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[ Hangame ]
Hangame (www.hangame.com) is a game portal operated by a professional Internet group called 'NHN Corp.(www.nhncorp.com)' that runs the Internet search portal site 'Naver (www.naver.com)' and the Internet game service 'Hangame'.The NHN Corp. started a regular Internet portal business in June 1999 with the name of 'Naver' and changed the name to NHNCorp. in September 2001. The NHN Corp. was listed in KOSDAQ in October of 2002.The NHN Corp. lays emphasis on the provision of high quality services. The NHN Corp. can develop every solution within thecompany so it is distinguished from other companies. In the NHN Corp., professional developers in the fields like game development,web development and search development occupy more than 60% of the whole staff. The NHN Corp. started to advanceinto the Japanese market in 2003 and announced the merger of the Japanese Naver and the Hangame. Nowadays, Hangame Japan has4.5 million members and a maximum simultaneous connecting membership of 52,000 and sat on the top of the Japanese web-gamemarket. The NHN Corp., which made sales of 166.6 billion won and a revenue of 65.7 billion won in 2003, will try to capture theRPG market by the enhancement of its community service and an online game called 'Archlord' and will largely improve a globalbusiness, especially in Japan and China.
Major Online Games Provided by the Hangame
'ARCHLORD' 'ARCHLORD' as the representative online game of theHangame. The 'Archlord', which has been provided for threeyears, is a full 3D RPG. The title 'Archlord' is the combinationof 'arch' meaning 'best' and 'chief' and 'lord' meaning'monarch' and 'king', so 'Archlord' means the best monarch,in other words, the 'absolute monarch'. About 70% of the'Archlord' was completed by investigating 70 professionalsand 10 billion won with 3 billion won for initial marketing.The close beta-service will be started in late March of thisyear, 2004. The moving pictures and the OST of the'Archlord' were disclosed through the KAMEX and itshomepage (www.archlord.com) last year. The 'Archlord'includes descriptive stories representing discords amongvarious tribes and the activities of heroes with great battlescenes between the human tribe and the oak tribe produced bya digital animation method, resulting in great images like thosefound in top fantasy movies. The 'Archlord' targeting onbeing graded as for '12-year-old' is in the middle of development.The 'Archlord' is in a legitimate game type preferredby the MMO RPG mania of 18 to 20 years old.
OUTPOST The 'Outpost,' whoseservice was started in June,2003, is a military actiongame with the backgroundof a third World War among Europe, Asia, Africaand America for capturingthe ownership energy left inthe world. The 'Output'reproduced more than 300 actual military devices like tanksand helicopters and action effects using motion captures.
ARCHSHADE The service of the 'LimitOnline' was started in January, 2004, and the game isa military FPS(First PersonShooting) game ab out along war between humansand androids that are robots resembling humans. The reputationof the 'Limit Online' is that it is excellent in terms of thetouches of the FPS and suspense. The service of the'Archshade' was started inJanuary, 2004.The 'Archshade' is generatedby transferring anarcade game of the sametitle to online, resulting inthe connection of the arcadeand the online. Differentfrom existing FPS, amaximum of 10 people can perform network plays and individualinformation like ranking is stored when using ID cards,so the arcade game can be enjoyed like an online game. Inaddition, the online 'Archshade' users can battle with thegamers in recreation rooms, so the online users can enjoy thegreat pleasure of the arcade at home.
HANQUA The service of the 'Hanqua' was started in April, 2003. The'Hanqua' is a 3D fishing game for capturing various types offish from rivers, lakes and oceans in the world, raise the fish in water tanks decorated by users or to show the fish by exhibiting them in thewater tanks. As theusers capture a largeramount of fish, thefishing instruments andboats are upgraded tobe able to advance tofurther fishing places and capture the various fish.
BUZZER BEATER The 'Buzzer Beater'whose service wasstarted in December,2003 is a real timeonline basketball gamein which various typesof plays can be performedlike street-basketballof one by one or three by three and the standard basketballof five by five.
GOLDWING The service of the'Goldwing' was started in September,2002.The 'Goldwing' is a3D shooting game inwhich users choose afighting plane from 18cute fighting planeslike 'poker' and 'mustang,' which are changed from thefighting planes used in the first and second World Wars andflight battles can be enjoyed on the background of variousstages. The characteristics of the 'Goldwing' are easy operationsusing a mouse, fine and realistic graphics, realisticsounds and speedy progress, resulting in a sense of real flights
Uppu The 'Uppu' whoseservice was started inJanuary, 2003 is anarcade game in whicha cute character havinga key is in its vehicleand attacks enemies byusing farts to collectjewels. Maximum of 6 users can play the game, which hascharacteristics of a speedy progress and various vehicles, at thesame time.
INUSIAD'The service of the'Inusiad' was started inNovember, 2002.The 'Inusiad' is anonline RPG about magiccompetition of wizards onthe background of a virtualInusia ground. In thegame, corps of various characters like wizards, soldiers, andarchers are formed and the corps are increased through battlesagainst other players.
[ Netmarble ]
The Netmarble Inc. (www.netmarble.net) is a gameportal site established in March, 2000. The Netmarble Inc. wasselected as the most raised site in 2001 and it was raised to thetop of game portals in 2002. The Netmarble Inc. was mergedto Plenus (www.plenus.com), which runs Internet and moviebusinesses, in December, 2002.The Netmarble Inc. focused on the development and theservice of games in various genres like educational games,web board games, arcade games, and sports games, and leadsthe generation of new business models, such as web publishingmodel of online games, based on the development andthe service of the games.The Netmarble Inc. increases its business to an entertainmentportal, which services the VOD service of moviesand dramas and entertainment contents service of cartoons,avatars, and entertainers.
