Looks like theres another game publisher in town, NeoFun. I went over there and checked out their portal and it looks pretty nice, but they don’t have any original games yet. The only games they have on their portal right now is Cronous and Sho Online. One thing that I’m curious about is why on earth do developers license their game to two different publishers? Sure the developer can make more money, but it effectively SPLITS the game’s community in two. In this case, Cronous is now available on both Aeria Game’s portal and NeoFun’s. Sho Online however is now available soley on NeoFun’s portal.
According to NeoFun’s own press release they have gained over 200,000 new registrations on October alone, the month NeoFun’s game portal was launched. NeoFun’s portal looks surprisingly similar to that of IJJI’s, the guys that publish GunZ, Gunbound and a myriad of other games. IJJI uses the Slogan “Where Gamers Unite!” throughout their page and the NeoFun portal uses the same exact slogan on their arcade page. I’m sure they’ll change it in the near future, but copying someone else’s slogan is a pretty silly thing to do, especially if they want to portray themselves as professionals.
This is the original press release:
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Lizard Interactive Ensuring Success with New Games
Seoul, Korea– November 18, 2008– Lizard Interactive announced that over 200,000 users have registered for NeoFun accounts during October, the month the NeoFun game portal was launched.
Lizard Interactive developed NeoFun as a platform for partners to more efficiently service and promote a wide variety of online games. Currently, there are two free-to-play MMORPGs available– Cronous and Sho Online. The portal also features the FunFun Arcade which is made up of casual mini games. Lizard Interactive aim is to constantly provide gamers with new and exciting online games through the NeoFun game portal.
The FunFun Arcade medal system proved to be very popular with many players taking advantage of the system. Medals won in FunFun Arcade games can be exchanged for cash points that can be used to buy cash items in the MMORPGs, Cronous and Sho Online.
Of the registered users in NeoFun, 70% are from North America, 20% are from English speaking Asian countries like Singapore and the Philippines, and the rest are from European and South American countries.
Lizard Interactive CEO Sang-wook Lee stated his deep gratitude to gamers around the world who helped to make NeoFun such a huge success. He also announced that“The Land of Magic”, a popular MMORPG title would launch English service through NeoFun in January of 2009.
For further information, please visit www.neofun.com.
Press Info: Tae-Sun An
Global Marketing Team
E-mail: tsan@lizardinteractive.com
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