Press Release: POPOMING gets Good Credits for Originality

POPOMING Gains Good Credit for its Originality

Seoul, Korea – October 15th, 2007 – HanbitSoft announced today that POPOMING successfully finished its first Closed Beta Test.

POPOMIG is an online casual RPG that HanbitSoft targeted mainly for kids. POPOMING is a new project developed at JoyImpact by veteran developers, whom they are known for Tantra, WYD2FC, and NeoSteam. POPOMING is set in future at Bugi Bugi Island, and its main storyline is the main characters fighting against Dr. Frank who invades their island.

HanbitSoft started the first Closed Beta Test for POPOMING last Friday, and it was closed on Sunday. For four days, users were able to experience unique features of the game.

There are three characters, wizard ‘Ara’, Elf ‘Chiro’ and Robot ‘Roy’. Normally, we hardly can see any game starting the Closed Beta Test with only three characters; however POPOMING didn’t matter because of its transforming system. Transformation system is what POPOMING makes so original. With the transforming system, one character can turn into 25 different characters. Each transformed character has its own features which makes it totally different from one another.

Through POPOMING’s first Closed Beta Test, HanbitSoft presented three characters, unique maps with various concepts like ‘Transforming Magic School’, ‘Factory for Broken Toys’ and so on. Because the game is so focused on its main target gamers, POPOMING has educational features too. Instead of violent weapons like swords and guns, characters in POPOMING fight with weapons like pillows and dolls. When the gamer loses to a monster, the monster shouts out phrases like “You are not good enough for me. Go do your homework first, and challenge me then! Hahaha~”

Participated testers commented that they enjoyed experiencing the transforming system the most, and simple control system was another feature that made them easy to enjoy.

“We are happy to announce that the Closed Beta Test for POPOMING has ended successfully” said Alex Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft, and added “We will listen to feedbacks very carefully, and consider our next step in developing.”

For more information on POPOMING, visit its official website at www.popoming.com

MYTHOS: Teaser Site Open Today

HanbitSoft Opens Teaser Site for Mythos

Most Recent Updates, Newly Released Movies and Screen Shots All Available

Seoul, Korea – October 9th 2007 – HanbitSoft today announced that teaser site for Mythos has opened this afternoon.

Inside the teaser site, HanbitSoft is offering various corners to get in touch with the gamers who are eager to know more about Mythos. There are corners such as ‘News Corner’ for sharing updates, ‘Game Info.’ for learning the world of Mythos and how to play. ‘Community’ and ‘Download’ for sharing newly released movies and screen shots are also available. Through these, gamers will be able to meet with various contents ahead than from anywhere else.

Mythos is an online MMORPG developed by Flagship Seattle, the subsidiary of Flagship Studios. It is counted as the most anticipated online game of the year along with Hellgate: London.

Meanwhile, Mythos has released new screen shots on Bloodletter’s new skill called Slicing Dervish. You can also see them at Mythos’ teaser site at http://mythos.hanbiton.com,

HGLD limited edition ON SALE KOREA

HELLGATE: LONDON™’s

Limited Edition Hits Sale in Korea
Exclusively made Figures, Making Film, Original Sound Track DVD all in One Package

Seoul, Korea - October 9, 2007 – HanbitSoft today announced that HELLGATE: LONDON’s limited edition, exclusively made for the PC will hit sale in Korea.

The limited edition includes not only the game install client, but also especially made DVD of making film and original sound track, exclusively made figures, comics, and poster and more. The Korean version of limited edition shares the same contents as Collector’s Edition, currently in pre-sale in North America and Europe, except it has figures in addition. Game itself and every thing in the package will be in Korean, either dubbed or in subtitles.

HanbitSoft has also released out part of the movie that will be included in the package. Dubbed in Korean, this movie shares the untold story of HELLGATE: LONDON. HELLGATE: LONDON movies inside the game will take a huge part out of the whole story.

For now, HanbitSoft announced that the price and the ship date for the Korean version of limited edition is not yet decided, however they will be officially announced very soon. Meanwhile, the company announced that first Closed Beta Test in Korea was finished very successfully, and the next test schedule will be released in the short future.

Hellgate: London CBT 10/4~10/6 !!

HELLGATE: LONDON™ Kicks off Closed Beta in Korea
Hellgate: London Closed Beta starts exclusively in Korea today

Seoul, Korea – October 4, 2007 – HanbitSoft today announced that Hellgate: London is starting its Closed Beta exclusively in Korea today.

The first Closed Beta of Hellgate: London in Korea will be operated for three days, and the servers will be open everyday from 4pm to 11pm until October 6th. 2,038 selected testers who survived the high competition rate of 104:1 are invited to the test.

