Mahjong Game Launched On Facebook

An Asia focused gaming company called World Mahjong Tour, Inc., has launched what it claims is the first ever Mahjong and Big Two multiplayer software game applications on Facebook, the popular community website.

“Mahjong and Big Two are extremely popular games in Asia and in addition they have a huge following all over the world,” say Pierre Wuu and David Wang, the company founders. “We are planning to introduce many Asian games to the worldwide audience in English and in other languages.”

The number of Mahjong players around the world is estimated to be around 100 million, said Wang, adding that  Mahjong is considered to be the national pastime game of China and is one of the most widely played games in the world, especially in Asian countries. “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. “This market will only grow.”

The WMT mahjong game comes in Chinese and English and allows users to quickly learn and improve their skills. Users can play social or competitive online Mahjong 24 hours a day simply by logging into Facebook, and in the future on other online social networking sites that the founders have in mind. English support will be available soon for the Big 2 game.

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