Exit Games Signs Distribution Partnership With The9 To Bring Photon To"Chinese Market

Portland, OR – August 2, 2011 – Exit Games today announces that it has"entered into a distribution agreement with The9, the leading online"game operator and developer in China. According to the agreement, The9
will exclusively market and distribute Exit Games’ Photon to"developers and publishers throughout China.

Exit Games’ Photon is a fast, reliable and powerful network engine and"socket server for the development of realtime multiplayer"applications, with SDKs for Unity, iOS, Android, Flash, HTML5 and"others.

Photon’s C/C++-based core, it’s server extensibility in .NET / C++"reliable UDP, form a market unique feature set that is essential for"scalable online games such as first person shooters (FPS) or massive"multiplayer online games (MMOG’s).

The9 Limited is one of the earliest providers of social networking"services and online games in China. They’re familiar with product"distribution, marketing, operation, and community management specific"to the Chinese game market, and are therefore well equipped to help"game developers launch games in the important Chinese market.

Chris Shen, Vice President of The9 Limited, commented: “Developing and"operating successful online games in China is a huge technical"challenge as they must scale for an enormous amount of concurrent"users. That is why we are happy to distribute Exit Games Photon, an"online game engine that exactly tackles these challenges, allowing"game developers to build robust and scalable online games on multiple"platforms, and to operate them on a minimum amount of servers.”

Christof Wegmann, CTO and founder of Exit Games, continues: “We are"absolutely thrilled to partner with an online games powerhouse like"The9. China is a fantastic opportunity for us, with many highly"skilled online game developers, and the partnership with The9 opens up"this market for us.” He went on “We are convinced that their specific"market knowledge will help to successfully establish Exit Games’"Photon within the Chinese online game development community.”

Exit Games’ Photon FREE licenses can be downloaded at"http://shop.exitgames.com.

About The9 Limited:
The9 Limited is an online game operator and developer in China. The9"directly, or through affiliates, operates licensed MMORPGs including"Soul of The Ultimate NationT, Atlantica and Kingdom Heroes 2 Online in
mainland China. The9 has also obtained exclusive licenses to operate"other online games in mainland China, including Seoyugi, Planetside 2"and Free Realms. In addition, The9 operates its proprietary MMORPG"World of Fighter, web and SNS game Tiny Kingdoms and Winning Goal in"mainland China and overseas. The9 is also developing various"proprietary games, including ShenXianZhuan, Firefall and other"MMORPGs, web and SNS games. In 2010, The9 established its Mobile"Business Unit to focus on mobile internet business.

About Exit Games:
Exit Games is the leading provider of network engines for the"development of online games on multiple platforms. Exit Games’ high"performance socket server, Photon, allows developers to easily"implement realtime features into games or applications for browsers,"personal computers, Macs or mobile devices including the iPad, iPhone
and Android."Exit Games products are used by leading entertainment industry"customers such as OpenFeint, Bigpoint, Walt Disney, Square Enix,"Taito, Konami and World Golf Tour to create online, social and"community-based games and applications."Exit Games was founded in 2003 with venture capital funding and is"headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with an office in Portland, Oregon,"USA. For more information, please visit the company website:"www.exitgames.com.

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