Virtual World Roundup: Hipihi, Novoking, uWorld and Yaolan

BusinessWeek published a special report on virtual world on Monday, with one article on virtual World in China which featured Hipihi, Novoking and UOneNet (a.k.a. uWorld).
On April 21st, Hipihi announced the beginning of its public beta testing phase, after over a year private test. The private test was much longer than they previously expected. [...]

Novoking: A New 3D Virtual Community in China

3D virtual community hype hits China again. NovoKing, a new 3D virtual world, will start its private test in coming September.
Novoking was founded by Mr. Patrick Zha in Oct 2005, that means Novoking has been under development for nearly two years. In fact, Hipihi also started its development in 2005, and entered private beta [...]

Hipihi Announced Funding and Global Strategy

Hipihi, the 3D virtual community in China, announced its funding and global strategy today during the conference “State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse” in Singapore.
There was market rumor on Hipihi’s funding for quite a long time, Hipihi announced NGI group from Japan becomes one of strategic investors of Hipihi, but the announcement [...]

Shanda Plans Its Own Second Life

Shanda, the most successful online gaming company in China, is planning to launch its own version of Second Life, according to an article in FT.com.
“We are moving to diversify our games,” [Chen Tianqiao, chairman of Shanda,] told the Financial Times. “The only thing we care about is what users like, so we are also [...]

Hipihi to Start Second Phase Private Test

Hipihi, China’s virtual world product or China’s Second Life, will roll out their second phase private test soon. As planned, the private test of Hipihi will be separated into four phase. In coming second phase, users are able to customized their personas, that’s why they called this phase “Nuwa Reproduces People“.
Hipihi’s first phase test [...]

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