NEW HUXLEY GAMEPLAY TRAILER BLASTS OUT OF GSTAR
First Ever In-Game Trailer Showcases Intense Game Play Action For
WEBZEN's Massively Multiplayer Online First-Person Shooter HUXLEY
LOS ANGELES and SEOUL - Nov. 10, 2006 - WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), a leading global online entertainment company, today released a brand new game play trailer featuring in-game footage for its highly anticipated massively multiplayer online first-person shooter Huxley . Produced for and shown at the G-Star trade show in Korea, the new trailer showcases intense FPS action, a variety of locations including the hub city, vehicles, monsters and much more.
Huxley utilizes the Unreal 3.0 engine and WEBZEN's proprietary networking technology to create an enriched game play experience with up to 5,000 players in the same world. Huxley takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where human beings have mutated and divided into two opposing races - the Sapiens and the Alternatives. Key to their battle for survival is Lunarites, a promising new energy source highly coveted by each race. Forced to fight against one another for the continuance of their races, the Sapiens and Alternatives must accomplish the unthinkable as they work to eliminate the opposition and gain control of the world and its resources.
About WEBZEN, Inc.
Founded in 2000 and based in Seoul, Korea, WEBZEN ( www.WEBZEN.com) has become a leader in the MMOG market and has developed some of the world's top online game and client/server technologies. Listed on the NASDAQ (WZEN), WEBZEN is continuing the tradition of MU Online with Soul of the Ultimate Nation and an array of exciting games soon slated for release in the world's game market. WEBZEN is also the first publisher in Korea to diversify into console platforms, including Xbox360 and PS3. In January of 2005, WEBZEN announced its entry into the U.S. games market with a new subsidiary, WEBZEN America, based in Los Angeles.
For more information about WEBZEN products and services, go to www.webzengames.com.
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