Posts Tagged ‘HanbitSoft’

Former Chairman of Hanbitsoft jumps into item trading business

April 12th, 2013

Kim Young-man, the Former Hanbitsoft Chairman, has returned to the industry.

He came back as CEO of B&M Holdings that has 100% shares of in-game item trading companies, IMI and Itembay. The reason he chose the in-game Item trading market is to improve its negative image and expand the business as he did for e-sports when he was the 1st chairman of KeSPA & KAOGI.

B&M Holdings said “in-game item trading business has been suffered because of restrict regulations. So we have game channeling and publishing business for diversifying our income sources. We are preparing for the band new business to grow. We think Mr.Kim is the right person for it.”

Kim Young-man worked for LGsoft Game Business division first. He established Hanbitsoft in 1999 and published Starcraft and Diablo 2 in Korea.

Share on TwitterSubmit to redditDigg ThisShare on Tumblr

2 comments »

Posted in Korean Games Industry

Tags:

HanbitSoft Exhibits 4 Games at G-Star 2010

October 15th, 2010

HanbitSoft announced it will exhibit 4 games, <Grand Mer>, <War Cry>, <Squad Flow, and <The Heaven of Three Kingdoms>, at G-Star 2010.

New game <Squad Flow>, developed by Joy Impact, will be exposed for the first time.

“As this year’s G-Star will be held in the biggest size ever and we exhibit big games like <The Heaven of Three Kingdoms>, We are preparing trial booths and various events for the fans,” said BokKeun Yoon the chief of PR/IR of HanbitSoft.

Share on TwitterSubmit to redditDigg ThisShare on Tumblr

No comments »

Posted in Korean Games Industry

Tags:

Aika Global Kicks Off Commercial Service.

September 3rd, 2010

MMORPG <Aika Online> of Hanbitsoft started commercial service on sept. 2.

<Aika Global> which is a global service of <Aika Online> has done CBT and OBT since Aug. 20. It opened its facebook(http://www.facebook.com/aika.global)?in order for the global players to interact each other.

According to Hanbitsoft, 65% of the population of <Aika Global> is Europe include UK, Germany, France, and Spain and 35% is Asia include?Philippine?and?Australia.

“Global service is targeting all the regions where do not have experienced publishers or individual service is not suitable for. And as we make 100% of the sales, not?splitting??royalty with other companies, it would be a new revenue source,” said KiYoung Kim the CEO of Hanbitsoft.

Share on TwitterSubmit to redditDigg ThisShare on Tumblr

No comments »

Posted in Asia, Europe, Korean Games Industry

Tags:

[Korea] Weekly Update

April 5th, 2010

1. Hellgate: Tokyo (April 6)

After divorcing itself from Flagship Studios, HanbitSoft for the first time launches a new update Hellgate: Tokyo in Korea. The update features a new area, new monsters and new highest level.

2.?Noir Online (OBT)

After a two-year long hiatus since its final OBT in 2008, Noir Online, a MMORPG developed by Digitalic, is kicking off another OBT on April 6. The game was criticized for its rather simple graphics and system.

3. Huxley: the Dystopia

Ever since Webzen pulled the plug of Huxley in 2008 due to imbalance issues in PvP and PvE, users have been waiting for a new service. Now Webzen is wrapping up the project and ready to unveil Huxley: the Dystopic within 1H 2010. Currently the website is temporarily closed.

Share on TwitterSubmit to redditDigg ThisShare on Tumblr

346 comments »

Posted in Asia, Korean Games Industry

Tags:

[Audition2] Going to Vietnam

October 13th, 2009

Read carefully because it might be confusing: T3 Entertainment is a developer of Audition and Audition 2 and YD Online is a publisher of Audition in Korea. But HanbitSoft is a global licensor for Audition2 except Korea, China, Japan and Taiwan. So now you know who you should talk to if you are interested in licensing these games. Taiwan and US are off limit since the company has a subsidiary, Redbana, in those countries.

Back to the today’s news, HabitSoft bagged the Audition 2 licensing deal with VTC Online for the Vietnam market. Audition has gathered up 20,000,000 RUs in Vietnam last year.

If you want to read the original article on TIG which is written in Korean,?click here.

Share on TwitterSubmit to redditDigg ThisShare on Tumblr

No comments »

Posted in Asia, Korean Games Industry, North America, Taiwan, US, Vietnam

Tags: