)--Crytek, one of the world’s leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment, has confirmed to be a Platinum sponsor for the third CGDC. From July 30 to August 1, delegates and visitors to CGDC B2B showcase will have a close view of the latest technologies and applications presented by Crytek.

“We’ve decided to upgrade our sponsorship and our presence at CGDC this year”

Last year, Crytek was the Golden sponsor of CGDC and this year the sponsorship was upgraded into Platinum sponsor. “We’ve decided to upgrade our sponsorship and our presence at CGDC this year,” says Carl Jones, Director of Global Business Development CryENGINE. “At Crytek, we have a lot of belief in the Chinese market now and for the future. More Chinese developers than ever before want to create next generation games and the latest CryENGINE® 3 technology enables them to achieve their vision; so we want to be able to present it in a really spectacular way.”

Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") is one of the world’s leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment. It is based in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and has additional studios in Kiev (Ukraine), Budapest (Hungary), Sofia (Bulgaria), Seoul (South Korea) and Nottingham (UK).Crytek is dedicated to creating exceptionally high-quality video games for next-generation consoles and PC, powered by their proprietary cutting-edge 3D-Game-Technology, CryENGINE. Since its foundation in 1999, Crytek has created the multi-award winning PC titles Far Cry, Crysis (awarded best PC Game of E3 2007 and Best Technology at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards) and Crysis Warhead (awarded Best Graphics Technology at IGN Best of 2008 Awards).

The CGDC pass is now available for registration (including visitor pass for the CGDC Comprehensive Business Exhibition Area). Considerable discount is offered for registration by June 10, so the professional visitors are advised to make early reservations. For group registration, please visit the website and click on the “Conference Registration” button to enter the online payment system (http://pay.chinajoy.net/). Please log in, and follow the system and E-mail instructions.

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The eye-catching global event of World Expo 2010 is being held in Shanghai, which attracts the presence of guests from all around the world. The General Assembly of China Game Business Conference (CGBC), China Game Developers Conference (CGDC) and the China Game Outsourcing Conference (CGOC) will be launched from July, 28^th to Aug, 1^st at the Shanghai International Convention Center, it is certain that these events will bring about worldwide participation within the gaming industry, therefore to promote and enhance the function of the platform as the “communication center” for the technology &business activities between China and the other countries.

About CGDC

China Game Developers Conference (CGDC) is one of the world’s leading game development conferences. Each year, CGDC attracts over 3,000 professionals in the game development field to attend and learn. Over 70 global top-notch game designers and developers deliver speeches there and share their experience in the 3-day event.

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