Seoul, Korea – February 24, 2009 – HanbitSoft Inc. announced that Neo Steam, a MMORPG with the unique genre of steampunk developed by JoyImpact, will be published by Atlus Online for players in North America, South America, and anywhere else in the world, except Europe.
“It’s always overwhelming to see our games go overseas to meet new gamers around the world” said Kee Young Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft Inc. and G10 Entertainment Corp., and added “Neo Steam has many unique qualities that MMO players out there will love. HanbitSoft and Atlus Online will make best effort to bring out the best service for them.”
“With an engaging, steampunk-inspired storyline and aesthetic, Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent is a fresh take on the standard ‘fantasy’ MMO game genre,” said Shinichi Suzuki, president and CEO, Atlus. “Atlus Online is excited to bring this popular game in its new incarnation to a wide range of players around the world. Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent is a great first entertainment experience to lay the foundation of the unparalleled content and unmatched social interaction planned for the Atlus Online portal.”
Set in the world of 19th century where steam-based technology meets fantasy inventions, Neo Steam delivers players to a world where two nations battle over a precious resource called Neo Steam. As players battle to expand their nation’s resources and protect their territories, they must learn to upgrade their weapons, equip new abilities, and become a good controller.
By exploring Neo Steam’s steampunk fantasy world, the game also features various forms of steam-based machines and vehicles for faster in-game traveling.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Korean Hellgate: London Fans Welcome the Recent Update
Hi, Hellgate: London fans^^
Hellgate: London recently had an update in Korea, and Korean fans are loving it!
Just to be accurate, the update news mentioned below is only related to Hellgate: London serviced in Korea. HanbitSoft do not hold the publishing right in the US or Europe for Hellgate: London, therefore I am not authorized to respond to gamers in those territories. I know there are many fans who are from US and Europe, who have many Hellgate inquiries. You guys should contact the person in charge at Namco directly, you should be able to get the answers from them.
Sorry about the long intro, enjoy the news!!
Hellgate: London recently had an update in Korea, and Korean fans are loving it!
Just to be accurate, the update news mentioned below is only related to Hellgate: London serviced in Korea. HanbitSoft do not hold the publishing right in the US or Europe for Hellgate: London, therefore I am not authorized to respond to gamers in those territories. I know there are many fans who are from US and Europe, who have many Hellgate inquiries. You guys should contact the person in charge at Namco directly, you should be able to get the answers from them.
Sorry about the long intro, enjoy the news!!
Seoul, Korea – March 4th, 2009 – HanbitSoft Inc announced that Korean gamers are welcoming the recent updates of Hellgate: London, an online action RPG developed by Redbana US Studio.
HanbitSoft announced 1.35b patch notes through the official webpage on February 17th, and updated the game on February 24th. The specifics of 1.35b update are as follows.
· One-time ‘Unique Skill Retrainer’ is awarded to all characters of all accounts that login within a specific award event interval.
· Moloch now has a small chance to drop a Lesser Seal from each Invasion Act when he dies.
· Any Champion monster that has a chance of dropping a Lesser Seal now has an additional chance to drop a second Lesser Seal of the same Act.
Gamers who are pleased about the current updates are constantly posting messages on the game’s Korean official website, complementing on the quality and encouraged about having more such updates. According to HanbitSoft, the reason the gamers are so pleased about the recent update is that the company had tried to develop new contents by embracing the gamers’ needs and listening to what they are asking for.
“Hellgate: London is currently in good shape, strengthening online features, and most of the ideas come from gamers’ suggestions. I guess that’s why gamers are more pleased with the current changes” said Yoo-Ra Kim, Chief Marketing Officer of HanbitSoft, and added “we want to thank all the gamers who have been supportive. In return, we will do our best to bring out the upgraded Hellgate: London very soon.”
Hellgate: London is currently preparing for the next update for the 1.5 version, which will be open to public in Korea very soon.
***HanbitSoft has any and all rights to distribute and service Hellgate:London in South Korea and certain part of Asia excluding Japan.***
HanbitSoft announced 1.35b patch notes through the official webpage on February 17th, and updated the game on February 24th. The specifics of 1.35b update are as follows.
· One-time ‘Unique Skill Retrainer’ is awarded to all characters of all accounts that login within a specific award event interval.
· Moloch now has a small chance to drop a Lesser Seal from each Invasion Act when he dies.
· Any Champion monster that has a chance of dropping a Lesser Seal now has an additional chance to drop a second Lesser Seal of the same Act.
Gamers who are pleased about the current updates are constantly posting messages on the game’s Korean official website, complementing on the quality and encouraged about having more such updates. According to HanbitSoft, the reason the gamers are so pleased about the recent update is that the company had tried to develop new contents by embracing the gamers’ needs and listening to what they are asking for.
“Hellgate: London is currently in good shape, strengthening online features, and most of the ideas come from gamers’ suggestions. I guess that’s why gamers are more pleased with the current changes” said Yoo-Ra Kim, Chief Marketing Officer of HanbitSoft, and added “we want to thank all the gamers who have been supportive. In return, we will do our best to bring out the upgraded Hellgate: London very soon.”
