GE interview at Launch Party China

Granado Espada's OBT in China

Granado Espada had its lauch party in China last week, and announced that OBT for GE in China will start from October 24th.

Well known developer Hak- Kyu Kim showed up at the party to celebrate together.
At the interview with 17173.com, Kim mentioned that he's satisfied with GE's OBT in China. He had launched GE in many other countries before China, and the game has been updated ever since.

"Many gamers are showing positive feedbacks, and I think this OBT is very successful." said Kim. "We are planning on releasing the expansion package, and it will be focused on communication systems."

For more details, read the original article at
http://news.17173.com/content/2007-10-16/20071016164533045.shtml

Groove Party OBT 1.5 in China

According to 17173.com, GROOVE PARTY's Open Beta version 1.5 has smaller client size than the last version. The new client is 1.12G, and you can download now. SunShine, is also having an event to celebrate. For those who participate, SunShine provides 5000 game money, 21 new songs, and DJ. For more details, visit http://gp.higame.com.cn/

You can read the original article from 17173.com at

http://news.17173.com/content/2007-10-16/20071016113053167,1.shtml

Hellgate: London NEWS

MEET HELLGATE: LONDON™ BEFORE HALLOWEEN

Seoul, Korea (October 18, 2007) – HanbitSoft today announced that Hellgate: London(www.hellgate.co.kr) has gone to gold master and will be available exclusively for the PC on October 31st in North America.

“This has been an amazing journey for us and we couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve accomplished,” said Flagship Studios CEO, Bill Roper. “We’re anxious to get Hellgate: London into gamers’ hands and we can’t wait to play right along with them.”

For gamers who can’t wait until Halloween, Flagship Studios is releasing a single player demo this Friday, October 19th. The single player demo is just for a small taste of the Hellgate: London experience. Gamers can choose from two of the six character classes and experience the streets and tunnels around London’s Holborn Station.

Flagship Studios also made announcement of collectors edition, which includes the entire Hellgate: London comics series by Dark Horse Comics. The Hellgate: London Collectors Edition will be released on October 31, 2007, in conjunction with the release date of the game. In addition to the Hellgate: London game and the exclusive, special edition, 104 page Hellgate: London graphic novel, the collectors set will also include a bonus DVD of The Making of Hellgate: London, as well as the game soundtrack, and a special Hellgate: London world map.

HanbitSoft has also announced that Hellgate: London’s Korean version of limited edition will be released very soon. Before then, Korean gamers can experience Hellgate: London on October 20th and 21st. HanbitSoft is operating a test to check on exterior interface surroundings before going into second Closed Beta Test. Only selected testers from the last Closed Beta Test can participate on this test, and they will be experiencing ACT2, the unrevealed part of Hellgate’s storyline.

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.