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    Cayenne Tech launches fantasy baseball game

    ¡¥ULTIMATE MATCH-UP¡¦: The online games firm struck a deal with Major League Baseball¡¦s interactive media unit, enabling it to use official club and league logos
    By Elizabeth Tchii
    STAFF REPORTER
    Thursday, Aug 21, 2008, Page 11

    Cayenne Entertainment Technology Co (¬õ¤ß»¶´Ô®T¼Ö¬ì§Þ), a subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corp (²Î¤@¥ø·~), yesterday launched its latest online baseball game, Major League Baseball 2.

    ¡§The baseball dream of playing Kuo Hong-chih (³¢ªl§Ó) against A-Rod, or Wang Chien-ming (¤ý«Ø¥Á) against David Ortiz, can finally be realized,¡¨ Chen Yau-tian (³¯º½«ï), CEO of Cayenne Tech, told a media briefing yesterday.

    Cayenne Tech and Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Major League Baseball¡¦s interactive media and Internet company, have signed an interactive gaming license agreement for the rights to customize Cayenne¡¦s use of the Major League Baseball license within Taiwan for the online game.

    The contract will enable Cayenne Tech to tailor Major League Baseball 2 to include official Major League club and league logos, as well as official club uniform colors and player rights.

    Gamers will have access to Major League Baseball¡¦s 30 league teams and their players.

    Cayenne Tech, a Taiwanese online gaming firm founded in 2006, provides gamers with a unified platform that has fostered an active gaming community.

    Pop singer Jay Chou (©PªN­Û) is the gaming site¡¦s spokesman.

    ¡§The tremendous baseball fan base in Taiwan, as well as our 2.4 million gaming members, will now have the opportunity to play ultimate match-up and at the same time understand these teams and players individually,¡¨ Chen said.

    Cayenne Tech runs its membership services through the WASABii Web site.

    Membership is free, and the company makes money from customers who purchases add-on applications and services.

    Chen said Cayenne Tech was keeping its full-year revenue forecast at NT$500 million (US$15.9 million).
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