Windows Live Messenger讓你養虛擬寵物

Sit, Stay, Chat! Explore a Virtual World on Windows Live Messenger Kuala Lumpur — September 11, 2007 — Whether they're having another day at the officeor enjoying downtime at home, Windows Live Messenger users are now just a click away fromexploring a virtual world as Microsoft Casual Games partners with GoPets Ltd to launch GoPets onWindows Live Messenger.

Inhabited by pets that owners can create and customise, the virtual GoPets world onWindows Live Messenger offers an environment to explore, casual games to play, groups to join andcountless ways to express individuality.

The relationship between Microsoft and GoPets Ltd bringsabout the unique integration of a virtual world into an instant messaging (IM) service.“GoPets on Windows Live Messenger takes instant messaging to the next level of 3-Dinteractivity,” said Barrie Ooi, Regional Product Manager for Microsoft Online Services Group SEA.

“Teaming up with GoPets enables us to provide the Windows Live Messenger network with this newsocial networking experience.”A Global Dog Park for the 21st CenturyImagine an office worker in China sending his bamboo-eating panda to surf the waves downunder. Or a Texas housewife's country-music-loving dog frolicking on the desktop of a schoolteacherin London.

Much like a virtual dog park, GoPets offers users a great way to meet and socialise withothers in the Windows Live Messenger network around the world. Curious and inquisitive, thesevirtual pets love bringing owners - who share similar interests, regardless of borders or languagebarriers - together.

“GoPets is an online community where anyone can adopt a pet, customize it to their likingand interact with other pet owners anywhere in the GoPets virtual world at any time of day,” saidErik Bethke, CEO and founder of GoPets Ltd.

“With direct access through Windows Live Messenger,it will be even easier for pet fans to make friends all over the world through common interests andshared experiences, such as chatting and playing games on the Windows Live Messenger and GoPetsplatforms.”With a growing user base of nearly 260 million active accounts worldwide, Windows LiveMessenger is the world’s most-used IM service.

Current Windows Live Messenger users in more than30 countries can travel the world with GoPets by visitinghttp://games.msn.com/en/general/article/mgopmessengerlaunch.htm or by clicking the Games iconon the left side of the Windows Live Messenger window and selecting GoPets. New Windows LiveMessenger users can visit http://messenger.live.com/ to connect and share instantly on the world’smost popular IM network.