Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, at a June 30 press conference announced the launch of Zhuxian Online, developed by China-based Beijing Perfect World, in the Taiwan market. This is the third Beijing Perfect World game Soft-World will operate, the latter indicated.
Zhuxian will be operated by Game Flier international, Soft-World's wholly owned subsidiary, with closed beta testing having finished last week and an open beta beginning on June 30, according to Soft-World. The operation of Zhuxian is expected to reach 80,000 simultaneous players and monthly revenues of NT$80 million (US$2.63 million), Soft-World indicated.
According to the Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times, Soft-World is preparing to list Game Flier on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and will file its application in March 2009.
Soft-World and Game Flier launch Zhuxian Online
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Article translated by Adam Hwang
