SEOUL,South KOREA -- WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), a game developer and publisher based in South Korea has announced the commencement of Cash Shop within Soul of the Ultimate Nation (S.U.N.).
Soul of the Ultimate Nation is a fantasy-based massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) published through webzen.com. The company has been reaching the world-wide audiences since the first appearance of MU Online in 2006, and with the introduction of Archlord and S.U.N., the number of registered gamers are steadily growing. The global publishing of SUN has been attracting a high interest from all around the world especially in Poland, Germany, and Brazil.
WEBZEN plans to allocate additional servers for S.U.N. and Archlord in Europe this November to cope with the growing users and the impact of geographical distance.
Chang Keun Kim, the chief executive officer of WEBZEN, said, “Soul of the Ultimate Nation has unique game characteristics, such as mixture of MMOPRG and MORPG’s contents and those attributes are the reason for the increase number of players. We hope achieve the global campaign for recognition of Korean online RPGs through S.U.N.”.
To celebrate the opening of the Cash Shop, WEBZEN will host promotional events. Newly registered users will have a chance to experience some of the Cash Items for free as well as purchasing Cash Items for 30% off from the regular price. Also, players will receive free in-game items (Ghost Pet) for the Halloween event.
The company also announced plans for various events and service plans for MU Online and Archlord. Recently Archlord revealed a new character, ‘Swashbuckler’, and is getting positive feedbacks from the players, and WEBZEN also plans to host the Castle Siege event in Archlord.
Furthermore, Archlord will complete the account migration from Codemaster and implement multiple language in-game scripts including Spanish. During the month of November, all Archlord players will be given Unique Accessory.