During the test, the gamers will be able to play with six classes that had been revealed so far, and experience through Act1, which includes tutorial, Holborn Station, Covent Garden Station, the British Museum, and more. Also, systems related to items and unique party systems with diverse chatting features are also set in the game for more in-depth experience.

Hellgate: London, the premier title from Flagship Studios, was operating only small sized alpha tests mostly in North America. Until today, only limited information was revealed about Hellgate: London because there was Flagship Studios special policy that no specific information is to be open to public until the game development is perfectly finished.

“Although only limited contents are revealed this time, we think that it’s good enough to experience both various systems and in-depth quality of the game,” said Alex Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft, “We have made our best efforts for this very first Closed Beta test, but we still feel we could have done better. Though this opportunity, we wish to get a lot of feedbacks from the testers, and make Hellgate: London better game.”

HanbitSoft has also prepared special events for the players. For those gamers who were not fortunate enough to get selected for the first Closed Beta tester, HanbitOn, HanbitSoft’s community portal site, is providing a live-internet broadcast on Hellgate: London’s Closed Beta experience. This internet broadcast will be on air from today until the Hellgate: London shuts down its first Closed Beta test. Hellgate: London fans who cannot wait for their turn to participate on the next test may be want to go see first at http://hanbiton.com/h_broadcast/main.aspx.

Goove Party with Coka Cola

Groove Party in China is having a co-promotion event rightnow

This will be on for awhile, maybe until the Beijing Olympics!

We'll give you the details very soon!!

Meanwhile, if you want to see more on this, visit

http://www.icoke.cn/
http://www.icoke.cn/channels/pc/ico_prize_100redeem.aspx?pt=41#

GE Launch Party in Malaysia and Philippines

Granado Espada had its grand launch party in Malaysia and Philippines on September 15th.

Many gamers and press were there to celebrate.

You can see more photos and stories about the actual spot at following blogs!!

http://carmin-ogasawara.blogspot.com/2007/09/colony-wars-and-e-games-evolution.html
http://inquirerbloggers.net/hackenslash/2007/09/16/granado-espada-goes-commercial/
http://geninemoons.blogspot.com/2007/09/launch-first-post-15-september-one.html
http://www.kzone.com.ph/blog/?p=866
http://fatcatlim.livejournal.com/202178.html
http://craeonfamily.blogspot.com/2007/09/granado-espada-philippines-commercial.html
http://houseofreclusion.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/the-time-is-now/

Hellgate: London on NEW YORK TIMES

i know it's a little late sharing this, but here is the news!!

Hellgate: London was chosen as one of most anticipating games of the year by New York Times recently. (September 9th, 2007)

Deploying Soon, Shock and Rock

By SETH SCHIESEL
Published: September 9, 2007

FIRST things first: It will be nearly impossible to shop for video games this fall without wandering, willingly or not, into the Halo 3 zone. When the last version of Microsoft’s science fiction über-franchise was released three years ago, it generated more than $100 million in sales in its first 24 hours on the market. As the cornerstone title this year for the Xbox 360 console, Halo 3 has a chance to top that record when it is released on Sept. 25.

The only game that would have had a legitimate chance to match Halo 3 in either sales or hype would have been Grand Theft Auto IV, originally scheduled to be released in October. Last month, however, the game’s makers delayed its debut until next spring at the earliest.
But fear not. Even if your next virtual urban crime spree has to wait until 2008, there appears to be no dearth of excellent games that are not named Halo 3 headed to screens this fall. Here are some of them:

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HELLGATE: LONDON There are single-player games (like Mass Effect). There are persistent online games (like Tabula Rasa). And then there is the hybrid action role-playing genre pioneered by the fabulously popular Diablo series. Many, many contenders have tried to exceed, or even just match, Diablo’s addictive combination of randomized levels, easy yet deep combat and, of course, “slot machine”-style loot, where every monster just might drop that superpowerful item you’ve been hoping for. All have failed to approach the polish of the Diablo series. Hellgate, on the other hand, just might, and not least because many of the game’s senior designers defected from Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo team to strike out on their own. Once again, this new game shuns fantasy themes for more of a science fiction feel (notice a trend here?). You can play offline, but the real depth in the game comes from joining friends in cyberspace. The demons have invaded London, and naturally your job is to clear them out. Publishers: Electronic Arts, HanbitSoft and Namco, for PC. To be released Oct. 31.

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If you want to read the whole article, please go to:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/arts/09schi.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5070&en=8f9a574865ea2876&ex=1190260800