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Giant Interactive Group Inc operates and develops online games, primarily its blockbuster MMO ZT Online 2, in China.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Us >> Profile )〕 As of 2008, the company has a strong presence in 2nd and 3rd tier Chinese cities, large and medium-sized cities that aren't one of the top four in terms of population and contribution to GDP. In 2008 Giant Interactive had the third-largest share of the Chinese online games market with 11.9%, and a BNP Paribas media unit called the company "the industry leader of online games in China." It was founded in 2001 as Shanghai Zhengtu Network Technology Co Ltd.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Milestones )〕 Listed on the NYSE in 2007,〔 in late 2013 the company was planning to be taken private (and subsequently delisted from the exchange).〔Williams Act Reports." SEC Filings Insight. Wolters Kluwer CCH. 2013. HighBeam Research. 23 May. 2014〕 As of April 2014, this go-private plan had yet to be completed amid a lawsuit filed by shareholders to prevent the sale. Some of its games, such as ZT Online, derive revenue from the sale of virtual goods. In 2013 peak concurrent users for ZT Online 2 reached 540,000.〔"Giant Interactive Updates on ZT Online 2 Peak Concurrent Users." Entertainment Close-up. Close-Up Media, Inc. 2012. HighBeam Research. 23 May. 2014〕 The company may be a partner of site 51.com offering casual games. The company also makes mobile games some in partnership with Ntreev Soft.〔"China : GIANT Inks Deal with NTREEV." Mena Report. Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. 2013. HighBeam Research. 23 May. 2014〕 It has an architecturally daring corporate headquarters on the outskirts of Shanghai designed by Morphosis. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giant Interactive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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