中华网游戏公司 控告Mgame单方面毁约
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-诉讼宣称“热血江湖”的开发商没能提供适当的技术支持,并且在打击私服中也没有给予帮助
-中华网游戏公司起诉Mgame
2007年10月17日,北京——中华网游戏公司是CDC Corporation的全资子公司,也是中国网络在线游戏中“免费游戏,道具收费”的典范,今天中华网游戏公司宣布在中国香港**已经对“热血江湖”的开发商Mgame提起诉讼。诉讼宣称Mgame公司违反合同约定,没有对“热血江湖”的正常运营提供适当的技术支持,并且在公司打击私服中也没有提供任何帮助。
在中华网游戏公司与Mgame公司之间的合同中要求Mgame有义务帮助中华网游戏公司保护游戏不受非法外挂干扰,双方应该通力合作,共同抵制任何不利于游戏的行为。合同中还要求Mgame全力监控识别技术方面的bugs和安全隐患,确保游戏的质量和游戏的正常运行。中华网游戏公司管理层已经尽力试图与Mgame管理层取得联系,希望对方能够履行他们的职责,但Mgame公司对中华网游戏公司公司提出打击私服保护玩家利益的请求没有做任何答复。
| ·【进展】中华网谴责Mgame 声明热江合同未终止 |
-Mgame公司单方面声明终止与中华网的合同
2007年10月17日,Mgame公司单方面声明:因中华网游戏公司未按合同规定付款,决定终止合同。中华网游戏公司管理层表示强烈的反对,认为Mgame公司的这些指控是没有任何根据的。Mgame单方声明终止合同的这种不负责的做法大大伤害了中国最受欢迎的网络游戏排名前10名——“热血江湖”的忠实玩家,同时也对中国整个网**业造成了巨大的伤害。
中华网游戏公司总裁陈晓薇女士说:“中华网游戏公司多次试图与Mgame公司达成建设性发展意见的美好愿望没有取得成功,我们感到非常遗憾。我们甚至直接与中国**和韩国**的相关部门取得联系,希望Mgame能够与中华网游戏公司继续建立相互信任关系,避免对热江玩家甚至整个中国游戏行业造成潜在的伤害。虽然我们最终不得已选择提出诉讼请求,但我们仍然希望能够友善的解决这个问题” 。
”陈晓薇女士又说到:“我们目前已经在打击私服方面取得了巨大成功,并且建立了“网络游戏反私服联盟”,希望通过我们的努力将其扩大到整个游戏行业。我们不能理解Mgame为什么拒绝帮助我们打击私服,并拒绝加入“网络游戏反私服联盟”。我们真诚地希望他们能够履行他们的职责,保护忠实热江玩家的利益,并且在保护整个游戏行业方面给与帮助。”
关于中华网游戏公司
中华网游戏公司 是中国网络游戏和手机游戏产业的领跑者,拥有1亿多的注册用户。公司的主打作品《热血江湖》是中国最早的采取“免费游戏,道具收费”运营模式的网络游戏,这款游戏已经在2005,2006和2007,连续3年被中国游戏产业年会(CGIAC)授予“十大最受欢迎的游戏”的荣誉称号。现在,中华网游戏公司已经在中国推出了6款非常受欢迎的大型多人在线网络游戏,这包括《热血江湖》,《神泣》,《特种部队》,《传奇3》,《光之国度》和《星战前夜》。在2007年3月,公司宣布成立CDC游戏工作室(中华网游戏公司 Studio)来与挑选的游戏开发伙伴建立战略伙伴关系,进而加速中国和其他国家目标市场新型独创网游的研发。中华网游戏公司 预期从CDC附属公司,国外投资伙伴和国内的资源筹措1亿美元对CDC游戏工作室进行投资。在2007年8月,中华网游戏公司建立了一个新的子公司- CDC游戏国际(CGI)和它的分支机构-CDC美国分部在国际间发行新的游戏,进而确立中华网游戏公司 全球游戏发行商的地位。更多关于中华网游戏公司 的信息,请登陆www.cdcgames.net。
关于 CDC Corporation
CDC僚属公司包括主要从事企业软件程序开发和服务的CDC Software,从事手机应用程序开发的CDC Mobile,从事网络游戏的中华网游戏公司,和***市场的门户网站China.com。想要了解更多CDC Corporation(NASDAQ: CHINA)的信息,请登录www.cdccorporation.net。
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本网站所发布的"前瞻信息,包含一些依据1995 年美国私人证券诉讼改革法案所涉及安全港条款的内容这些信息包括解决与Mgame争端的可能性信息,对Mgame的诉讼信息,打击私服力度信息,关于“网络游戏反私服联盟”的信息等,在涉及风险,不确定性和假设时有效。如果有任何风险或不确定因素或者有任何无法证明的假设, 那么前瞻信息中的信息和结果将会产生不同。这些信息基于管理层对当前风险,不确定因素和环境变化的预期考虑。有许多原因可能会导致实际结果与前瞻信息里的预期有所不同,主要包含下面几个方面;(a)诉讼的不确定;(b)《热血江湖》持续普及;(c)中国网络游戏产业市场的持续增长;(d)在打击私服方面面临的挑战;和(e)其他参与到OGAAP的游戏公司,媒体公司和**权威机构的自主行为。更多的风险信息和其他可能导致结果相异的因素已经在文件和在CDC Corporation 2007年7月2日向美国**会以20-F表格形式呈交的截止至2006年11月31日的年度报告中有所陈列。所有在这篇新闻里的前瞻信息都是根据本新闻稿发布时所能了解到信息为依据,读者不需要对这篇新闻里仅作为新闻素材的信息投入不必要的信任。无论是因为新的信息或未来事件或其他事情,公司都不承担更新或更改这些前瞻信息的责任。
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CDC Games Sues Mgame for Breach of Contract
Lawsuit Alleges Developer of Yulgang is Failing to Provide Adequate Technical Support and Not Assisting With Fight Against Pirate Servers
Beijing, October 17, 2007 -- CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation and pioneer of the “free-to-play, pay for merchandise” model for online games in China, today announced it has filed a lawsuit in the courts of Hong Kong, against Mgame, the developer of Yulgang. The lawsuit is for breach of contract and alleges that Mgame has not been providing adequate technical support for Yulgang, and Mgame has not been supporting CDC Games in their efforts to combat pirate servers.
