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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Ragnarok Online creator to make new MMO in the vein of Ragnarok]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/30/ragnarok-online-creator-to-make-new-mmo-in-the-vein-of-ragnarok/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/30/ragnarok-online-creator-to-make-new-mmo-in-the-vein-of-ragnarok/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/30/ragnarok-online-creator-to-make-new-mmo-in-the-vein-of-ragnarok/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ragnarok-online/" rel="tag">Ragnarok Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=26268"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/11/ronew.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">At this year's <a href="http://www.gstar.or.kr/parti/eng/">G* Game Expo</a>, in addition to the earlier <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/30/new-blade-and-soul-movie-from-ncsoft/">sexy <em>Blade &amp; Soul</em> gameplay video</a>, it seems that the original creator of <a href="http://iro.ragnarokonline.com/"><em>Ragnarok Online</em></a> is working on a new MMO project that he describes as "in the same vein" as <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ragnarok-online"><em>Ragnarok</em></a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=26268">Gamasutra is reporting</a> that Hakkyu Kim, <em>RO</em>'s creator, is working on two new MMOs. One a more basic MMO that features the control of a single character, and another MMO that is done in the 2D sprites/3D backgrounds style of <em>RO</em>, except with a focus on action.<br />
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While neither of these games will be a new <em>Ragnarok</em>, as <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/gravity-interactive">Gravity Interactive</a> holds the license to the <em>Ragnarok</em> series, it's good to see Kim returning to his roots after his work on <em>Granado Espada</em>, more commonly known as <a href="http://www.gamersfirst.com/swordofthenewworld/"><em>Sword of the New World</em></a> in the US.</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/30/ragnarok-online-creator-to-make-new-mmo-in-the-vein-of-ragnarok/">Ragnarok Online creator to make new MMO in the vein of Ragnarok</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=26268>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/30/ragnarok-online-creator-to-make-new-mmo-in-the-vein-of-ragnarok/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19258632/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/30/ragnarok-online-creator-to-make-new-mmo-in-the-vein-of-ragnarok/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>action</category><category>g-star</category><category>g-star-game-expo</category><category>gravity</category><category>gravity-interactive</category><category>hakkyu-kim</category><category>new-mmos</category><category>new-titles</category><category>ragnarok-online</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
