WEBZEN, a gaming development company based in Korea, just announced its list of games geared up for G-Star on November 9 to 12 at Seoul, South Korea.

Huxley (an FPS MMO powered by Unreal 3 engine),All Points Bulletin (designed by the original creator of GTA), Soul of the Ultimate Nation, Project Wiki (a fairy tale MMO that features cel-shaded cartoon animation), Kingdom of Warriors (a fantasy MMO based on a classic Chinese novel, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"), and Parfait Station will be showcased at their booths. The lucky participants can try out Soul of the Ultimate Nations, while Huxley and Kingdom of Warriors demos will be provided.

And it seems that we aren't the only ones getting excited. "We are thrilled to participate in G-Star as it is an ideal platform to showcase WEBZEN's highly anticipated titles for the Korean market," NamJu Kim, chief executive officer of WEBZEN Inc, exclaims.

With all the dedication and effort Webzen America is putting into Soul of the Ultimate Nation (Sun), it is such a shame we haven't quite updated our SUN database. It is a good thing the Director of Corporate Communications for Webzen Jason Wonacott was at hand recently to give updates.

The last thing we reported about SUN was about its Beta testing phase in Korea. Wonacott happily shares the game is doing very well -  explaining that in Korea, a title that has reached Beta phase is as good as a launched game already. SUN will then be opened to China first, before finally reaching North American shores.

Wonacott further explains that the American title will not be just a simple translation of the Asian Market version. According to him, one of the mistakes that some games make is they merely provide a translation of their games from one language to another. In the process, the translated version appears weird and at worst, the context and story totally lost. The key here, he stresses, is “Localization and culturalization."

SUN currently employs the point and click movement, as well as the WSAD movement. The North American release is expected around summer of 2007

Game developer Webzen, Inc. has announced that the beta version Soul of the Ultimate Nation has been released in Korea.

SUN promises more gaming enjoyment in less time than others. Players seeking instant gratification can form parties and jump right into battle via a unique "Battle Zone System,"  and travel through an ever-ready, ever-growing fantasy world featuring amazing graphics. As with other popular games, SUN features the usual cast of emperors, armies, magicians and various types of monsters.

During its initial beta testing, Korean gamers gave this one high marks to the BZ System, which allows players to alter the map's difficulty level and adjust compensation. The current beta testing will add more enhancements to the field maps, as well as a new systems for competitive hunting and ranking.

Nam Ju Kim, Webzen CEO, had this to say: “After the amazing success of MU Online in Asia, we have worked extremely hard to bring fans the kind of triple-A online gaming experience they expect of WEBZEN’s second game in Soul of the Ultimate Nation...by listening to player feedback from previous closed beta tests and fine tuning the game’s beautiful and stunning graphics and innovative action systems, we believe that Soul of the Ultimate Nation has all the necessary features to make it a leader in Asia’s next generation of MMORPGs."

SUN is scheduled for a North American release as well, before the summer of 2007.

Game developer Webzen has promised to reveal a cool show for the Online gaming aficionados of the world this coming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) that'll be held on Los Angeles from May 10-12 of 2006. The exhibition will revolve on the company's three MMOs namely fantasy-themed Soul of the Ultimate Nation (SUN), FPS Huxley, and Fairytopia-like Project Wiki.

E3 attendees will have a chance to test-drive the said games if they visit Webzen's booth - #1300 in the South Hall. The MMOs on display boasts of top-of-the-line graphics and challenging game play. Webzen bigwigs, including the blue-collared game designers and developers themselves, will be present to assist interested gamers/press people. They will also provide whole talks revolving about the game's features, aspects, and its development process.

SUN carries the trademarked console-style game mechanics morphed into an MMORPG. It is a virtual world that lays host to emperors, armies, magicians and monsters. Gamers can assemble an army of thousands (providing you're as good as Oprah at pulling other people's leg) using Soul of the Ultimate Nation’s Battle Zone System. The game boasts of graphically stunning and seemingly endless online fantasy world for the willing players to conquer.

If you're the type who enjoys exploring Fairytopia in Neopia, then this game's for you. Project Wiki is a fairy tale-themed MMO. But don't let the cutesy name fool you, this one's no Barbie adventure. The game promises intense challenges that demands cooperation from its online players. It packs an adaptive system that's said to be provide explorers a complex desicion-making capabilities in pursuing quests and missions. The same feature also contributes to the development of the "character" of the game characters.

On the other hand, SUN's brother, Huxley, takes full advantage of the recently developed UNREAL3 engine to create unique gaming experience with up to 5,000 players converging in the same world. The game's setting is an alternative future where humans have mutated and are divided in to two opposing races - Sapiens and Alternative. The mutants are vying for the power Lunarities, in the process slaughtering the enemies they ran against. It'll be out for both Xbox 360 and PC.

With E3 just around the bend, expect more of enticing news like these spilling out all over the net. just be sure to check back here at QJ because we got all bases covered for you (and for us too of course).

Webzen, the creator of the Diablo-wannabe MMORPG, MU Online, has announced that the open beta for Soul of the Ultimate Nation, or SUN for short, is going to be delayed. Their original plan was to launch it on May 2 but it was pushed to May 15 due to the fact they want the Mission Competing System complete. There would be a 2nd pre-open beta testing date on May 8 to May 12. In Webzen CEO Nam Ju Kim own words:

“After the success of MU, as a leading company in this industry, we want to continue to lead the next generation games through SUN. Even taking into consideration all the risks associated with the service delay, we believe that through these new contents, we will be able to satisfy all the SUN users with high anticipation.

In the open beta test, players will have a spacious field map with a detailed quest system. Besides the typical missions and PvP, SUN has a survival mode that enables the player to compete with each other to survive. There is also a Time Attack mode where a player hunts down as many monsters in a given number of time. Due to this intense competition, there would be a ranking system to determine who is the best. If the user isn't the competitive kind, SUN introduces the Area Conquest System that makes the player get benefits whenever he contributes in a particular area. All in all, Webzen is getting ready for the open beta and will unleash Soul of the Ultimate Nation on May 15.

The popular Korean MMO Soul of the Ultimate Nation (SUN) is scheduled to be released sometime this year in Europe and in the US.

SUN is created by Webzen and is supposedly different from the rest of the existing MMOs. SUN tries to capitalize on the epic story of the game. Initially the player has to choose which character he'll be playing: Elementalist, Berserker, Valkyrie or the Dragon Knight. The character you've chosen will have to build an alliance with the rebel Indus and go against the emperor of Blandis, Emperor Schwarz.

Those familiar with Guild Wars will feel right at home with the small groups and instances will be de rigueur. Towns will feel very MMO like with everyone running around, then breaking in off into 5 man groups for "instanced" play.

Soul of the Ultimate nation is scheduled for release September 2006.