Halloween Party in PANGYA

PANGYA OPENS HALLOWEEN PARTY WORLD WIDE
42 Countries Participate the Halloween Event Today

Seoul, Korea(October 18, 2007) – HanbitSoft announced today that Pangya, online golf game, is opening Halloween Party in 42 countries.

42 countries include Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, North America and Europe. From today, these 42 countries are having Halloween Party inside Pangya. Pangya has exclusively developed items and event to celebrate Halloween world wide. The Halloween Party in Pangya starts today in Korea first.

Halloween Party opens in Pangya Island, and for those who join the party, Pangya has prepared many rare items such as Halloween Club, Pumpkin hat just for Halloween.

“This is the first time for Pangya to open a large event world wide,” said BK Yoon, Hanbitsoft PR director. “We are planning on more world wide events in the future. We hope gamers will like it.”

Pangya is an online golf game developed by NTREEV. Pangya is serviced in 43 countries world wide, and loved by casual gamers for its cute characters and stable updates.
For more information on Pangya’s world wide Halloween Party, visit www.pangya.com and other official sites world wide.

NeoSteam in China!

NEO STEAM China

NeoSteam's Expansion package release is coming up. Before the release NeoSteam is having an event until October 19th. Premium items are provided to those who collects most points in each server.

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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."

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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/

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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,