9Dragons
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| Developer(s) | JoongWon Games |
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Suba Games (North America - Sep 17, 2011) RedFox Games (North America) JoongWon Games (South Korea) Run Up (Hong Kong) Avrora Interactive (Russia) |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
9Dragons is a martial arts-themed massively multiplayer online role playing game, developed by Korean video game company Indy21. The game features 3D graphics and traditional Massively multiplayer online game control schemes. Set in China during the Ming Dynasty, it includes actual Chinese geography and historical features such as the Great Wall of China and the famous Shaolin Monastery.
Indy21, an independent video game developer in Korea, originally created the video game 9Dragons, then they made agreements with both Persistent Worlds and Acclaim, to allow them to market and sell 9Dragons to the European and North American markets, respectively.
The original In-game story for the Korean version was written by wuxia novelist Jwa Baek and then Steven-Elliot Altman was hired by Acclaim to rewrite the game in its entirety so that it would become accessible to Western audiences.
Both companies released the game in "Open Beta" to the public in January 2007.
It was announced on August 24, 2010 that GamersFirst had acquired publishing rights to 9Dragons for distribution in North America. On August 26, 2010 it was announced that Acclaim Games had ended their online massively multiplayer services, which included the immediate shutdown of its official forums and its gaming servers. This statement is now accessible by visiting the former webpage of Acclaim 9Dragons. On September 2, 2010 it was announced that GamesCampus has acquired publishing rights to 9Dragons for distribution in Europe. GameCampus released the game (for Germany) in German language in early December 2010.
The Acclaim shut down appears to have happened in haste, since apparently Acclaim failed to ensure an orderly transition of in-game characters and user accounts to the new publisher. The game was released by GamersFirst on September 16 on new servers without any user accounts that existed on the Acclaim servers. The transition is still pending as of July 2011.
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