Luna Online

Luna Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing video game developed by South Korean studio EYA Interactive. After a three-year development phase, starting in 2004, the game was initially launched in South Korea in 2007, but first became successful with its launch in Taiwan in October 2008.[1][2]

Luna Online
Developer(s)EYA Interactive
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • KOR: 2007
  • TWN: October 2008
  • NA: May 14, 2009 (open beta)
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online role-playing
Mode(s)Multiplayer

The game's North American version, which was published by gPotato, was first announced on July 21, 2008,[3] and received a closed beta that began on April 17, 2009,[4] while an open beta started on May 14, 2009.[5] An expansion pack, titled Luna Plus, that includes additional game areas and levels, as well as cosmetic items, was released on January 20, 2011.[6][7]

Closure

On March 27, 2012, gPotato shut down the servers for the North American versions of Luna Online and Prius Online.[8]

gollark: I mean that half of it is just unoccupied towers, not that some shops are bad.
gollark: And yet we got a giant mall complex half of which nobody uses.
gollark: (Gold prices are far too high given the prevalence of automining now)
gollark: Block value is messed up horribly.
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References
  1. http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/24/luna-online-interview-part-1
  2. http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/29/luna-online-interview-part-2
  3. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/luna-online-mmo-where-players-can-join-up-and-run-farms-together
  4. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/luna-online-us-closed-beta-begins-on-friday
  5. http://kotaku.com/5255882/luna-online-open-beta-promises-dates-with-gamer-girls
  6. https://www.engadget.com/2010/12/23/double-plus-good-luna-online-expansion-heading-to-test-servers/
  7. http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/01/luna-plus-summer-content-update-and-spectacular-events
  8. http://lorehound.com/mmos/gpotato-shutting-down-prius-online-and-luna-online/
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