Koei Announces Uncharted Waters MMO

By On September 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Koei announced that it would release its freemium Uncharted Waters MMO for the US in 2010 through CJ Internet's NetMarble portal. The game originally launched in Japan and other Asian territories several years ago. The MMO is based on Koei's naval-themed RPG series Uncharted Waters, which it began publishing in 1991. Players in the Uncharted [...]

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CJ Internet Acquires Seed9 Entertainment

By On June 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Korean online gaming firm CJ Internet acquired a 53% majority stake in Korean freemium MMO developer Seed9 Entertainment for $6 million back in February. CJ Internet is a major publisher of video games in Korea, working with both original IP and major Japanese brand properties like Gundam, Dragonball, and Ys. Games published by CJ Internet include [...]

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CJ Internet Acquires Seed9 Entertainment

By On June 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Korean online gaming firm CJ Internet acquired a 53% majority stake in Korean freemium MMO developer Seed9 Entertainment for $6 million back in February. CJ Internet is a major publisher of video games in Korea, working with both original IP and major Japanese brand properties like Gundam, Dragonball, and Ys. Games published by CJ Internet include [...]

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QuickStat: Korean Market Update

By On July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Market research and consulting firm Pearl Research today teased the game and virtual worlds industries with a number of data points from its recently published "Online Games Market in Korea" study. The stats are worth noting as what is popular, and who is thriving, in Korea — in the online gaming, MMOG, and virtual worlds [...]

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QuickStat: Korean Market Update

By On July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Market research and consulting firm Pearl Research today teased the game and virtual worlds industries with a number of data points from its recently published "Online Games Market in Korea" study. The stats are worth noting as what is popular, and who is thriving, in Korea — in the online gaming, MMOG, and virtual worlds [...]

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Korean Game Portal Profits Soar On Record Virtual Goods Sales

By On February 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Three major Korean game portals publishers recently announced their revenue and profit figures for Q4 2008 and the entire year. Despite the global downturn in the economy negatively impacting much of the games industry, all three Korean companies reported record profits from soaring virtual goods and currency sales. Translation and aggregation of the data, usually [...]

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