The9 Limited - American Deposit (NASDAQ:NCTY)

The9 is an online game operator and developer in China. We began to offer our self-developed online virtual community game "the9 City" in 2000 and commercialized the9 City in December 2000. Currently, The9's business is primarily focused on operating massively multiplayer online role playing game, or MMORPG, which allows thousands of players to concurrently log on to network servers to "role-play" characters in a virtual world. To broaden our product and service offerings, we have obtained exclusive licenses to localize and operate MMORPGs in China, including "MU", "World of Warcraft," or WoW, "Mystina OnlineTM", "Granado Espada", "Soul of the Ultimate NationTM", "Guild Wars", "Hellgate:London", “Ragnarok Online 2”,“Emil Chronicle Online”and "Huxley" Meanwhile, we are expanding our own product development capabilities to develop a suite of proprietary online games, including MMORPGs. "Joyful Journey WestTM" is the first side scrolling MMORPG developed in-house. In addition, The9 is also working on the development of a 3D fantasy MMORPG game, “Fantasy Melody OnlineTM”. The9's other products and services include game operating support, Website solutions and advertisement services, and game-related short messaging services. (website)