PRESS RELEASES
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Rappelz Releases Epic IX Part 2
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Seoul, Korea - July 31st, 2015 - WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of online games, announces that the dark fantasy MMORPG Rappelz released its newest expansion.
The latest update introduces a new raid dungeon, a party matching system, class rebalancing, skills available for pets, and many more improvements to the game.
Adventurers can put their skills to the test in the new raid dungeon. Available through a quest and a special ticket, players will venture to the Parallel World dungeon in order to stop nefarious monsters from wreaking havoc on Gaia. This dungeon will be populated by phantoms and challenging bosses, which can be defeated to amass rewards in the form of a new set of equipment for players, and new soul creatures to add to their collection.
Finding a party has been facilitated in this update, whether for newcomers looking to explore Rappelz’s dungeons for the first time, or veterans seeking another party member for a tough instance. The party leader can create a party and register it on the party list of the interface with the name, level area, and number of members. If players are interested, they can apply and wait for the leader’s approval to be teamed up with the other members.
The pet owner will enjoy a new addition in Epic IX Part 2, as creatures will now have their own skills depending on their specialty.
Many more improvements are included with a rebalance of the classes, the addition of new quests, enchanting weapons effect modification, and much more.
To celebrate the release of the expansion, the Rappelz Team is organizing several events in-game, including login events and EXP boosts.
More information about this expansion is available on Rappelz’s official website: http://en.rappelz.webzen.com/
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July 31 2015
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ARCHLORD 2 releases its most challenging update ever
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Seoul, Korea – 28th July 2015 - WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, is delighted to announce that the PvP-focused MMORPG Archlord 2 just released its latest content update, the most challenging to date.
Among others, this new update introduces a new dungeon for seasoned adventurers, a world raid boss and new sets of legendary gear.
Evil never sleeps with Galia and his henchmen awakening an ancient monster to unleash hell on Chantra and opening the “Dark Stronghold”, a new dungeon available only in “Hell” difficulty. Only the toughest and most cunning heroes from level 55 onwards can enter this instance, and hope to take down all the challenging bosses who won’t go down easily. Vanquishing the enemies in the “Dark Stronghold” will reward the adventurers with exclusive level 60 legendary gear.
In Stardust Land, a new world raid boss has appeared, the most challenging monster that ever walked the realm of Chantra: Stein. Stein won’t be overcome by displays of sheer power; players will have to employ team-work and strategy to slay him. However, should they manage this feat, they will be rewarded with all new level 60 legendary weapons. Heroes should be careful during their raids, as both factions may attack this mighty boss simultaneously.
The content update introduces several new features and upgrades, with the addition of new PvP gear, the possibility to further combine Wings to strengthen players’ stats, bug fixes and much more.
Players with a WEBZEN account can update their game client or download the latest update on the official website: http://archlord2.webzen.com/Download
More information can be found on the Archlord 2 official website: http://archlord2.webzen.com/
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July 28 2015
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Blazing Summer Festival Arrives at WEBZEN.com
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Seoul, Korea – 14th July, 2015 - WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, has launched Blazing Summer Festival on its global game portal, WEBZEN.com, on July 14th, 2015 (UTC).
From today through to July 28th, 2015 (UTC), players can participate in Blazing Card Battle on WEBZEN.com once each day. Blazing Card Battle is a comparison card game between a player and dealer, and is played with up to three cards. Once the sum of the numbers on a player’s cards is higher than the dealer’s, they will be able to receive rewards based on their amount of wins for one of the following games: ARCHLORD 2, CONTINENT OF THE NINTH SEAL (C9), MU ONLINE, RAPPELZ and Flyff.
To celebrate the arrival of summer, the WEBZEN team has kicked off many in-game events for all of WEBZEN’s games, including ARCHLORD 2, CONTINENT OF THE NINTH SEAL (C9), MU ONLINE, RAPPELZ, Flyff and Age of Wulin. During this summer event, players will be able to reap benefits such as more loot and gold, additional experience, free items, daily login rewards and more. Full details on each event are now available on the official WEBZEN website: http://www.webzen.com/
Additionally, players will be able to visit any of WEBZEN’s media partners to obtain a code for the WEBZEN Summer Package, from today through to July 28th, 2015(UTC). Players need to choose one of WEBZEN’s participating games, which are CONTINENT OF THE NINTH SEAL (C9), RAPPELZ, Flyff, MU ONLINE and ARCHLORD 2 when they get their code. The choice of package is in the player's hands, and each code will give them a free item package for the selected game.
