Where's Webzen?
Filed under: Huxley, Business models, MMO industry, Opinion
Two Hammers at MMO-centric blog gamebunny writes that Webzen is slowly making a retreat from the North American market. The Korean publisher, currently developing the much-anticipated Huxley, has cut Parfait Station and Wiki (aka Project Wiki) from its game roster on the North American site. Although Webzen has not announced cancellations of the titles, only three games remain displayed on the site: MU, Soul of the Ultimate Nation, and Huxley. Release dates are not set for SUN and Huxley. The disappearance of Parfait Station and Wiki comes on the heels of Webzen relinquishing their publishing rights to All Points Bulletin, three years after having obtained them. Real Time Worlds bought back the rights to APB in April. These changes could diminish Webzen's presence in the North American market for the foreseeable future, and their radio silence on where Huxley is in terms of release doesn't help matters. Quite a number of people seem to be excited about Huxley, particularly among the Massively team; we can only hope that Webzen is just re-prioritizing their projects and releases for North America, and that they're not going to disappear on us anytime soon.






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5-30-2008 @ 11:16AM
henry piner said...
Huxley open beta begins June 27th in Korea. I'm not sure if Wiki or Parfait Station were ever coming West, but Webzen is going through a reorganization that will result in more focus (and profitability). Also, don't forget they're publishing Red5's "T-Project" which will release worldwide.
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5-30-2008 @ 4:10PM
monkey said...
Parfait Station and Wiki were actually games that we were excited about. They looked fun and casual, and Wiki was very Zelda Windwaker like.
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