Ace Online
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| Developer(s) | MasangSoft Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | YD Online Corp. (Korea) GameForge4D (Europe) Suba Games, LLC (North America) Axeso5 (Latin America) Winner Online (Thailand) VTC Online (Vietnam) Yetime (China) Gamon (Taiwan) Arario Corp. (Japan) Innova Inc. (Russia) OhLaLa Interactive (South East Asia) |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | May 26, 2006 (International) September 26, 2008 (North American Relaunch) |
| Genre(s) | MMO 3D Space Shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Ace Online and Air Rivals are free-to-play massively multiplayer online games (MMOG), 3D shooter, developed by MasangSoft and owned by YD Online Corp.
In North America, the game was previously released as Space Cowboy Online. Space Cowboy Online's client was made available for download in May 2006.
The Gala-Net version of Space Cowboy Online, was shut down on December 26, 2007. This was announced to the public with a letter from Space Cowboy's last active GM, "Xarfox". Yedang, the owner of Ace Online's license, decided to run its servers themselves, as Ace Online International.
In November 2008, Yedang also shut down the Global version which they hosted, presumably due to lack of players.
Ace Online is known as AirRivals in the European versions. Originally, the European version was going to be called Flysis, but the name was later changed. In Vietnam the game is called Phi Doi.
Gameforge GmbH and Suba Games are currently hosting the European and North American versions of the game respectively, although both also cater to players worldwide and have an international playerbase.
Arario Corporation has acquired the license to host ACE Online in Japan and launched sometime in the first quarter of 2009.
In 2011, the first release date for the Episode 4 release for the North American Ace Online was given. It was released on November 15, 2012. In February 2011, Axeso5 officially opened the first Latin American ACE Online server.
In Ace Online, players pilot their own individual starfighters (called "Gears") throughout a number of maps, including terrestrial, lunar, and space maps. It has typical MMORPG elements such as leveling, currency, a skill system and combat mostly based on player equipment and level. Ace Online is a largely player vs. player-oriented game (PvP), with character leveling and item acquisition achieved through combat against non-player characters and the completion of missions. After completion of certain missions, more maps will be accessible to the player. Although a high level character will have better character attributes than most other players, no one at any level is invincible against other players in PvP. As in other MMORPGs, players can trade items, customize their gears, form parties ("formations") and guilds ("brigades"), and fight with other players via PvP combat. Almost all of the combat in Ace Online is aerial, from the third-person view. Players have the option to use an in-cockpit, first-person view.
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