Major Online Games Provided by the Netmarble
DARK EDEN The 'Dark Eden' is a legitimate horror RPG game about vampires in a near future. The 'Dark Eden' realizes a modern horror fantasy background by mixing chivalry, middle-age fantasy, as well as, SF mood.
STONE AGE The 'Stone Age' is anonline RPG game about thelives of primitive men on thebackground of the StoneAge. The primitive men liveon four islands by utilizingthe characteristics of the islands.
KANGJIN SOCCER The 'Kingjin Soccer' is a soccer game possibly enjoyed by20 users at the same time.The users of any sex and age can enjoy the 'Kangjin Soccer'since the users can select different characters and use winningtechnologies and various items. In addition, the 'KangjinSoccer' is a real-time online game emphasizing teamwork,resulting in competitive tension.
CARTOONRACE PLUS The 'CartoonracePlus' is an online racing game in whichusers decorate specificvehicles andenjoy racing with amaximum of eightother users.In the game, various vehicles and options are arranged, andindividual vehicles can be made through dress-up tunings. Inaddition, various items improve the pleasure of the game
GUNZ THE DUEL The 'Gunz the Duel' is an alternative shooting action gamewhere it is possible to perform various actions.Various characters of the game can hold various clothes anditems based on the tastes of the users, as well as, the charactersmay hold various weapons.In addition, role-playing elements are added to the 'Gunzthe Duel', resulting in various stories based on the scores of itsusers.
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[ Mgame ]
The Mgame Corp. (www.mgame.com) was established in1999; however, the company started the development ofonline games in 1996 and developed and serviced an onlinegame entitled 'Darksaver' in 1997.Nowadays, the Mgame Corp. develops and services theInternet game side 'Mgame' and a large number of onlinegames, such as 'Darksaver', 'Biography of Soma Mythology','Droyan Online', 'Online Worms', 'Online Bomberman','Neo-Darksaver', and so on. The number of members for eachgame was 15 million where in the Mgame is 10 million, the'Darksaver' is 2 million, the 'Biography of Soma Mythology'and the 'Droyan Online' are more than 500 thousand each andthe 'Online Worms' is 800 thousand. In addition, the numberof the simultaneous connecting users is over 100 thousand.The Mgame Corp. provides the games of various genres, suchas public board games like 'Baduk', 'Chess' and 'Godori' andthe RPG online games for mania, so that it is prospected thatthe Mgame Corp. will grow as a real global online game publisher.The Mgame Corp. contains necessary technologies forthe development and the service of online games like servertechnologies and network technologies, as well as, serviceknowledge for providing the pleasure of the online games toits users.The Mgame Corp. made the sale of 4 billion and 500million won by the royalties from foreign countries out of theexpected sale of 18 billion and 300 million won in 2003. TheMgame Corp. will vary its export regions into Japan,Southeastern Asia and the US, following Taiwan and China, inorder to make the sale of 6 billion won this year. Specifically,the Mgame Corp. focuses on their advancement into the USmarket by publishing the 'Knight Online' in the US with alicense type.
Major Online Games Provided by the Mgame
Lunentia The 'Lunentia' is thefirst online RPG game forfemales. The game uses alarge number of elementsthat distinguish the'Lunentia' from existingRPG, resulting in givingpleasure to users. Thebasic concept of the 'Lunentia' is 'nonsense' using a specificway of facing things, which is different from a conventionalrule, and parodies accompanying humor. Accordingly, the female users and other light and casual minded users, whoavoided the RPG due to the heaviness and difficulty of theRPG, may enjoy the 'Lunentia'.
NEO DARKSAVER The 'Neo Darksaver' is a RPG on the background of aMiddle Age fantasy world. The game is formed of a scenariosystem of real time turn type and includes small and cute characters.
[ACCION ONLINE By Pmang ]
The Neowiz Corp. (www.neowiz.com) is a professionalInternet company established in May, 1997. The NeowizCorp., which had provided various Internet services like theSayclub, started the game portal Pmang (www.pmang.com)last year to become a general online game company.Pmang publishes various games based on 15 web boardgames. In particular, the game like 'Go Stop' for adults, whichhas an average of simultaneous connection or its users ataround 150 thousand, became the most famous board game inKorea last year. In addition, the Pmang provided games invarious genres, such as online racing games and shootinggames, and thus, became a well-known game portal company.The Neowiz Corp. undertook a Japanese company named'Ifactory' and established Neowiz Japan in 2003 to advanceinto Japan.
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[ LAGHAIM by NACO Interactive ]
The NACO Interactive Co., Ltd. (www.laghaim.com) isan online game company established in July, 2000 and startedthe service of a full 3D RPG game called 'Laghaim' inAugust, 2001. The number of members of the 'Laghaim' inNovember, 2001 was 2 million and the number of simultaneousconnecting members became over 30 thousand in theshortest period of time within Korea. Based on the successfound in Korea, the services of the 'Laghaim' were started inJapan in January, 2002 and within Taiwan and China in July,2002. In addition, the 'Laghaim' advanced into Europe bycooperating with the European ISP company in October, 2002,into Indonesia in March, 2003, into Germany in August, 2003and into Malaysia in December, 2003. The 'Laghaim'advanced into the US in January, 2004 and it is to be serviced.The 'Laghaim' is formed of full 3D graphics to provide realisticand splendorous graphics. In addition, the variousviewing points in the game can be freely changed, andzooming in and zooming out are possible. The motions of tensof characters are changed according to the clothes, and variousfeelings like greetings, laughing, and crying can be expressed.In addition, a large continent possible of containing 100million people is a characteristic of the game. Detailed expressionslike the difference in the length of shadows according tothe changes in weather and time are also considered. The usersmay produce and sell items, may raise animals and may buildhouses .
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