Posts Tagged ‘MGame’

Knight Online Mounts EU market

August 24th, 2011

Massive RvR warfare featured MMORPG <Knight Online>, co-developed by Noah System and Mgame, is exported to 30 European countries including France, Germany, England, and Italy.

Mgame announced it has signed a Europe publishing agreement with Game Cafe Service, the number 1 internet cafe payment gateway in Europe, today.

It is a MMORPG launched since 2002 in Korea and North America, Japan, Taiwan, and Turkey in order.

“European gaming market has grown by more than 400% in the last 5 years and we are expecting more growth in the market in the future as well,” said SeungHoon Choi a director of Mgame Overseas Business Development. “With our decade of experience in servicing the game at home and abroad stably, we will coorperate with our local partner for successful launch in Europe.”

He added “MEA market is our next market after the Europe market. We are considering not only publishing agreement but also other various stretagic cooperations such as channeling service expansion.”

<Knight Online> will be available in English in Q4 this year followed by German, French, and Italian language services in order.

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Wonder Games Publishes ARGO in China

May 30th, 2011

Mgame announced on 30th that Wonder Games will publish its MMORPG <ARGO> in China.

<ARGO> has been exported to most of the major markets including China, SEA, NA, and Europe and the total earnest money so far is US$6.5m which is likely to be more than US$8m including future contracts.

“We are now servicing <ARGO> throughout the world including East Asia, SEA, Europe and Russia where is an emerging markets. The money we already earned by signing is much more than what we put on the development. We believe the expected royalty would help increasing the revenue,” said Kwan YiHyung the CEO of Mgame.

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Hanbit Soft & Mgame Suffered Last Year

March 9th, 2011

According to Hanbit Soft and Mgame’s earning report for last year, they suffered great loss.

Hanbit Soft’s operating loss has occured after last 8 quarters due to reducing the company size at the last 3rd quarter in 2010. The critical reason was the toy business which has been reduced to US$2.8m from US$32m last year.

“<The Heaven of Three Kingdoms> is recently working well and the first soccer simulation game in Korea <FM Manager> will launch in the first half of this year,” said YuRa Kim the director of Hanbit Soft. “Year 2011 would be a year we can show our actual outcome as 3 brand new games and the result of the overseas markets will emerge in the second half of the year.”

Mgame has achieved US$44.4m which is reduced by 11.5% YoY?and has undergone a great loss about US$376,000 in the operating profit due to postponed new game development and less revenue from the present games.

To overcome the poor outcome of 2010, Mgame is going to launch MMORPGs like <War of Dragon> and <Warbane> and web games with famous IP like?<Princess Maker> and SNGs.

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What Korean Game Companies Do in the End of the Year

December 16th, 2010

Every end of the year, Korean game companies voluntarily?do welfare service for the low-income brackets or kids with difficulties.

Hands, the welfare service team of Nexon, visited Seoul Asan hospital and National cancer center to celebrate the full recovery of childhood cancer patients and donated them Nexon character gifts. Moreover, Nexon visited Seoul and Jeju island and had year-end events with the neglected class of kids and teens.

Neowiz has continued helping?delivering?30,000 briquets to people who need them since last year. Besides, they also participated in ‘Knitting hats for African infants’, ‘Renovating study room for local children’, and so on.

Mgame also donated and delivered 5,000 briquets to low-income?neighbors.

NCsoft volunteered rice worth US$ 100,000 for school lunch to Cambodia kids and their families who are suffering in starvation in?cooperation?with WFP(World Food Programme).

CJ Internet donated US$ 51,400 which is a portion of net income from pro baseball fans?to support CJ Donors Camp, an online sharing place.

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Knight Online Goes to Taiwan

October 8th, 2010

<Knight Online> co-developed by Global game portal Mgame and Noah Systems, is signed for publishing in Taiwan via Gameflier on Oct. 8th.

Gameflier is a subsidiary of local publisher Softworld which publishes mega hit online games like <WOW>, <Ragnarok>, and <Twelve Skies>.

“Recently Taiwanese players like playing PvP more than playing casual games. I believe the war system of <Knight Online> will attract local players,” said CEO of Gameflier.

“<Knight Online> has been a role model to the other games since the beginning of its service thanks to the steady and exciting war system. We will strive to make another heyday in Asia market through this contract,” said SeungHoon Choi the director of global business development of Mgame.

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