Online Game TLBB Ready for Christmas

Dec. 18, 2009 - PRLog -- “The TLBB Winter Legends Come Alive!!!”

This festive season, ChangYou (EU) embarks on a mission to offer something new and exciting, pulling more strings than a puppeteer on tour and filling Christmas stockings with more inventory than a World War II counter-strike.

Tiān Lòng Bā Bù (better known in the Western community as Massively Multiplayer Online Game TLBB) derives its name from the widely recognised Chinese novel, of the same title, by Jin Yong – one of China’s most successful writers, author of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. So successful, the eggheads over at ChangYou (EU) couldn’t resist but turn this epic adventure into what is now one of the Far East’s most successful role-playing games ever released.

A formula consisting of fantastic storylines and a journey that’s unique to each individual, TLBB delivers a mixture of ancient culture, mystery and, well, martial arts of course... Let’s not leave that out!

‘9 Classes, Infinite Possibilities’ spells out a game that offers the player the chance to learn 1 out of 9 exceptional and well thought out fighting skills including Shaolin style, Beggars Alliance and Taoist to name just a few.

Join TLBB and the European team this Christmas to find out just how you can fight a giant snowman in the middle of a Chinese city and gain an abundance of amazing items for your inventory. Increase your XP with a one off version of the ever popular ‘Chess’ game and enjoy the panoramic view of Luo Yang’s snow covered city – A never seen before event.  

Currently in its European pre-closed beta stage, TLBB has had exceptional feedback from its users so far and recently attracted the attention of leading industry retailer GAME™. GAME™ will also be issuing customers with a limited amount of Christmas cards at their № 100 Oxford Street flagship store in London from December 15th until stocks last. They will each have unique activation codes printed on the inside, allowing you to register and enjoy the game in its pre-closed beta stage for free. But hurry, they’ll be gone before long. You can also receive our Christmas cards if you visit Game.co.uk and make any online PC game purchase.

ChangYou (EU) Marketing Director Cai Shen said “Our success in China has been a result of hard work, an excellent product and the confidence we have in our national and international team members. The £80m investment in TLBB has been mirrored by its undeniable success, winning a number of Golden Feather awards and attracting over 50 million users in Asia alone - money well spent, we believe. Now due to be released to the European market, our winter event looks set to boost our CCU (concurrent user) figures in this, our Pre-closed beta phase”.

In a unique twist to online gaming, ChangYou (UK) are also offering the chance for two players to have their faces turned into Avatars available in the game, and live in the TLBB world forever.  They will become... The Winter Legends.

For full details please visit tlbb.eu.changyou.com


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Notes to editors:
•   Changyou.com  is a leading developer and operator of online games in China
•   ChangYou began operations in 2003 as Sohu.com’s massively multi-player online games (“MMORPG”) business unit
•   ChangYou became a stand-alone company in December 2007
•   ChangYou has a leading in-house technology platform that includes an advanced 2.5D graphics engine
•   A close relationship with Sohu provides ChangYou with unique competitive advantages including strategic guidance, pre-launch game reviews, marketing and operational support, as well as access to over 250 million registered users on Sohu’s portal
•   In 2007, TLBB was ranked by International Data Corporation, or IDC, as the third-most popular online game in China and second-most popular in China among locally-developed online games
•   ChangYou’s product development team and game operations team work closely together to translate game player feedback into game updates and expansion packs on a timely basis

For more information, please visit:

tlbb.eu.changyou.com
www.changyou.com/en
www.sohu.com
www.game.co.uk


For all press enquiries, please contact:
Jonathan Lopera - 毛熊
Public Relations
Marketing Department

ChangYou.com (UK) Company Limited
The European Subsidiary of ChangYou.com Ltd.
Address: 809-815, One Lyric Square, London, W6 0NB
Office: +44 02031708927 Mobile: +44 (0)7951024939
Email | MSN: jonathanlopera@cyou-inc.com
TLBB Game:   tlbb.eu.changyou.com
Website:        www.changyou.com

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Live the Legend

TLBB is a Chinese martial arts MMORPG adapted from the popular Chinese novel Tian Long Ba Bu which was written by famous martial arts Wuxia writer Jin Yong. Developed by Sohu-ChangYou, TLBB attracts such a vast amount of players that it is currently ranked 3rd in the Chinese MMORPG market.

The scenario has been developed around the lives of ancient Chinese heroes such as Xiao Feng, Duan Yu and Xu Zhu. It gradually uncovers passion and grudge among nine classes. With the core concept of Buddhist errantry in the original work, TLBB offers a virtual world filled with good and evil, love and hatred.

The Nine classes contribute to the making of a rich story set in a traditional ancient environment. Royalty, Lotus Order, Beggars Alliance, Pyromancer, Shaolin, Assassin, Taoist, Minstrel, and Voodoo all have their own advantages and play different roles in the TLBB world. Nonetheless, each class has a connection to the spirit of ancient martial arts.