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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Despite devastation, Chinese return to online gaming]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/despite-devastation-chinese-return-to-online-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/despite-devastation-chinese-return-to-online-gaming/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/despite-devastation-chinese-return-to-online-gaming/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/server-downtime/" rel="tag">Server downtime</a></p><a href="http://shaiya.aeriagames.com/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/20071025_shaiya1.jpg"  alt="" /></a>After the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7410166.stm">devastating earthquake</a> that took the lives of over 40,000 people in China two weeks ago, the Chinese government is doing all they can to restore civility to over seven million people who were directly affected by one of the largest natural disasters in recent history. In addition to this, we can all rest assured that the MMO market in China didn't miss a beat and is back in full swing.<br /><br />Yes, you heard me right. <a href="http://www.cdcgames.net/cdcgames/index.html">CDC Games</a>, the Chinese game distributor responsible for the distribution of such popular titles as <a href="http://shaiya.aeriagames.com/"><em>Shaiya Online</em></a>, stated recently that its revenues for its online games have rebounded almost immediately. They say their game service was only suspended for three days during the tragedy, and are now back on track to making the income they made previous to the disaster. Whew!<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/despite-devastation-chinese-return-to-online-gaming/">Despite devastation, Chinese return to online gaming</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 28 May 2008 20:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://kotaku.com/5011174/chinese-online-gaming-rebounds-after-earthquake>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/despite-devastation-chinese-return-to-online-gaming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1208622/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/despite-devastation-chinese-return-to-online-gaming/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>cdc-games</category><category>china</category><category>disaster</category><category>earthquake</category><category>shaiya</category><category>shaiya-online</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 20:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
