The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY - News; "The9") and Blizzard Entertainment ("Blizzard") today announced that Blizzard Entertainment''s World of Warcraft, the subscription-based Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) has achieved record peak concurrency of 800,000, highest concurrency since the game''s commercial launch in June 2005, after launching its new expansion pack, "The Burning Crusade", in mainland China on September 6, 2007.

We observed that numerous existing players return to or play more of the World of Warcraft game after the launch of The Burning Crusade new expansion and new players have also been attracted to join. In the field of 3D MMORPG, the World of Warcraft game is now in a leading position again and has written a new chapter to mainland China''s online game history.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard''s award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, lands, Battlegrounds, professions, items, and many more features.

About The9 Limited

The9 Limited is a leading online game operator in China. The9''''s business is primarily focused on operating and developing high-quality games for the Chinese online game market. The9 directly or through affiliates operates licensed MMORPGs, consisting of MU?, Blizzard Entertainment?''''s World of Warcraft?, Soul of The Ultimate Nation(TM), and its first proprietary MMORPG, Joyful Journey West(TM), in mainland China. It has also obtained exclusive licenses to operate additional MMORPGs and advanced casual games in mainland China, including Granado Espada, Guild Wars, Hellgate: London, Ragnarok Online 2, Emil Chronicle Online, Huxley(TM), FIFA Online, Audition 2, Field of Honor and Audition. In addition, The9 is also developing two proprietary MMORPG games, Fantastic Melody Online(TM) and Ming Jiang San Guo.

Pearl Research believes rising user metrics indicate the vitality of WoW and will contribute favorably to The9´s Q4 financial results.