ManagerZone AB, the parent company of ManagerZone Inc., creator of the worlds largest online sport management game for football and hockey, in partnership with Fujian Newland Network S&T, Ltd. (Newland), has had an extremely successful launch of its first Public Test in the Chinese Market.
Beijing, China (PRWEB) December 7, 2004 -– ManagerZone AB, the parent company of ManagerZone Inc., creator of the worlds largest online sport management game for football and hockey, in partnership with Fujian Newland Network S&T, Ltd. (Newland), has had an extremely successful launch of its first Public Test in the Chinese Market.
We are truly excited to see ManagerZone go into public test after a long year of work getting the game ready for the Chinese market," said Johan Christenson, Chairman of ManagerZone. Newland has been tremendous to work with in every way and we are of course very pleased with the number of registered managers after only a few days. There is a clear demand for a game like ManagerZone in China."
This initial week has shown exactly how important China and our partner Newland is," said Göran Christenson, President of ManagerZone. More than 100,000 have signed up in the first week in China. It speaks volume for how large of a part China will play for ManagerZone as a whole. We expect China to bring ManagerZones total number of team managers to over one million before the summer of 2005."
Linxuejie, CEO of NewLand Network S&T, Ltd., also expressed his expectations on the future of Chinese ManagerZone when he said, Newland is a leading hi-tech group in China and we view ManagerZone as our entry into the online entertainment market. Newland is very confident about the future of ManagerZone in China. Over the last 9 months, millions of RMB have been put toward this project, and Newland Network S&T has grown to a 50 person company in support of the initiative. According to the information and site data from the first few days of the public test, we are very confident that ManagerZone will become one of the most popular online games in China."
The official launch of the ManagerZone China game site, www.managerzone.cn , is scheduled for January 2005. Based on the record number of consumer responses to the Public Test launch in China this week, ManagerZone is expecting a very successful official site launch in January, and is enthusiastic about the consumer gaming opportunities the new market will create within the ManagerZone world.
The record numbers of new game participants to ManagerZone China has been staggering. Over 100,000 new participants are recorded as having signed up in less than a week during the Public Test, and the high registration rate continues. ManagerZone currently has an ever-expanding member base with nearly half a million current members, across 40 countries and supports over 20 languages. The game records a monthly average of 50,000 new members.
About ManagerZone AB
Focused on providing interactive entertainment and applications, ManagerZone develops sport manager games that can be played via a web browser on the Internet or a cellular network on a mobile phone or personal wireless device (PDA). The company offers multiplayer games that allow hundreds of thousands of users to engage in interactive sports world-wide. Headquartered in Sweden, ManagerZone ABs offices are located at Borgmästaregatan 18, 371 34 Karlskrona, Sweden. ManagerZone also has operations and contacts in North America (US), South America (Brazil), China (Beijing), and various locations across Europe, Russia and Australia. For additional information about ManagerZone, please contact Gaea Jordan in the United States offices at 9 Innovation Way, Suite 100, Newark, DE (+ 1 302 731 2006) or email gaea.jordan@managerzone.com. Please visit ManagerZone at: www.managerzone.com.
About Fujian Newland Network S&T Co., Ltd
Fujian Newland Network S&T Co., Ltd is one of the branch companies of Fujian Newland Group with a registered capital of 6 million RMB. The predecessor of the company is a business section of Newland Communication S&T Co., Ltd. In order to launch completely into the network area, Newland Group decided to found a new company that specializes in the development of web-based and mobile games. This company will focus on the gaming platform and work to be one of the leaders in the gaming world.
The office location is Fujian Newland Network S&T Co., Ltd 16F GuoXing Building, ShouTi South Rd., District Beijing, China.
Contact Newland at +86 10 88356181-211 email newland_chn@yahoo.com.cn
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