AIKA goes ABROAD!!

There's great news on AIKA for gamers who've been wondering when this game will be available other than Korea. Well, AIKA has started to reach overseas, starting from Taiwan this spring, AIKA is ready to go wide.

AIKA will be published by Redbana Taiwan which is the local subsidiary of T3 Entertainment.

AIKA is in open beta service in Korea, and its ready to go commercial. For more information, check out the press release below.

AIKA ONLINE Seeks to go Abroad by Starting Oversea Service in Taiwan this Spring

Seoul, Korea - January 16, 2009 – HanbitSoft, Inc. today announced that the company and Redbana Taiwan, T3 Entertainment, Inc.(“T3”)’s local subsidiary, have made an agreement on publishing rights of AIKA ONLINE(“AIKA”), 1000 vs 1000 massive battle MMORPG, in Taiwanese market. Starting from Taiwan this spring, AIKA will push to go into other foreign markets.

“This is just a beginning” said Ki Young KIM, CEO of HanbitSoft, and added “AIKA has a battle system that no other MMOs have shown before. We are confident that AIKA will be successful in Taiwan and other regions. Even before its open beta, the title has been receiving many love calls from all over the world.”

“Many MMOs with battle play have been very successful in Taiwan, so we have huge expectation on AIKA” said Bruce YOON, CEO of Redbana Taiwan, and added “AIKA provides a unique massive battle system with low client which is customized to local environment. We are sure it will be successful in Taiwan.”

AIKA is in open beta service in Korea updating every week for game balance and customization. The game will be going commercial next month.

For more information, visit http://aika.hanbiton.com, an official site for AIKA in Korea.

AIKA's new Trailer

AIKA ONLINE PRESENTS
BLOCKBUSTER TRAILER of 1000 vs 1000 BATTLE




Seoul, Korea - December 4, 2008 – HanbitSoft today released a preview trailer of massive war MMORPG AIKA ONLINE(hereinafter AIKA). The Trailer of AIKA focuses on massive wars, which is one of the core systems in the game. It is highly noted from the fact that the scenes of the massive war was taken from the actual battle during the last closed beta test. Watching the trailer, gamers can pre-experience the thrill of being in the largest battle field in online game history.

HanbitSoft announced last week that AIKA will be starting open beta service on December 18th, and showed no fear of being part of the recent struggles of MMORPGs. The company added that after the announcement many greedy foreign buyers have been calling to set up meeting for AIKA, which leads to good possibility of success in oversea as well.

“AIKA is the one and only MMORPG that manages massive war of 1000 vs 1000. It’s the largest scale in online game history, and gamers will be blown away by its excitement” said Yoora Kim, Online Business Director of HanbitSoft, and added “AIKA’s unique features are strong, and we are not afraid of any competition.”

Before the open beta, AIKA opens its upgraded official website on 5th and reveals its feature information in details.

HGLD Update News

Here's some good news to those who've been craving for Hellgate: London updates.
The message was officially released out to Asian partners(/publishers of Hellgate: London), but I thought you might be interested too! (click image for better view)

Letter from HGLD Product Manager

Hi, This is Janelle.

I just received a letter from Hellgate: London Product Manager,
and i hope this will help you with your inquiries.

Below is the original message.



To the fans of Hellgate: London,

We wish to express our gratitude to all the fans for showing your passion and dedication to Hellgate: London.

Since acquiring the intellectual property rights, HanbitSoft Inc., the publisher and distributor of Hellgate: London in Asia, has concentrated on the development of Hellgate: London, and has received many inquiries regarding new updates. Our US development studio is currently working on an update that is to surpass “The Abyss Chronicles.” This game will be available through our Web site. We thank you once again for showing your interest and ask for your continuous support for Hellgate: London, as we hope to bring good news shortly. In the meantime, we will continue developing the world’s best game!

Sincerely,
Hellgate: London Product Manager - also a fellow user that loves to play Hellgate: London

Meet STARCRASH

POPOMING starts over with new name "STARCRASH"

Do you remember a fruity jucy colorful game POPOMING?

This colorful action RPG had finished its 4th closed beta tests and several internal tests during the past two years, and now announces that it's ready for release.

Before the release, the game has changed its name into Starcrash which shows more about the game. (The chacter has to punch and crash the color boxes of stars to transform into different color bodies which have different skills and abilities)

Anyway, Starcrash is ready to rock now. It is preparing new contents before open beta comming soon, and has already opened a new official website. I will let you know the updates as soon as they're ready. ^^

GE 3.1 UPDATE

Granado Espada Announced a new version GE 3.1

GE brought up a new sensation to the core GE fans with 3.0 version update last August, revealing high level contents in two and a half years. This very recent version is quite different from the last one. This update focused on contents for light players who don't have much time to sit for MMORPG. The ideas were adopted by the requests from the players, which concentrates on "convenience" than "entertainment" features.

The main update is the "GEMOCON", the web control system which stands for "GE Remote Control". This is a system that will let you check how your character is doing, whether it's dead, or doing hunting while you're out. You can do it everywhere, where there is internet. You can also chat with other players through this system which will allow you to strengthen your community activity online.

HanbitSoft Gains HGLD & Mythos IP

Hellgate and Mythos Both in HanbitSofts Hands

HanbitSoft now owns both Hellgate: London, online action RPG and Mythos, casual MMORPG, once used to be developed by Flagship Studios. HanbitSoft now acquires IP (Intellectual Property) including the engines and source codes of both well made titles.

This means that HanbitSoft is now the owner of all the titles that Flagship Studios had been working on, and both titles will be developed in newly established studio in the U.S. HanbitSoft expects that full possession of these titles will not only bring them larger portion of the earnings but also upgrade the quality of contents fit for online games.

HanbitSoft had constantly tried to gain the IP of two titles after Flagship Studios shutdown. The company announced recently that the regarding issues are now all settled, and only thing left is to focus on developing the titles the best way possible.

“Hellgate: London is now HanbitSoft’s game, and we have already formed a team. They are doing hard work for updates and patches. Service in Asia including Korea is in good hands” said Gi-Young Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft, and added “I believe Mythos is a very attractive MMORPG, just gaining large fans from couple of beta tests. It has a lot of potential and it will also be developed at studio in San Francisco with Hellgate: London. Both titles will be presented soon with upgraded features.”