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.
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."Kang also confirmed that the game will ...
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Huxley is an MMOFPS utilizing the Unreal Engine 3 that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. Human beings have mutated and are divided into two opposing races, Sapiens and Alternative, who are forced to battle against one another to gain control of the world and its resources.
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1UP is reporting that Huxley closed beta has opened for 999 lucky Koreans. The short beta period lasts only five days, but in that time those selected will be able to try the team death match and radar domination modes, along with more of the core structure of the MMO aspects, such as quest mode.
MIKE FAHEY - "Remember Huxley? Of course you do. I can't write about an MMO without someone in the comments section talk about how awesome Huxley is going to be. Well now some lucky Koreans will be getting a chance to find that out for themselves as Webzen has announced the first closed beta test for the FPS MMO. Starting on August 28th, 999 beta testers will be chosen from the official Huxley web site to participate in the event that will start on September 13th and run for five days."
Webzen has confirmed in its Q2 2007 financial report that it will be holding beta trials for MMOFPS Huxley later this year. According to the report, a closed beta trial is due to commence towards the end of this quarter, with a public beta trial to follow either towards the end of 2007 or in early 2008.
As previously reported on Gamasutra, Korean developer Webzen has officially announced that it has sold Chinese rights to its MMO Huxley to major operator The9 for $35 million. According to the company, the new $35 million agreement marks the largest export license in the history of Korean online game developers when additional profit sharing such as revenues and in-game ads are taken into consideration.