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There is a press Releaseat the DAoC site, announcing that the game will come to South Korea:
Mythic Entertainment™ Announces Dark Age of Camelot™ Partnership with South Korea’s Buff Entertainment
BUFF ENTERTAINMENT TO ESTABLISH LOCALIZED SERVERS IN SOUTH KOREA
FAIRFAX, VA –FEBRUARY 5, 2002 – Mythic Entertainment (www.mythicentertainment.com), co-publisher of the award winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Dark Age of Camelot™, has announced a publishing and online partnership with Buff Entertainment. Buff Entertainment will distribute the game within and establish localized servers and support services for South Korea. Dark Age of Camelot, the fastest selling pay-for-play MMORPG in the history of online gaming, was developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published by Abandon Entertainment (www.abandonent.com).
Dark Age of Camelot will be beta tested in South Korea this summer, and will be commercially launched in Fall 2002 with a monthly subscription fee. Buff Entertainment will handle online hosting and community management. Dark Age of Camelot will be translated into Korean, and customer support as well as community management will be handled in Korean to ensure the best support and quality of service.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Buff Entertainment as our exclusive partner for South Korea,” announced Mark Jacobs, President of Mythic Entertainment. “We believe the Korean market has incredible potential -- as shown by the phenomenal success of other games -- and Buff Entertainment brings an executive team with unparalleled expertise and experience in this key market. I’m expecting great things from our partnership.”
Young Choi, President of Buff Entertainment, declared, “Mythic Entertainment has developed a fantastic product that combines the best of cutting-edge technology with challenging game play. We are dedicating 100% of our resources to ensuring that the introduction of Dark Age of Camelot to Korea exceeds the extremely high expectations of the gaming community.”
Buff Entertainment features an executive team with a long track record of success in the Korean marketplace. Dark Age of Camelot represents Buff Entertainment’s choice as the multiplayer online role-playing game with the greatest potential in the fertile Korean marketplace for online gaming. With an extremely sophisticated and experienced gaming community in excess of five million consumers, South Korea represents a huge opportunity for both Mythic Entertainment and Buff Entertainment. |
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DAoC: It gets dark in South Korea
