Soul of the Ultimate Nation

Latest update brings "Aiort Graveyard" zone and assortment of other new stuff.

News by GamesIndustry International Contributor

Published on March 26, 2010

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- 3/29, New field map and Battle-zone ‘Aiort Graveyard’

- Max-level limits increased up / added a hundred new quests

- Applying new systems, group and shield

2010- 03- 29, SEOUL,South KOREA - WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), a game developer and publisher based in South Korea released the latest update for ‘Soul of the Ultimate Nation (Global S.U.N)’.

‘Global S.U.N’ is a fantasy-based massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) published through ‘WEBZEN.com’.

The update includes update schedule for the first quarter 2010 adding ‘Aiort Graveyard’, a neglected graveyard and a deserted castle which has been abandoned for hundreds of years since the lord of Aiort had fallen.

After the Roshufelt War, the emperor of Geist Empire, Schwartz Pramme took over the area. Only the dead exist in ‘Aiort’ now to await the players who choose to take up the challenge.

More than one hundred quests will be added to ‘Aiort Graveyard’ and existing regions. In addition, the character level cap will be raised to 115 from the previous maximum level of 100. Players can now pursue to gain higher abilities in the fantastic world of ‘Global S.U.N.’.

WEBZEN also plans to introduce various add-on features.

- Personal Waypoint System to enable players to easily move one point to another for fast-paced game play.

- Group System for players help one another providing a family-like bonding structure and benefits.

- ‘Shield Points’ to absorb more damages in certain situation.

All the updates above are expected on March 29.

Besides, to celebrate the major update, WEBZEN plans to have a giveaway event for all users. Everyone that has characters in Global ‘S.U.N.’ will receive in-game cash items. Players that achieve high level ranking and high A.C (Area Conquest) completion rate in ‘Aiort Graveyard’, the new field area, will receive rare pet items.

More details about ‘Global S.U.N’ and the update are available at WWW.WEBZEN.COM

1) About WEBZEN.COM Service

WEBZEN.COM is WEBZEN’s game portal intended for taking a role of ‘Global Digital Entertainment Leader’ with its sole objective of becoming the comprehensive game service portal for all the game players around the world.

- The portal, WWW.WEBZEN.COM launched on April 2009

- Global MU Service launched in June 2009

- Global Archlord Service launched in September 2009

- Global Soul of the Ultimate Nation Service launched in October 2009

2) About Global ‘Soul of the Ultimate Nation (SUN)’

- Launched in Korea, November 2006.

- Launched in Taiwan, April 2007 Webzen Taiwan.

- Launched in China, May 2007 through The9.

- Launched in Japan, April 2008 through GameOn.

- Started Global SUN Service in October in October

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