On February 27th, FriendTimes announced its partnership with Baidu Ernie Bot as one of its eco-partners. In the future, the company will have full access to the capabilities of Ernie Bot through Baidu AI Cloud, enabling a comprehensive experience and integration.
On February 13, 2023, the annual Top 10 Games Awards Ceremony for the year 2022 was successfully held in Guangzhou. With its outstanding market performance and positive user feedback, FriendTimes was nominated as one of the Top 10 excellent "Going-global" game companies of 2022.
On the evening of February 10, the National Press and Publication Administration announced its approval for domestically produced online games in February. A total of 87 games were approved, and FriendTimes’s new product Twist of the Fate was among them.
Culture is the underlying foundation. In order to comprehensively showcase the progress and achievements of Suzhou‘s cultural industry, demonstrate the innovative development of cultural enterprises in Suzhou, and enhance the sense of honor and belonging for cultural enterprises and entrepreneurs, the results of the first Suzhou Cultural Industry "Dongwu Award" (Culture Enterprise) selection have been officially announced recently. FriendTimes, due to its dedicated cultivation of local culture in Suzhou and its steady performance, has been selected as one of the Top 10 Pioneer Cultural Enterprises.
The winners of the 2022 Golden Plume Awards for Outstanding Games have been announced. Among the deserving recipients, FriendTimes Inc.‘s captivating social mobile game, "Promise of Lingyun," has been honored with the prestigious "Best Original Mobile Game" award. Simultaneously, their authentic urban workplace development game, "Go La La Go!," has been recognized as the "Most Anticipated Mobile Game."
Recently, the winners of the 9th Game Industry Appreciation Awards, organized by Game Daily and Youliyouju Game Research Institute, were announced. FriendTimes Inc. proudly received the "2022 Annual Social Responsibility Contribution Award".
In recent news, the winners of the 10th Golden Tea Awards 2022, hosted by Game Teahouse, have been officially announced. FriendTimes Inc. has been honored with the prestigious "2022 Most Influential Game Company" award, while their popular social mobile game "Promise of Lingyun" has been recognized as the "2022 Best Mobile Game".
On December 12, FBEC 2022 and the 7th Golden Gyro Award announced its list of winners. FriendTimes earned the award of “Outstanding Game Enterprise of the Year”.
Suzhou Culture Promotion Convention was held on October 31, 2022. Cao Lubao, member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Province and Party Secretary of Suzhou, Wu Qingwen, Deputy Party Secretary of Suzhou and Mayor of Suzhou, and representatives of municipal offices of counties, cultural industrial parks, and cultural enterprises attended the event. Jiang Xiaohuang, chairman of the FriendTimes Technology Incorporation, made a keynote speech at the meeting.
Recently, under the guidance of the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association, the 2022 Game Responsibility Forum was held in Beijing by People’s Daily Online, with Jinbao Electronic Audio and Video Publishing (Beijing) Co. and Xicheng District Commission of Science and Technology of Beijing Municipality as the joint hosts. After a comprehensive evaluation, FriendTimes was awarded the Relatively Outstanding Game Enterprise with Great Social Responsibility in 2021-2022 by People‘s Daily.