The contract between CDC Games and Mgame requires that Mgame assist with the protection of the game from illegal intrusions by hacking and the companies should work together in the event of any hacking. The contract also calls for Mgame to use its best efforts to address identified technical bugs and security defects to ensure a quality game experience for online players. The management of CDC Games has been attempting to work in good faith with the management of Mgame, encouraging them to honor both of these critical obligations. Mgame has been unresponsive to these requests, which CDC Games believes has resulted in increased exposure to piracy of the game and has put the game player’s experience at risk.
On October 17, 2007, Mgame unilaterally announced that they have terminated the contract with CDC Games because they believe CDC Games is in breach of contract for non-payment. The management of CDC Games strongly believes that these accusations and actions are baseless and hold the potential to harm the loyal players of Yulgang, one of the top-10 most popular online games in China, as well as damage the overall online game industry in China.
“We regret that our many attempts to work with Mgame constructively and in good faith have not been successful,” said Dr. Xiaowei Chen, president of CDC Games. “We have even been working directly with the Chinese government and they too, have reached out to Mgame to encourage them to work with us constructively to settle this dispute and avoid any potential harm to the Yulgang players or overall games industry in China. Although we finally had no choice but to file the lawsuit, we still hope that this dispute can be settled amicably.”
Added Dr. Chen. “We have been very successful in our direct efforts to shut down pirate servers, and our spearheading of the formation of the Online Games Alliance Against Piracy (OGAAP) should help to expand our success to an industry-wide level. We simply cannot understand why Mgame has refused to assist in our direct efforts against games piracy and also refused to join the OGAAP initiative. We hope they will live up to their contractual obligations to protect Yulgang for the benefit of our loyal base of players, as well as lending their support and commitment to our industry-wide games protection efforts.”
About CDC Games
CDC Games is one of the market leaders of online and mobile games in China with more than 100 million registered users. The company’s hit title Yulgang was among the first "free-to-play, pay-for-merchandise" online games in China and has received the "Top 10 Most Popular Games" award from the China Game Industry Annual Conference (CGIAC) for three consecutive years, in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Currently, CDC Games offers six popular MMO online games in China that includes: Yulgang, Shaiya, Special Force, Mir III, Shine and Eve Online. In March 2007, the company announced the formation of CDC Games Studio to establish strategic relationships with selected games development partners to accelerate the development of new, original online games for China and other targeted global geographies. CDC Games anticipates being able to deploy up to $100 million for CDC Games Studio investments through contributions from CDC affiliated companies, external partners and its internal resources. In August 2007, CDC Games formed a new subsidiary called CDC Games International (CGI) and CDC Games USA to launch new games internationally and to position CDC Games as a global publisher of online games. For more information on CDC Games, visit: www.cdcgames.net.
About CDC Corporation
The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software focused on enterprise software applications and services, CDC Mobile focused on mobile applications, CDC Games focused on online games, and China.com focused on portals for the greater China markets. For more information about CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), please visit www.cdccorporation.net.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the possibility of resolving the dispute with Mgame, the success of any litigation against Mgame, the ability to shut down pirate servers, the success of OGAAP and other statements that are not historical, the achievement of which involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. These statements are based on management''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties and changes in circumstances. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, including the following: (a) the uncertainty of litigation; (b) the continued popularity of Yulgang; (c) the future growth of the online games industry in the China market; (d) the challenge in combating pirate servers; and (e) the willingness of other online games companies, media companies and governmental authorities participate in OGAAP. Further information on risks or other factors that could cause results to differ is detailed in filings or submissions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission made by CDC Corporation in its Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2006 on Form 20-F filed on July 2, 2007. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to management as of the date of the press release, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward looking statements which speak only as of the date of this press release. The company assumes no obligation to update or alter the forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.







