to the new billing system and added functions of ZT Online, Giant Interactive’s flagship game, in accordance with the company’s first-quarter fiscal report.

In the first and second quarters, Giant Interactive is dedicated to the development of new game products. Shi believes that further adjustments of the MMORPG will help lengthen the game’s lifecycle.

Currently, Giant Interactive is simultaneously developing seven games. King of Kings III started a closed beta test at the end of the first quarter, and ZT Online II will be launched in the second half of 2009.

ZT Online is a proprietary 2D MMORPG designed by Giant Interactive. The company has released several expansion packs of the game since 2005. On April 28, 2008, ZT Online recorded concurrent players of 2.1 million.

Source: www.163.com (May 27, 2009)

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