Big Download writes: "It's been a long, hard road for the Unreal Engine 3 based sci-fi MMOFPS Huxley. The Webzen-developed game was first announced way back in 2005. Earlier this year it was announced that NHN USA had picked up the US publishing rights to the game and planned on launching it as a free-to-play MMO on their web site ijji.com before the end of the year.
Let the fragging mayhem begin in Korea! Gamers eager to test out their fragging skills against thousands of other players now have their chance as WEBZEN announces that the first twitch-action massively multiplayer online first-person shooting (MMOFPS) game Huxley has entered open beta testing in Korea.
It's official. NHN USA, a subsidiary of NHN, the largest Korean Internet company, announced today that it has secured the rights to publish the long-awaited Huxley in North America and Western Europe. Bringing online gamers everywhere closer to the chance to exercise their fragging skills against thousands of other players in the first twitch-action massively multiplayer online first-person shooting (FPS) game Huxley, the online shooter is slated to arrive on the PC via ijji.com in late 2008.
Online first-person shooter Huxley has finally found a publisher that will release the game through an online portal later this year.
Distributor NHN USA has confirmed it has picked up the rights to publish the title in North America and Western Europe.
Those eagerly anticipating the combination of twitch-based gameplay and role-play sensibilities will be able to download it from the NHN USA's portal.
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When Webzen first debuted Huxley to great fanfare during the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo. At that time, the game garnered its fair share of attention thanks to the promise of addictive first-person shooter combat made even more so by massively multiplayer online role-playing game sensibilities.
Xbox360Fanboy's Xav de Mato' Writes: One of the first MMOs announced in the new generation of consoles, Huxley, is having a difficult time making its way to consoles. While Huxley developer Webzen has announced that the PC title will finally make its way to North America after signing a new deal with publisher NHN USA, the Xbox 360 version continues its release limbo.
Kotaku reports: "Webzen's massively-multiplayer online first-person shooter Huxley is officially heading to North America and Europe as NHN, Korea's largest internet company, announces that they will be publishing the title via their Western subsidiary, NHN USA. The game will be available to download and play via the company's www.ijji.com website in late 2008, while the 360 version remains up in the air at this time."
CVG: "Huxley developer Webzen has unveiled new details about its online shooter Huxley, confirming the single player will be free to play and that the Xbox 360 version will include extra content."
Huxley developer Webzen has unveiled new details about its online shooter Huxley, confirming the single player will be free to play and that the Xbox 360 version will include extra content.According to OXM UK, Producer Kijong "KJ" Kang told its US counterparts that the Xbox-exclusive campaigns and PVP battles will "reveal more secrets about world that you will never find in the PC version."
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IGN reports that the Xbox 360 version of the long awaited MMOFPS, Huxley, is roughly six months behind the PC SKU. With localization of the Korean-developed game on PC expected to take around six months and the game due out overseas in the first half of this year, that puts the Xbox 360 release squarely in 2009.