China readies first Xbox Live Arcade game
- October 14, 2008 07:44 AM PST
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The first Xbox Live Arcade game designed in China will be released this week, marking a milestone for an incubation center set up in China by Microsoft for local game developers.
Everyone starts somewhere
But Chinese gamers won't get to play it as the Xbox 360 isn't sold in China.
"This game wasn't developed for release in China, it's for global release," said Julie Leong, a Microsoft spokeswoman in Hong Kong.
Called Crazy Mouse, the game was developed by Ultizen Games of Shanghai and will be released on Oct. 16, Microsoft said. The mouse theme was chosen in part to mark the Chinese zodiac's year of the rat. Players compete alone as a mouse running through a two-dimensional maze, or can compete against other players.
The Crazy Mouse game was developed at Microsoft's Chengdu Incubation Center, in southwestern China. But a Chinese government ban means Chinese gamers can't buy the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3.
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- Oct 14 2008 at 08:07:59:AM PST
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The population in china is so large. They can produce a lot of games there.
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How many minutes do you think it will take before a knockoff version is made?
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Interesting that China has banned the game system yet it is legal to produce a game for one? that does not compute.
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leiderhausen wrote:
Interesting that China has banned the game system yet it is legal to produce a game for one? that does not compute.
It's all about the Benjamins ...
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you guys obviously have no idea what goes on outside your homes. xbox 360 is the biggets seller of console games in china!
you can find xbox 360s in every shop that sells electronics. china already has its own server too in hong kong which will finally reduce all the lag by joining other servers in other continents. a company called china live will take up the job of activating xbox live in mid november. it will cost 15 rmb a month for membership, which is like 2 american dollars cheapest in the world.
another bonus is that almost all xbox 360 are sold chipped as standard in mainland china. and 95% of retailers sell copied games for the xbox 360 for 5 rmb each (80 cents ).
all these games will be available on xbox live in china in 2 weeks for 2 dollars a month and no lag whatsoever. i love you china!!!
...you are welcome :)
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