OGaming: 9Dragons was originally developed in Korea. How did you happen upon it and why do you think this sort of MMO will be successful in the West?

Howard Marks: After purchasing the Acclaim brand, I knew that I needed to find a high quality MMORPG that would offer a new concept and that could establish Acclaim as a high quality publisher of online games. We just launched BOTS (www.botsgame.com) and our second title is 9Dragons (www.9dragonsgame.com). I met the developer, Indy21, and immediately fell in love with this game. It has a very poetic feel and a great sense of dignity to it. You are immediately immersed in a colorful and beautiful world with amazing graphics and animations. They chose the Ming Dynasty as the historical and fantasy background for this game. I just felt that our audience would love to try something fresh and of intense beauty.