Seven Core to Landed in Japan, Overseas Trip Started

Korea-based Noria has recently launched an official site for the Japanese version of its in-house developed hybrid MMORPG Seven Core and confirmed the game's formal march into the overseas markets.

Developed by Noria and published by High 1 Entertainment in South Korea, Seven Core has conducted two rounds of CBT in South Korea in the latter half of 2011, and was well received by players thanks to its stable systems and colorful content. Subsequently, the game has been made available in different language versions, with the goal of entering such overseas markets as Europe, North America and Japan.

To enter the Japanese market, Noria first licensed Seven Core to Gala Japan through signing a publishing agreement, and then the Japanese official site of Seven Core was brought online where relevant game info and videos are available. Only one day after being unveiled, Seven Core was ranked as the most anticipated online game on the authoritative Japanese game portal 4Gamer.

According to Gala Japan, the Japanese version of Seven Core will start its commercial service in 2012 through its platform gPoato.jp, and a community, backstories and interaction and social systems will be tied into the platform in the future so that players can experience the gaming fun in advance.

Gala Japan will localize Seven Core in a detailed way according to Japanese players' habits and preferences, and will try efforts to release the game as soon as possible.

In addition to Japanese players, Seven Core also arose numerous European players' attention and curiosity at this year's Gamescom which is the largest game show in Europe. Seven Core has so far been licensed to Gala Networks Europe and Gala-Net, which will be the publishers for Seven Core in Europe and North America respectively. It is expected that Seven Core will be rolled out in these two markets in the first half of 2012 too.