Hellgate: London is currently preparing for the next update for the 1.5 version, which will be open to public in Korea very soon.
***HanbitSoft has any and all rights to distribute and service Hellgate:London in South Korea and certain part of Asia excluding Japan.***
Friday, February 27, 2009
Spike Girls Opens Item Shop Today!
Seoul, Korea - February 24, 2009 – HanbitSoft Inc, announced today that Spike Girls, online character sports game developed by Movon, opened its item shop and officially began commercial service.
Spike Girls started its open beta on February 5th with new features for the beginners strengthening its tutorial systems and single play mini games and received positive responses from the gamers. Spike Girls fans were constantly asking for new costume items, and finally their wish has come true.
Spike Girls have two different item shops, and each shop sell different kinds of items. In ‘Cleo’, the accessories and costume items and background skin items are sold. In the recent update, Spike Girls revealed various designs of school girl look costume items. In ‘Happy Vox’, gamers can by variety of consuming items such as ‘permit for rename’ item which allows changing the name of a character, and a ‘Speed Gun’ which shows the speed of a ball, ‘Booster Item’ which increases gamers experience rate and Ring (Game Money) and etc.
Spike Girls is an online kickball game played by cute teenage girl characters. There are four characters, Yuna, Alice, Dorothy, Shu. Each character has unique features both visually and internally. All four characters are equally loved by the gamers, and the new character will be updated soon.
AIKA Update NEWS!!
AIKA presents ‘Battle Field’ and ‘Hell Mode’ in the Newest Update
Seoul, Korea – February 24, 2009 – HanbitSoft announced that AIKA ONLINE, a 1000 vs. 1000 massive battle MMORPG developed by JoyImpact, has updated newest features to the game. This is the first time since the open beta to update on new system features in large. Until now, AIKA had been making balance adjustments, adding items for user convenience and etc.
This most recent update focuses on strengthening the battle system. It includes:
- A new battle system called ‘Battle Field’. In Battle Field, compensations through war go directly to the gamers unlike other systems, where the nation or the master gets them all. Also, Battle Field eliminates the participants to 48 people at a time, in order to avoid unbalanced PvP. By having certain environment, players are encouraged to combat with more strategy and skill to win. Various missions such as Team Death Match, and customizing system, to allow the players to design their own field for more unique combat, will be added in the future.
- ‘Hell Mode’, the most difficult level in instant dungeon, is updated initially in Ushula Dungeon. Only the characters of at least level 50 can enter the dungeon, and only once in a day. In Hell Mode, players can win high-level items that are stronger and unique, and meet with stronger monsters.
There will be larger update next month. It will be larger in scale and various in details.
Seoul, Korea – February 24, 2009 – HanbitSoft announced that AIKA ONLINE, a 1000 vs. 1000 massive battle MMORPG developed by JoyImpact, has updated newest features to the game. This is the first time since the open beta to update on new system features in large. Until now, AIKA had been making balance adjustments, adding items for user convenience and etc.
This most recent update focuses on strengthening the battle system. It includes:
- A new battle system called ‘Battle Field’. In Battle Field, compensations through war go directly to the gamers unlike other systems, where the nation or the master gets them all. Also, Battle Field eliminates the participants to 48 people at a time, in order to avoid unbalanced PvP. By having certain environment, players are encouraged to combat with more strategy and skill to win. Various missions such as Team Death Match, and customizing system, to allow the players to design their own field for more unique combat, will be added in the future.
- ‘Hell Mode’, the most difficult level in instant dungeon, is updated initially in Ushula Dungeon. Only the characters of at least level 50 can enter the dungeon, and only once in a day. In Hell Mode, players can win high-level items that are stronger and unique, and meet with stronger monsters.
There will be larger update next month. It will be larger in scale and various in details.
GE NEWS
Granado Espada Breaks Through 30billion Accumulated Sales
Seoul, Korea – February 17, 2009 – HanbitSoft Inc, announced that a well known MMORPG GRANADO ESPADA had exceeded 30billion won in the accumulated sales last year. This record was reached before it had its third anniversary in open beta in February of 2006. Shown by the accomplishment, Granado Espada now is one of the top sellers of the company.
Grandado Espada is currently played in 30 countries by more than 20milion subscribers around the world. The game is especially popular in Japan and South East countries, and more and more gamers join to play in Russia, North American and Europe every day.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Spike Girls Starts OBT!!
Spike Girls Starts Open Beta Service in Korea
Seoul, Korea - February 6, 2009 – HanbitSoft, Inc. announced today that online character sports game Spike Girls had started its open beta service in Korea.
Updates for first trial gamers
Spike Girls began its open beta on 5th in Korea with various new updates. Many new skills were updated for low level users to high level users, and tutorial system had been strengthened since the last closed beta.
Spike Girls fans have been urging the development department to upgrade the control system so that first trial gamers can easily adapt to the game. These requests have been applied to the game, showing the whole new game features such as ‘challenge mode’ and ‘replay system’. Challenge mode is for new gamers who are afraid to play against other gamers.
