PRESS RELEASES
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Soul of the Ultimate Nation Beta Testing Begins
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(October 14, 2009) WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), a developer and publisher of ‘MU Online’ which boasted over 45million players all around the world has released plans to globally publish its MMORPG title ‘Soul of the Ultimate Nation(S.U.N)’.
The company announced that the beta testing period of ‘S.U.N’ will be held for 3 days starting on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009. Furthermore, WEBZEN plans to commercially launch the game at the end of October 2009.
‘S.U.N’ is a fantasy-based massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) showcasing splendid graphics, strategic battle zone systems and storytelling quests which has been successfully operating in Asia for the last 4 years. First appearing in Korea in 2006, ‘S.U.N’ is now distributed in China, Japan, Taiwan and it made its way to North America and England.
“‘S.U.N’ draws attention from gamers all around the world and it is one of the premier online game titles. We are happy to finally release the game to users in the new territory. The game graphics as good as console, I believe we can satisfy the eager anticipation of game players.”, said Chang Keun Kim, the chief executive officer of WEBZEN.
‘Global S.U.N’ will be serviced worldwide except for the already established regions such as East Asia, North America, and England. Players can participate by downloading the game client through the official website (http://sunonline.webzen.com) and encouraged to take an active role in both playing the game and community activities to be eligible to receive cash item. To welcome all beta testers, WEBZEN has prepared free virtual items allowing each participant to better experience the game.
More details on ‘Global S.U.N’ are available at WEBZEN’s official website, www.webzen.com
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October 15 2009
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Archlord Releases Swashbuckler along with Service Territory Expansion to North America and Europe
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WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ:WZEN), announced that the company had commenced the worldwide service of Archlord: Arch Battle of the World, expanding the service territories to North America and European countries.
As the CODEMASTERS license agreement of Archlord in North America and Europe ended, the global Archlord servers are now hosted by WEBZEN (http://archlord.webzen.com). Consequently, all users around the globe except from Korea, Japan, and China can connect to the Archlord servers via WEBZEN.COM.
To accommodate the former Archlord players from CODEMASTERS, WEBZEN will provide the service to transfer previously activated accounts within this month. Starting from October 8, players can pre-register to apply for the account transfer and receive free in-game gifts.
Also, WEBZEN is providing the next content update featuring the new character class “Swashbuckler”. The new character, a close range female combatant, armed with a pair of swords to inflict great damage, is the premier introduction among western countries.
WEBZEN has arranged many in-game events to celebrate and welcome new players. Starting from October 3, all Archlord users will be able to transform and experience the new character using “Swashbuckler metamorphosis potion”. Also, WEBZEN plans to give away many more Cash Items for free through in-game events.
Meanwhile, WEBZEN will launch ‘Soul of the Ultimate Nation (S.U.N)’ in this coming October. The official website of S.U.N (sunonline.webzen.com) is already available for pre-registration.
WEBZEN has also announced that the recent marketing efforts of MU Online, is showing a strong indicating figure in growth of South American players, bringing back many dormant users
“The service territory expansion and the account transfer from CODEMASTERS will create a user-friendly environment for Archlord. We expect to see a significant increase of new users as well as the overall improvement of WEBZEN.COM business. Furthermore, the update such as introducing ‘Swashbuckler’ indicates our commitment towards the success of the game. ” said Chang Keun Kim, the chief executive officer of WEBZEN.
Detail services of Archlord are available at WEBZEN’s official website, www.webzen.com.
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October 03 2009
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WEBZEN BEGINS THE BETA TEST OF ARCHLORD: ARCH BATTLE OF THE WORLD
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(July 30, 2009)
WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), the developer of popular MMORPG MU Online has announced the beta test rollout plans for Arhlord: Arch Battle of the World. The company has been hosting MU Online and now ready to add Arhlord: Arch Battle of the World, which developed by NHN Games into its service portfolio.
WEBZEN will kick-off its product launch by opening the official Archlord website via WEBZEN’s games portal at archlord.webzen.com on July 30th for everyone to see the game insights and to download the free game client. Following the commencement of the official website, the company will start the beta test in August, 2009.
According to the official statement, the game client has been made available to include all the latest features. The game items and character stats have been renewed. The boss monsters with various fighting patterns updated resulting the game balance being well brought out so that participants are able to have better game experience playing Archlord.
To celebrate the opening of Archlord, WEBZEN is planning on running many special events to give out free in-game items to the participants.
