Games Convention Developers Event, Sponsored by Web Hosting Firm, Digital River

Minneapolis, Minnesota - (The Hosting News) - August 14, 2008 - Global e-commerce and web hosting outsourcing provider, Digital River, will participate in the Games Convention Developers Conference.

The company will sponsor, speak and exhibit at the GCDC, scheduled for Aug. 18-20, 2008, at the Leipzig Exhibition Center in Leipzig, Germany.

Digital River, a gold level sponsor, will have an extensive presence at the event. In addition to exhibiting on level one of the conference center, the company will host a break-out session on Aug. 18th titled ''Get Your Game e-Face On,'' which will focus on how to launch and run a profitable, global gaming e-business.

Games Convention Developers Conference provides exclusive insights into the latest themes and important issues affecting the games industry in a series of lectures, keynote speeches, debates and workshops.

Digital River, Inc., a provider of global e-commerce solutions, builds and manages online businesses for over 40,000 software publishers, consumer technology manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and affiliates. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services. Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; and Shanghai, China.

To learn more about the GCDC, please visit: www.gcdc.eu.

For more information about Digital River, please visit: www.digitalriver.com.

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