NetDragon and Central Motion Picture Corp. Join Hands to Create New Era for Film-Based Online Games in China


FUZHOU, China, December 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Firm Warlords and the Online Game Warlords Online will be Shown
Simultaneously

The first domestic online game (Warlords Online) based on the film of the
same name, which is jointly produced by NetDragon (NetDragon Websoft Inc.
(SEHK GEM 8288)) and Central Motion Picture Corp., will be tested officially
for the first time on December 13. China's traditional recreational industry
and emerging digital recreational industry will greet the first annual show
of a landmark work, and it will become another important milestone in the
development of China's recreational industry.

Warlords, directed by Chen Kexin, is an epic war film represented by Jet
Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei. It profoundly depicts love
between brothers and lovers.

Warlords Online ( http://tmz.91.com/ ) is the first large and realistic
Oriental epic online game in ancient costumes in China based on the Chinese
night-errant culture. Thanks to the efforts of NetDragon, Central Motion
Picture Corp. and the team that produced the film Warlords, it vividly
reproduces a disorderly society full of love and hatred under the background
of the late Qing Dynasty by the super-realistic technique.

Warlords Online creates the unique opposition camps of the government and
bandits and has a bodyguard system that is composed of as many as one hundred
kinds of bodyguards' occupations, almost all in the Qing Dynasty. Especially,
it builds the first pure "brother (sister)" system in online game history,
and players can truly experience the meaning of the eight characters: share
happiness and share difficulties. Moreover, it contains exciting super-large
battles for attacking and defending cities to let players bring their wisdom
into full play.

In eager expectation of numerous players, the game was first tested
internally on November 30 at 3:00pm and the response was very enthusiastic.
In order to satisfy the needs of a great number of players, the game operator
decided to increase the activating code for internal testing by a wide margin
at that time. The enthusiasm of players not only shows the star effect of
Warlords, but also reflects the excellent brand image of NetDragon in the
online game field.

The time for developing Warlords Online was very short, but the
requirement for its quality was very high. "For NetDragon, it was a
challenge, but an opportunity even more!" Liu DeJian, Chairman of NetDragon,
noted: "This strategic cooperation between us and Central Motion Picture
Corp. breaks through the conventional development pattern of the traditional
recreational industry and emerging recreational industry and shows the new
development direction for the game industry in particular. The success of
Warlords Online is just a beginning and we expect there will be more and
better online games adapted from films, TV plays and novels in the future."

About NetDragon ( http://www.nd.com.cn )

NetDragon (NetDragon Websoft Inc.), established in 1999, is one of the
leading online game developers and operators in China. It was first listed on
SEHK GEM (Stock Code: 8288) on November 2, 2007 and was rated by Fortune
China Edition as an "Excellent Employer in 2007-Company Most Suitable to Work
with in China". Up to now, NetDragon has developed and operated many large
online games, such as Monster and me, a 2D turn-based pets raising game,
Conquer Online for players loving ancient heroism in ancient wartime, Realm
of Chaos based on mythology, Eudemons Online and Zero Online, a Robot
Fighting game with the theme of confrontation between robots. Meanwhile,
NetDragon is developed many games targeting different kinds of players,
including Happiness (Kaixin) Online, Warlords Online, Piaomiao Online and
Heroes of Might & Magic Online in order to further expand and enrich its
product line.

For details, please contact:

     Zhou Ying, NetDragon
     Tel:    +86-591-8754-3120
     Mobile: +86-139-5918-5198
     Email: maggie@nd.com.cn


    Web site: http://www.nd.com.cn
              http://tmz.91.com



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