“Impressive graphic technology and superior development studio circumstance”
(2007-04-09) WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), a leading global online entertainment company, today announced that Chinese government officers visited Webzen HQ to study and observe Korean On-line game industry through tour of SUN development studio on April6.
According to Shanghai administration’s plan, for 2 weeks from April 2nd, Chinese government officers participate in “Culture & Industry Training Program” to observe diverse Korean industries including culture facilities and committees such as Seoul City Government, Game Evaluation Committee and Pusan International Film Festival Committee and so on.
Especially, they visited Webzen to see Korea’s superior on-line game industry based on strong ‘Hanryu’
mood in China and got presentation on Webzen’s global and local strategies. Also, there was a
development studio tour for SUN, which will be publicly serviced in China from April 18th.
Mr. Jihao, the representative of Chinese Culture & Industry Training program, said “It is highly impressive to see Webzen’s superior developing studio circumstance and its awesome graphic technology”
Mr. Park, CMO of Webzen, also said “Webzen is currently developing Kingdom of Warriors in our own
R&D center in China and this will definitely contribute both Korea and China’s Culture & Technology
industry development through this kind of consistent exchange”
With 40 million ‘MU Online’ members, Webzen aggressively promotes diverse local strategies for Kingdom of Warriors in China. On February, Webzen signed an export license contract for the much-anticipated massively multiplayer online first person shooting game (MMOFPS) Huxley with China’s premier game publisher The 9.