WEBZEN has also announced that MU Online will have a long awaited the first Castle Siege event on this month. The details of the Castle Siege schedule and entry process will be posted via muonline.webzen.com. Currently, MU Online is running ‘Cool Summer Event’ which placing many great premium game items for sale.
“Based on a great accomplishment of MU Online services via WEBZEN, all preparations of Archlord are going smoothly. This Beta Test will be a chance to experience the whole new Archlord”, said Chang Keun Kim, the chief executive officer of WEBZEN.
More details on MU Online and Archlord services are available at WEBZEN’s official website, www.webzen.com.
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July 30 2009
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WEBZEN’S GAME PORTAL, WEBZEN.COM BEGINS THE ARCHLORD SERVICE
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SEOUL, South Korea – July 16, 2009- WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ and KOSDAQ:WZEN) ) will begin the Archlord publishing via its game portal WEBZEN.COM taking after publishing of MU Online.
WEBZEN announced that NHN GAMES’ Archlord will be published, taking after its own publishing of MU Online on its way to start a comprehensive game portal on a full scale.
Archlord will be the second publishing title after MU Online. Currently, the game has been and still is in service in North America and Europe through its partner.
Archlord will be officially published/serviced for the users in South America and South East Asia beginning on this coming August.
Consequently, WEBZEN and NHN GAMES will open the teaser site (ARCHLORD.WEBZEN.COM) for Archlord on July 16th to announce its publishing at WEBZEN.COM, followed by preparation of the testing for its direct publishing service.
WEBZEN, upon revealing the Archlord teaser site, is planning on going through beta testing from August onward to finally commence its commercial services.
Also, WEBZEN has announced that it is in publishing service preparation for its own title Soul of the Ultimate Nation: World Edition as well as NHN GAMES’ R2 to be hosted at WEBZEN.COM within this year.
As a note, WEBZEN’s MU Online began its commercial services on the 26th of June after going through the open beta test in May. Currently, there are more than 100,000 active members who have officially registered at WEBZEN.COM.
Along with the commercial services of MU Online, WEBZEN has introduced the universal chargeable means called W Coin for the members to use within the game portal across the board. Hence, the members can use W Coin in Archlord to purchase in-game items as well as all other future game titles to be launched at WEBZEN.COM.
“In a mid to long term vision, WEBZEN.COM will continuously add premier games and eventually become a comprehensive game portal”, said Chang Keun Kim, the chief executive officer of WEBZEN. He further noted, “Games such as MU Online and Archlord respectively are only the beginning of WEBZEN.COM, en route to establishing itself as a comprehensive game portal with more games added within this year for our global members from all over the world.”
WEBZEN.COM is WEBZEN’s game portal intended for taking a role of Global Digital Entertainment Leader with its sole objective of becoming the comprehensive game service portal for all the game players around the world.
More details on WEBZEN.COM, the comprehensive game service portal, and the global publishing of Archlord are available at WEBZEN’s official website, WWW.WEBZEN.COM.
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July 16 2009
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GLOBAL MU ONLINE SEASON4, NOW OPEN
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SEOUL, South Korea – May 15, 2009- WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ and KOSDAQ: WZEN) announced that the Global MU Online service with a new realm will be opened on May 21st 2009. The decision came swiftly after seeing a successful first beta testing on last April enabling enthusiasts to experience the latest game content.
"We received a positive feedback from the beta test participants by showing a stable service and increased customer support.” said ChangKeun Kim, the chief executive officer of WEBZEN.
Unlike the previous beta testing where characters were wiped, users can now save their account and character won’t be deleted. To welcome all users, WEBZEN will provide a limited time only events such as 300% increase in experience gain and items combining to create the 1st class Wings.
The Global MU Online is going be free to play and the micropayment model will be introduced along with its in-game store shortly after. Furthermore, WEBZEN is reassuring everyone that the migration of current database will take place as announced. The current Global MU Online accounts are expected to be transferred into new realms in June.
MU Online has been introduced to over 100 countries since 2006. As the licensing agreement with K2 Network expires at end of May 2009, Webzen will host the Global MU Online through its online games portal. WEBZEN says the company plans to introduce 2 or 3 more game titles through its global game portal at www.webzen.com by the second half of 2009.
More details on Mu Online Global Service will be posted regularly on WEBZEN's global game portal webzen.com (www.webzen.com).
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May 15 2009
