Giant Interactive Establishes New R&D Center in Southwest China
SHANGHAI, China, April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) (“Giant” or “the Company”), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, announced today that it has opened a new research and development facility in Chengdu, Sichuan Province....
Giant Online’s Open Beta Launch Achieves PCU of Over 237,000
SHANGHAI, China, March 31 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) ("Giant" or "the Company"), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, announced that the peak concurrent users ("PCU") for its new game Giant Online reached 237,686 at 8:18PM (Be...
Giant Interactive Announces Giant Online Begins Open Beta Testing on March 28
SHANGHAI, China, March 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) (“Giant” or “the Company”), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, today announced its plans for Giant Online to begin open beta testing on March 28, 2008. Giant Onl...
Giant Interactive Announces Research Partnership With Huawei
SHANGHAI, China, March 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) ("Giant" or "the Company"), one of China's leading online game developers and operators, today announced its partnership with Huawei Technologies ("Huawei") to research server platforms for onli...
Giant Interactive Announces Record ZT Online PCU of Over 1.5 Million
SHANGHAI, China, March 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) (“Giant” or “the Company”), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, announced today that peak concurrent users (“PCU”) for its hit game ZT Online reached 1,529,615 at 8:29PM (...
Giant Interactive Group Inc. Schedules 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings Release on Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Earnings Conference Call to be held on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. (US Eastern Standard Time) / 5:00 a.m. (US Pacific Standard Time) / 9:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) ("Giant"), one of China's leading...
Giant Interactive Group's ZT Online PTP to Officially Enter Open Beta Testing on January 29, 2008
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) (“Giant” or the “Company”), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, today announced plans to officially begin open beta testing of ZT Online PTP on January 29, 2008. ZT O...
Giant Interactive Claims Seven Awards at China Game Industry Conference
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) ("Giant" or the "Company"), one of China's leading online game developers and operators, announced today that it had claimed a total of seven awards at the 2007 China Game Industry Conference held in Jiangs...
Giant Obtains Exclusive License to Operate Empire of Sports in Greater China
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, announced today that it has secured an exclusive license from Switzerland-based Empire of Sports Ltd. to operate Empire of Sports, a...
Giant Interactive Announces Share Repurchase Program
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) ("Giant"), one of China's leading online game developers and operators, today announced that its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program. Under the terms of the approved program, Giant may...
Giant Interactive Chairman Shi Yuzhu Named Most Influential Entrepreneur of 2007
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, announced today that its Chairman, Shi Yuzhu has been named one of the Most Influential Entrepreneurs of 2007, during the recent "China ...
Giant Interactive Commences Beta Testing of Giant Online and Releases New Expansion Pack for ZT Online
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators, announced today that it plans to officially begin the closed beta testing of Giant Online, its self developed 2.5 dimensional Massively ...
Giant Interactive Statement
SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA), announced today that the Company has been named in a securities class action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit alleges claims for violations un...
Giant Interactive Group Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA), one of China's leading online game developers and operators in terms of revenues, announced today its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Third Quarter 2007 Hi...
Giant Interactive Group Inc. Schedules 2007 Third Quarter Earnings Release on Monday, November 19, 2007
Earnings Conference Call to be Held on November 20, 2007 at 8:00 am (Eastern) / 5:00 am (Pacific) / 9:00 pm (Beijing) SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA; “the Company” or “Giant”), one of China’s leading online game developers...
Giant Interactive Group Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. (“Giant”) (NYSE: GA), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators in terms of revenues, announced today that the underwriters of its initial public offering exercised their over-allotment opti...
Giant Interactive Group Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giant Interactive Group Inc. ("Giant")(NYSE: GA), one of China’s leading online game developers and operators in terms of revenues, announced today that its initial public offering of 57,197,423 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), eac...
