Our best Battle Royale players to train for the biggest PvP tournament in Asia!

Calling all students of Mystic Peak, Phoenix and Sacred Gate campuses! The biggest RAN event is soon to come your way!

Avid players of myRosso’ popular, school-based MMORPG, RAN Online, are sure to get their game on this coming October, as the entire RAN Malaysia community prepares itself for its biggest battle yet.

The RAN Global Tournament, happening on October 4, is the most-awaited championship tournament for only the best RAN Online gamers. Participants from 8 countries will battle it out to determine who among the representative RAN countries will emerge to be the champion gamer.

Last year, the RAN Malaysia team placed as 2nd runner up in the said tournament, and this time around, myRosso will send Malaysias’ delegate to compete against Philippines, Thailand, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Vietnam in this action-packed event.

It’s a real eye opener to everyone to see such a good teamwork and fierce spirit to win! Our last year Battle Royale 2007 winners manage to emerge once again to steal the title from everyone! Lee Chee Kin, Wong Chun Kok, Do Wei Hong and Wong Kin Fei won themselves a spot as our official representatives to the Global Tournament in Manila, Philippines.

Not forgetting the winner of our Last Man Standing tournament for proving herself as the only one who manages to stand on in the battle between all teams in the individual fight!

Not forgetting the winner of our Last Man Standing tournament for proving herself as the only one who manages to stand on in the battle between all teams in the individual fight!

And while our local team of players are preparing for their toughest fight yet, RANatics and their guilds from all over the country will also engage in several tournaments and contests to test their skills in the game.

Players will not just get their exciting dose of in-game events, other live activities and contests will likewise engage them in worthwhile interaction with their fellow RANatics.

The action happens at the Function Hall 5 of the SMX Convention Center on October 4, so don’t miss this one of a kind RAN event!

That’s it for now RAN Player!
Wish us all a very good luck and we hope to bring to the Malaysia the RAN Global Tournament 2008 crown!

CEO Taek Jin Kim Promotes Chris Chung, Jeff Strain, David Reid, and Patrick Wyatt

SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 10, 2008 — NCsoft ® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world’s leading publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), including award-winning franchises Lineage ®, Guild Wars ® and City of Heroes ®, today announced the formation of “NC West™”. A wholly-owned subsidiary of NCsoft with operating responsibility for western regions including the US and Europe, NC West will be led by Chris Chung as CEO, Jeff Strain as president, product development, David Reid as president, publishing, and Patrick Wyatt as CTO as well as yet unannounced European executives.

NCsoft’s existing subsidiaries NC Interactive, NC Europe, NC Austin, and ArenaNet will be led as a unified organization under NC West with a dedicated focus towards becoming the world’s premier western publisher of MMOs. NC West is the tentative name for the organization, and the company expects to announce final naming and corporate structure in the near future. NC West’s headquarters is planned to be established in Seattle, WA by the end of 2008.
Chris Chung, previously CEO of NC Interactive, has a long history with NCsoft. He began his tenure at NCsoft’s ArenaNet® studio, where he managed that studio’s business and helped launch the multi-platinum selling Guild Wars franchise. Chung later went on to become the chief publishing officer for NCsoft’s Seoul headquarters. Prior to NCsoft, Chung spent more than five years at Microsoft and later co-founded a marketing research firm. As CEO of NC West, Chung will continue to report directly to NCsoft CEO Taek Jin (TJ) Kim.

“We are confident that by combining our subsidiaries into a unified global organization under Chris Chung’s leadership, NC West will become a more powerful force to be reckoned with in the western MMO market,” said TJ Kim. “Chris has become a guiding force within our company and has been extremely successful at every position he has held with us. His detailed first-hand knowledge of all aspects of our business is invaluable and will help establish NC West as a global leader.”

Jeff Strain was formerly the president and co-founder of ArenaNet, a company he formed with Patrick Wyatt and Mike O’Brien when they left senior roles at Blizzard Entertainment in 2000. Additionally, Strain held the position of executive producer of Guild Wars 2™ prior to taking this new role. Strain will report directly to Chung and manage all NC West development studios across all existing and future products. Strain will also direct the production of NCsoft’s Asian-developed titles for NC West territories.

David Reid began with NCsoft in March 2008 as vice-president, marketing for North America. Reid came to NCsoft from Turner Broadcasting’s GameTap, where he served as vice-president, marketing. Prior to that, he worked at Microsoft as director of global platform marketing, where he launched the Xbox 360. In his new role, Reid will continue to report to Chung and will lead franchise management, marketing, public relations, sales, and customer support for NC West.

As a founder of ArenaNet, Patrick Wyatt led the development of the network and server technologies for the Guild Wars franchise, and directed the architecture and deployment of ArenaNet’s global game network infrastructure. Before co-founding ArenaNet with Strain and O’Brien, Wyatt was the vice president of research and development for Blizzard Entertainment, where he led programming for the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises. As CTO for NC West, Wyatt will report to Chung and will focus on platform technology development, network operations, and systems engineering.

“There is an unparalleled opportunity for growth in the massively multiplayer online market,” said Chris Chung. “By combining the strength of our US and European teams, NCsoft has the best global infrastructure to win in new and existing markets, and the best developer talent capable of creating blockbuster MMO franchises.”

VestGame Entertainment and Zownder.com are announcing the details of the first screenshot competition for VestGame’s popular free massively multiplayer online game, World of Kung Fu.

Shanghai, Sep 13th, 2008 – VestGame Entertainment and Zownder.com are teaming up to bring World of Kung Fu’s first ever screenshot competition to players all over the world. This contest will give players the opportunity to show their favorite aspects of the game, from fighting to flying and everything in between, and allow gamers that have not yet experienced the World of Kung Fu a chance to see what they are missing.

For gamers that have not seen the excitement that is the World of Kung Fu, they are truly missing out. This free-to-play 3D MMO/MMORPG game offers something for all types of gamers, from social gamers to avid, hard-core gamers and all stages in between. “This contest really gives us the chance to showcase the awesome graphics and spectacular artwork that forms such an integral part of the game”, says David Clarke, World of Kung Fu’s North American Producer. The character art was created by renowned Japanese designer Senri Kita, best known for her work on Samurai Shodown, as well as other games from SNK and Capcom.

World of Kung Fu is a virtual world set in ancient China. It successfully combines outstanding gameplay with a storyline that takes players on a journey through a mystical land full of spirits and spiders, robbers and riches, and some of the most breathtaking artwork that players will ever see in a free to play online game.

VestGame Entertainment is pairing up with Zownder.com, a site dedicated to MMO gaming, to produce this contest. Both companies are offering up some great prizes to the winners, and there will be 4 prizes in all. All winners will receive the new World of Kung Fu Leveling Guide. The Grand Prize includes a permanent Xuan Wu mount and over a hundred rare items such as high level Forging Vouchers, Advanced Craftsman Charms, Sky Pearls, and much more. The First, Second, and Third Prizes also contain a wealth of rare and high level items. Winners will also have their screenshots and character names placed in the Official World of Kung Fu Strategy Guide, due out in October of 2008.

The contest will be running from September 15th to the 30th. Players interested in participating should visit the official World of Kung Fu website or Zownder.com. Both sites have complete information about contest rules, entry submissions, prizes, and more.