BEIJING, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sohu.com Inc.
(NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading
online media, search, gaming, community and mobile service group,
today announced that its online game subsidiary, Changyou.com
Limited ("Changyou") (NASDAQ: CYOU) began open-beta testing of
Legend of Ancient World, Changyou's first 2.5D oriental
fantasy massively multi-player online role-playing game ("MMORPG")
today.
Legend of Ancient World was licensed from a game studio
in China. Transporting players
back some 4,000 years to the ancient Huaxia period, the game allows
players to explore an ancient Chinese civilization while
experiencing 21 occupations, 9 challenging dungeons and over 50
different mounts for players to ride. The downloadable client
software is only 0.4GB in size which will make it fast and easy to
download to computers.
Mr. Dewen Chen, Changyou's
president and chief operating officer, commented, "As our first
time travel MMO game, Legend of Ancient World should appeal to
players who like civilization games and imaginative storylines. Its
launch adds another high quality licensed game to Changyou's
portfolio and should help bring more gamers to Changyou's
platform."
About Changyou
Changyou.com Limited's massively multi-player online
role-playing games ("MMORPG") business began operations as a
business unit within Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) in 2003.
Changyou, a leading developer and operator of online games in
China, was carved out as a
separate, stand-alone company in December
2007, completed an initial public offering on April 7, 2009. Changyou currently operates eight
online games, including the in-house developed Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular online
games in China, and the licensed
Blade Online, Blade Hero 2, Da Hua Shui Hu, Zhong Hua Ying Xiong, Immortal Faith, San Jie Qi
Yuan and Legend of Ancient World. Changyou has a diversified
pipeline of games with various graphic styles and themes, including
the in-house developed Duke of Mount Deer, which received an award
as one of China's most anticipated
online games. Changyou's advanced technology platform includes
advanced 2.5D and 3D graphics engines, a uniform game development
platform, effective anti-cheating and anti-hacking technologies,
proprietary cross-networking technology and advanced data
protection technology. For more information about Changyou, please
visit http://www.changyou.com/en/.
About Sohu.com
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China's premier online brand and indispensable
to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of
web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the
vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding
information, entertainment and communication. Sohu has built one of
the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties
and proprietary search engines, consisting of the mass portal and
leading online media destination www.sohu.com; interactive search
engine www.sogou.com; #1 games information portal www.17173.com;
the top real estate website www.focus.cn; #1 online alumni club
www.chinaren.com; wireless value-added services provider
www.goodfeel.com.cn; leading online mapping service provider
www.go2map.com; and developer and operator of online games
www.changyou.com/en/.
Sohu corporate services consist of online brand advertising on
its matrix of websites as well as paid listing and bid listing on
its in-house developed search directory and engine. Sohu also
offers wireless value-added services such as news, information,
music, ringtone and picture content sent over mobile phones. Sohu's
online game subsidiary, Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU), currently
operates eight online games in China, including the in-house developed
Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most
popular online games in China, and
the licensed Blade Online, Blade Hero 2, Da Hua Shui Hu,
Zhong Hua Ying Xiong, Immortal
Faith, San Jie Qi Yuan and Legend of Ancient World. Sohu.com,
established by Dr. Charles Zhang,
one of China's internet pioneers,
is in its fifteenth year of operation.
Safe Harbor Statement
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Statements that are not historical facts, including statements
about Sohu's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking
statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates
and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance
on them. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the current global
financial and credit markets crisis and its potential impact on the
Chinese economy, the uncertain regulatory landscape in the People's Republic of China, fluctuations
in Sohu's quarterly operating results, and Sohu's reliance on
online advertising sales, online games and wireless services (most
wireless revenues are collected from a few mobile network
operators) for its revenues. Further information regarding these
and other risks is included in Sohu's annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2010,
and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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For investor and media
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In China:
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Mr. James Deng
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Sohu.com Inc.
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Tel: +86 (10)
6272-6596
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E-mail:
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Ms. Jenny Wu
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Christensen
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Tel: +86 (10)
5826-4939
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E-mail:
jwu@ChristensenIR.com
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In the United
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Mr. Jeff Bloker
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Christensen
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Tel: +1 (480)
614-3003
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E-mail:
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