World Mahjong Tour launches new applications
LOS ANGELES, California -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- World Mahjong Tour, Inc. (WMT), a leading Asia focused gaming company, announced today that it has launched the first ever Mahjong and Big Two multiplayer software game applications on Facebook®.
"Both Mahjong and Big Two are extremely popular Asian games with a massive followings worldwide," said Pierre Wuu and David Wang, World Mahjong Tour founders. "We plan to bring and introduce many Asian games to the entire worldwide audience in English and other languages." There is an estimated 100 million Mahjong players worldwide. Mahjong is considered to be the national pastime game of China and is one of the most widely played game in the world, especially in China, Taiwan, Japan, and most Asian countries.
WMT currently offers Mahjong in Chinese and English and allow users to quickly learn and improve their skills. Users can now play social and competitive online Mahjong 24 hours a day simply by logging into Facebook®, and in the future other online social networking sites. English support will be available soon for the Big 2 game.
"With this new launch on the Facebook Platform we will be the leader in presenting Asian games to a worldwide global audience. Facebook has a strong presence outside Asia in both North America and Europe. This is a market which very few Asian gaming companies have entered." said Pierre Wuu and David Wang, World Mahjong Tour founders. "This market will only grow and allow the World Mahjong Tour to further enhance its position as a leader in the Asian online gaming space." Facebook Platform is a development system that enables companies and developers to build applications for the Facebook website, where all of Facebook's 61 million users can interact with them.