SkyZone Entertainment to Offer Ragnarok on Mobile Phones
MMORPG Game First in North America to Connect with Online Version
Fort Lee, New
Jersey – December 5, 2005 – Wireless entertainment publisher SkyZone
Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it has acquired publishing rights to
the popular online role playing game Ragnarok from the South Korean game
publisher Gravity Co., Ltd. (NSDQ: GRVY) and will bring the highly successful
game franchise to mobile phones in North America. It will be the first game in
North America that connects online players of a massively multiplayer game to
their accounts via mobile phones.
Ragnarok is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Players
build their characters’ wealth and skills playing as wizards, knights, hunters
or any of the other character classes available. The game is popular in
countries around the world including the United States, China, Japan, Brazil,
and South Korea.
SkyZone Entertainment’s mobile version of the game connects players to the
online game with their mobile phones. This revolutionary “keyhole” approach
frees up online players to continue building their characters while away from
their computers. The mobile version of the game also supports standalone games
for users that don’t subscribe to the online game.
“Gravity is clearly one of the leaders in online games, and SkyZone is very
excited to be partnering with them. The opportunity to extend Ragnarok’s online
community to mobile phones is tremendous,” said James Wee, chief executive
officer of SkyZone Entertainment. “SkyZone and Gravity will cross promote this
game to tap into both companies’ large user bases, and realize the full
potential of Ragnarok.”
Gravity’s Chairman and CEO Ryu Il Young expressed, “Gamers, including Gravity
users, can now enjoy the interlocking wireless and cable service of Ragnarok
Mobile in the USA and Canada. Gravity expects its overseas expansion of mobile
games to accelerate quickly through this North American advance.”
SkyZone Entertainment will release two versions of the game based on the
Magician and the Merchant characters. The game will begin its roll-out on major
North American carriers in early 2006.
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About SkyZone
Entertainment
SkyZone Entertainment, Inc., an SK Group company, is an international mobile
entertainment company that creates and delivers fun and exciting Made for Mobile
TM content. The company’s offerings include brand name games and cutting-edge
applications such as 3D games, mobile-enabled Web portals, and wallpapers. SK
Group is Korea’s third-largest conglomerate with annual revenues exceeding US
$50 billion. The organization consists of more than 40 leading companies,
including SK Telecom, Korea’s leading wireless service provider and recognized
pioneer in the commercialization of 2.5G and 3G wireless service and
applications. For more information, visit
www.skyzonemobile.com .
About Gravity Co., Ltd.
Gravity Co., Ltd. engages in the development and distribution of online games
and other related businesses principally in the Republic of Korea and other
countries within Asia, the United States, and Europe. It offers a multiplayer
online role playing game under the name Ragnarok, which is offered in 20
markets. Gravity also offers various mobile games; participates in the
production of a televised animation series; and licenses the merchandizing of
characters-related products based on its online games. The company was founded
by Jung Ryool Kim in 2000 as Gravity Corp. and was later changed to Gravity Co.,
Ltd. Gravity is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.
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