From Korea, three free-to-play MMOs are streaking over the Pacific and headed straight for North America. Thanks to Yedang Online's newly-announced partnership with publisher Wicked Interactive,
PristonTale,
PristonTale 2, and
Ace Online will be here this year. The gleaming high-fantasy MMORPG
PristonTale garnered hefty awards when it was released in 2003, while its sequel
PristonTale 2 just went into beta this past March and runs on the Unreal Engine 2.5. Just like it sounds,
Ace Online is all about fighter jet combat set on an intergalactic world. Here's a video of
PristonTale 2, which showcases the detailed character models and vast landscapes typical of Asian MMOs.
WICKED INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW MMO PUBLISHING
GROUP AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH YEDANG ONLINE
Wicked Interactive To Bring Hits Like PristonTale,
PristonTale 2 and Ace Online To North America This Year
Toronto, CANADA--August 11, 2008-Wicked Interactive
(
http://wickedinteractiveltd.com/), a newly formed North American MMO
publisher, announced today that it has launched a new online game
publishing group and entered into a strategic partnership with Yedang
Online. Yedang Online is one of the largest leading online game
publishers and developers in Korea. Wicked Interactive will bring
Yedang Online's top properties, PristonTale, PristonTale2 and Ace
Online, to North America this year.
Wicked Interactive is led by President and CEO, Stanley Yu. Previously
as Co-founder, President & CEO and Director of Toronto-based IT
services company TrekLogic Inc. and Brainhunter Inc., Yu was
responsible for the rapid growth of the company resulting in it
becoming one of the top two technology staffing and solutions
companies in Canada.
"Through the internet, video games have evolved into a social and
community-based experience," said Stanley Yu, President and CEO of
Wicked Interactive. "With our strategic partnership with leading
partner like Yedang Online, we are poised to take a pioneering role in
capitalizing on this new phenomenon."
"Our strategic partnership with Wicked Interactive will enable us to
further build upon our current successes in the North American
market," said Jay Park, Overseas Marketing Director of Yedang Online.
"We are extremely pleased to have Wicked Interactive as our partner in
expanding our footprint in the North American market."
Wicked Interactive will host all of its upcoming games on a proprietary
technology platform which will be announced this month, along with
more details about its upcoming products. For more information about
Wicked Interactive, please visit
http://wickedinteractiveltd.com/.
