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ICE2008 REPORT
Road map to
a technology
rich future
In terms of business deals, its been a busy and frustrating 18
months for Octavian: its takeover by Australian firm eBET fell through
at the final stage only for a new and possibly better arrangement
with the Chinese company PacificNet then to come to the fore.
pathtosuccess east Asia,” said Brenninkmeijer. categories but we also want to Victor Tong, president of
OCTAVIAN “We have ideal products for develop more promotional
PacificNet with Harmen
these developing markets; we packages that use data mining
Brenninkmeijer, founder
The furore surrounding the have a lot of experience in techniques and connect
and CEO of Octavian
deal between PacificNet and developing networks where directly with players as well as
Octavian was still evident for communications are some- Customer Relationship Man-
people to see at ICE, although times difficult. agement applications.” order to play games through a new generation. We have a already shipped 2,000 Comma
the message was clear. Octa- “Over the next couple of That road map will also, of characters they have devel- huge amount of experience in 6a machines to Italy and
vian will become a wholly months we will be working on course, incorporate Pacific- oped. A massively popular providing games to Macau, another 5,000 being made.”
owned subsidiary whilst a technical road map that we Net ideas not just in systems online application among a now the world’s largest He continued: “We have
retaining its identity; CEO and can all work to over the next but also in games. The certain generation, there is gaming market, with hundreds huge experience of providing
founder Harmen Bren- couple of years. It will be company has key interests in thought to be huge potential of machines in place as well as content and undertaking
ninkmeijer will join the Paci- defined in four major seg- MMORPG, or Massive Multi- for development, including for terminals linked to live bac- groundbreaking research and
ficNet board in the fullness of ments: the marketing offer; fun player Online Role Playing the gaming industry. carat games, something that development. We are a United
time. All is signed, sealed and and entertainment; the sup- Gaming - this is the phenome- “It’s really about the future appeals to the increasingly Nations of a company.”
delivered: Octavian is now a porting systems offer; and the non behind Second Life, World demographics and segmenta- mass market players in the “There are certainly huge
PacificNet company. control and management offer. of Warcraft and Everquest, for tion of the market,” said Victor region. We are also developing synergies to be explored,” said
“We’re now going to be able Most of our products fit into example, where players enter Tong, president of PacificNet. bingo machines for roll-out in Brenninkmeijer. “I see huge
to bring our systems into south the second and third of those an always-on virtual world in “We’re creating new games for the Philippines and have opportunities lying before us.”
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