Digimon Masters Online
Among the seven games Joymax is taking to GDC.
Seoul, KOREA - February 24, 2011 – Joymax, a leading global developer and publisher of online entertainment, announced today its strong lineup of titles that it will unveil during this year’s Game Developers Conference which runs February 28 through March 4th in San Francisco. Looking to take their successful franchises to the next level, Joymax’s 2011 lineup will highlight the company’s recent merger with WeMade Entertainment which serves to strengthen Joymax’s position as a global publisher and developer of high-quality online entertainment.
The company will be showcasing a wide range of titles including:
Digimon Masters Online:
Players will embark on a grand adventure as they battle for supremacy in Digimon Masters Online. Following the world’s first online game based on the Digimon animated series: Digimon Battle, Digimon Masters introduces real time combat rendered in 3D graphics – a complete departure from the turn-based action found previously in Digimon Battle.
Silkroad Online
The widely popular MMORPG puts players deep into a historical fantasy experience, joining the Chinese and European civilizations along the Silk Road trade route. Traveling across Jangan, from China to Constantinople, players can make their fortunes as merchants, prey on the rich as thieves, or be protection-for-hire as hunters.
KARMA Online
Developed in conjunction with leading FPS developer, Dragonfly, KARMA Returns is the newest installment in the KARMA Online series, the first online first-person shooter released in Korea. The game takes players back to World War II, where they must choose to side with the Axis or Allied powers and join the fight for global victory – with a zombie twist.
Special Force
Also in a partnership with Dragonfly, Joymax will showcase Special Force, a historically inspired first-person shooter that delves into the shrouded world of an elite military unit. Armed with cutting-edge weapons and gadgets, players are thrown into a fierce battle at the heart of a world at war.
NED: The New Era of Fantasy
The upcoming MMORPG will feature an active combat system along with a variety of weapons and armor that help players tackle the wicked and varying denizens that threaten this unique fantasy world. Players must stay on their toes avoiding deadly enemy attacks and environmental hazards such as lava and water. Players will take on massive bosses with either magic or might in this spellbinding online game.
Changchun Online 2
Changchun Online 2, the fighting game developed internally by WeMade, is based on one of the four classical novels of Chinese literature: “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” The realistic battle scenes and weapons will stun players as they take on the role of an ordinary solider and through fighting, interacting and competing with other players, develop into great heroes including Cao Chao, Liu Bei, and Sun Auan.
PETZ iOS:
A new social network game, PETZ is a colorful and stylized 3D business simulation that focuses on the development of a village all while raising Catz and Dogz. The series, first released in 2005, has landed on every major console system and is now headed to iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
Media interested in scheduling an appointment to see the upcoming lineup can contact: Mika Kelly at mika@clevercomm.com
For more information about Joymax visit www.joymax.co.kr/eng/
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About Joymax
Since its establishment in April, 1997, Joymax has become a global entertainment company developing and publishing high-quality multimedia content. Based in Seoul, Korea, the company has published numerous titles for the PC platform, and its first MMORPG, Silkroad Online, which launched
in 2004, has since grown to offer service in 200 countries. In late
2010, Joymax merged with WeMade Entertainment, creator of top online games such as The Legend of Mir series and publisher of the popular MMO, Digimon Battle, creating a strong global community of more than 200 million players worldwide. For more information, please visit www.joymax.co.kr/eng
About Dragonfly
Established in 1995, Dragonfly is the developer of the world’s first Online FPS, Karma Online. Dragonfly's broad credits also include co-developing famous titles with Activision, including both Quake Wars Online and Soldier of Fortune Online. Dragonfly continues to build on its other signature titles as it expands towards distribution overseas. For more information, please visit www.dragonflygame.com/eng/.
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