More information on WEBZEN’s summer festival is now available on the official WEBZEN website: http://www.webzen.com/events/summer-festival
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July 14 2015
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WEBZEN Awaits Mobile Game Partners in Gamescom
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Seoul, Korea – 29th June, 2015 - WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, has expanded into mobile game publishing and is actively seeking new titles to bring to the gaming market.
In April 2015, WEBZEN expanded its business area into the mobile market, with the release of mobile MMORPG ‘MU: Origin’, and became one of the biggest mobile game publishers in Korea.
Since MU: Origin launched in Korea on April 28th, 2015, it has been ranked in the top 2 games of Google Play’s Korean top-grossing charts (as of today, June 29th, 2015). In addition to the Korean chart, MU: Origin was ranked in the top 5 games of Google Play’s worldwide top-grossing charts in May 2015. Source: App Annie Intelligence
Additionally, WEBZEN has directly published the game without any portal or SNS (Social Network Service) business partnership, and the company has maximized its profits without paying any fees to partners.
Along with this great success in the mobile game publishing business in Korea, WEBZEN has the expertise in technical infrastructure and marketing to publish mobile games, and is currently looking for potential partners in order to expand their business area into the global game market.
WEBZEN has already signed several publishing agreements for its next games, including the tentatively titled ‘Dragon lancer’, in partnership with U9 GAME (and Giant) on June 1st, 2015. Open beta testing for the Chinese gaming market is scheduled for 2015, and the game will be released in the Korean gaming market afterwards.
WEBZEN’s global game portal ‘WEBZEN.com’ has been in the top 5 position for global game portals, bringing free-to-play PC online games to a worldwide audience with 50 million players from all over the world.
WEBZEN is scheduled to open its B2B booth at Gamescom 2015 in early August, to meet game developers and publishers for cooperation in the mobile and PC online game business area.
Richard Sunmyoung Moon, Head of Global Business at WEBZEN, said, “WEBZEN has years of experience operating a global service platform, and we are delighted to expand our service into the mobile gaming market.” Also, he said, “We will run a B2B booth in the Korean Pavilion at Gamescom 2015, seeking potential business partners and new games.”
Mobile game developers interested in finding out more should contact the WEBZEN team via [email protected]
For more information about WEBZEN visit: www.webzen.com
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June 29 2015
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CONTINENT OF THE NINTH SEAL Launches its 5th Expansion, Lord of Baltic
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Seoul, Korea – 23rd June, 2015 - WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, has announced that the dungeon-based MORPG, CONTINENT OF THE NINTH SEAL (C9) released Lord of Baltic, its fifth expansion today.
After the scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 (UTC), fans of C9 are able to jump into Lord of Baltic and enjoy a new playable class, ‘Viking’, a fishing mode system, and even more features.
This new expansion brings the ferocious Viking fighters from the icy north to unleash their frozen wrath in their fight against evil. The class primarily uses Dual Battle Axes to attack enemies. Unlike other fighters, the Vikings have a special ‘Frost’ ability to mark enemies with the skill ‘Frost Stigma’, and then freeze them afterwards.
Players will also be able to fish in the game using just a rod and some bait which can be gathered from dungeons. Not only will you be able to catch a variety of beautiful fish in Waterford, you will be able to have a chance to get useful buffs and precious items such as Potions, Auspices or Skill books. In addition, C9 players can participate in a celebration event to go along with this new fishing mode system. The more fishing points a player gets, the higher the reward, such as Medic Gear, Soul: Prelude of Storm Set and more.
Along with these new features, the expansion introduces an adjustment of the PvP balance of the Battle Maiden class.
To celebrate the launch of this new expansion, a level-up event is taking place which offers special rewards to players who advance their Viking to level 57 during the event period.
From tomorrow through to July 31st, 2015, players will be able to visit any of C9’s media partners to obtain a code for the Lord of Baltic Celebration Package. Each code provides: Extreme Potion Package x3, PC Cafe Premium item [7 days] x1, Gold Nethergem, Dimensional Fissure Ticket x2, Bang Turmoil Ticket x2.
Full details on Lord of Baltic are now available on the official C9 website: http://c9.webzen.com/events/5th_expansion
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June 23 2015