Through playing in challenge mode, gamers can play the game with the computer and practice without any pressure of loosing. Replay system is for gamers who want to see how they played during the last game. By using replay system, the player can easily find out what mistakes were made.
About Spike Girls
Spike Girls is an online character sports game developed by Movon. With Spike Girls, gameers can play kickball with cute teenage girls. Players who don’t know the rules for kickball can also play without any difficulty. There are various kinds of modes that can be chosen by preference, and varieties of special items are set up for those who want to dress up the characters.
For more information, visit www.hanbiton.com or contact Janelle HA at hBonkiE@hanbitsoft.co.kr.
Seoul, Korea - February 6, 2009 – HanbitSoft, Inc. announced today that online character sports game Spike Girls had started its open beta service in Korea.
Updates for first trial gamers
Spike Girls began its open beta on 5th in Korea with various new updates. Many new skills were updated for low level users to high level users, and tutorial system had been strengthened since the last closed beta.
Spike Girls fans have been urging the development department to upgrade the control system so that first trial gamers can easily adapt to the game. These requests have been applied to the game, showing the whole new game features such as ‘challenge mode’ and ‘replay system’. Challenge mode is for new gamers who are afraid to play against other gamers.
Through playing in challenge mode, gamers can play the game with the computer and practice without any pressure of loosing. Replay system is for gamers who want to see how they played during the last game. By using replay system, the player can easily find out what mistakes were made.
About Spike Girls
Spike Girls is an online character sports game developed by Movon. With Spike Girls, gameers can play kickball with cute teenage girls. Players who don’t know the rules for kickball can also play without any difficulty. There are various kinds of modes that can be chosen by preference, and varieties of special items are set up for those who want to dress up the characters.
For more information, visit www.hanbiton.com or contact Janelle HA at hBonkiE@hanbitsoft.co.kr.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
HGLD Updates!
Hellgate: London, Future Updates are All About Stronger Community
Seoul, Korea - January 23, 2009 – HanbitSoft, Inc. announced today that Hellgate: London, an online action RPG developed by Redbana US Studio, will focus its future updates on strengthening community features. During Hellgate: London’s meeting with fan gamers on the 16th, producers and marketing managers revealed plans regarding the direction of future development and new features to be updated.
Maintaining the Speedy, Thrilling Action Game Elements and Strengthening the Community System
Hellgate: London’s future development direction will be focused on strengthening community features while maintaining the speedy and thrilling action game elements, as many users have wanted better community functionality for quite some time. HanbitSoft revealed the new content that is to be included in the next large-scale patch, which is expected to be released soon. In the upcoming update, HanbitSoft plans to combine the two game play modes, unifying the split two communities into one. Also planned are class balance improvements and differentiation of each of the 5 acts. Gamers who attended the conference applauded this announcement.
Hellgate: London Switches Over to a Free-to-Play Model
During the conference, HanbitSoft also announced that Hellgate: London will soon be serviced in a free-to-play model. This was the first time that any related official announcements had been made. HanbitSoft explained that by switching over to a free-to-play model, users will feel less burdened, opening the doors to a larger, more diverse gaming community. The date of the free-to-play switch over is undetermined at this point, but HanbitSoft stated that more news will be released through the official Hellgate: London website soon.
For more information, visit the official Hellgate: London website at http://hg.hanbiton.com/ or contact Janelle Ha at hBonkiE@hanbitsoft.co.kr.
Seoul, Korea - January 23, 2009 – HanbitSoft, Inc. announced today that Hellgate: London, an online action RPG developed by Redbana US Studio, will focus its future updates on strengthening community features. During Hellgate: London’s meeting with fan gamers on the 16th, producers and marketing managers revealed plans regarding the direction of future development and new features to be updated.
Maintaining the Speedy, Thrilling Action Game Elements and Strengthening the Community System
Hellgate: London’s future development direction will be focused on strengthening community features while maintaining the speedy and thrilling action game elements, as many users have wanted better community functionality for quite some time. HanbitSoft revealed the new content that is to be included in the next large-scale patch, which is expected to be released soon. In the upcoming update, HanbitSoft plans to combine the two game play modes, unifying the split two communities into one. Also planned are class balance improvements and differentiation of each of the 5 acts. Gamers who attended the conference applauded this announcement.
Hellgate: London Switches Over to a Free-to-Play Model
During the conference, HanbitSoft also announced that Hellgate: London will soon be serviced in a free-to-play model. This was the first time that any related official announcements had been made. HanbitSoft explained that by switching over to a free-to-play model, users will feel less burdened, opening the doors to a larger, more diverse gaming community. The date of the free-to-play switch over is undetermined at this point, but HanbitSoft stated that more news will be released through the official Hellgate: London website soon.
For more information, visit the official Hellgate: London website at http://hg.hanbiton.com/ or contact Janelle Ha at hBonkiE@hanbitsoft.co.kr.
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