Soul of the Ultimate Nation

New server launched for European nations, going by the name of "Klippe".

News by GamesIndustry International Contributor

Published on Dec. 4, 2009

- New server is located in Germany

- There will be several events to celebrate the opening of ‘Klippe’ server.

(2009, 12, 4) WEBZEN Inc (NASDAQ: WZEN) has introduced a new European server for Soul of the Ultimate Nation (S.U.N.).

WEBZEN decided to add an additional server in Europe for smooth game play for European players because the number of players from Poland, Germany and other European countries is increasing since they commenced publishing Global Soul of the Ultimate Nation.

With recent growing segment of European gamers, WEBZEN had strengthened its service in Europe providing better gaming experience. The company reportedly is now hosting a fantasy-based MMORPG, S.U.N. from Europe, allowing players from all over continent to access and play the game without the effects of network latency on player performance.

WEBZEN has been accepting registrations from the players who wanted to transfer their characters since November 8 and the migration is completed. The new European server, Klippe, has opened to public since November 30.

Tae-young Kim, the director of Global TFT at WEBZEN said, “Klippe is not solely dedicated to European players, however, due to the physical location of the server, we expect to see optimum results if you’re connecting from Europe. For players from other regions, Etherain may be more favorable choice.”

Other notes, to celebrate the true Christmas spirit WEBZEN will donate proceeds from the Happy Winter Packages sold which include Candy Boots and Christmas Tree, to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The ‘Holiday Spirit in Soul of the Ultimate Nation’ event will start from December 9. Also, one of the raffle items, Christmas Gift Box, will be on sale for a limited time from December 9. Currently, the ‘Time Attack’ event is happening in Soul of the Ultimate Nation where players receive rewards just by being connected to the game.

Looking forward to 2010, WEBZEN plans to service Soul of Ultimate Nation in multi-language environment offering Spanish and Portuguese services for non-English speaking countries.

More details of Global S.U.N are available at www.webzen.com.

About WEBZEN Inc,

Founded in 2000 and based in Seoul, South Korea, WEBZEN Inc. (KOSDAQ and NASDAQ: WZEN) has become a leader in the MMOG market and has developed some of the world’s top online game and client/server technologies. WEBZEN is continuing the tradition of MU Online, which boasts more than 56 million registered users, with Soul of the Ultimate Nation: World Edition, Huxley: the Dystopia and an array of exciting game titles slated for release in the world’s game market. For more information on the company and its products, please visit WWW.WEBZEN.COM.

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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 opened on April 2009

- Started Global MU open beta test in May 2009

- Started Global MU commercial service in June 2009

- Started Global Archlord Service in September 2009

- Started Global SUN Service 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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