Korean online game takes Asia by storm
News Ragnarok Online shares its theme and style of gameplay with popular online PC games such as EverQuest and Diablo, a genre dubbed "heroinware" by some gamers. Ragnarok Online has become so popular that last month it prompted Thai authorities to...
[July 23, 2003, 10:40]
Thai govt bans online games at night
News In particular, an online role-playing game called "Ragnarok Online" has come under fire. Fans of "Ragnarok Online" have flooded online chat rooms with angry messages calling for Suebwonglee's impeachment, reported The Nation.
[July 9, 2003, 10:19]
Backing Up and Provisioning Servers Faster to Battle Monsters and Demons With Symantec
White Papers The global popularity of the Ragnarok Online video game created new challenges at South Korea's Gravity Co. Ltd. Growing data volumes, expanding server inventories, and new regulations were all putting pressure on IT to manage and protect data more...
[December 23, 2006, 0:00]
South Korea's games target growth
News About 80,000 US gamers are already trying out Gravity's feudal fantasy "Ragnarok," according to the company, which has introduced the game in Brazil, Italy, Turkey and 13 other countries. Gravity licenses "Ragnarok" to independent operators which...
[June 25, 2004, 14:30]
Thailand proposes ID cards for game servers
News If online game servers for Ragnarok and other games could authenticate national ID cards, older players wouldn't get caught in the curfew, he said. Online game servers should authenticate national ID cards so that older players won't be trapped by...
[July 28, 2003, 11:47]
Thai gamers work around curfew
News The move has been met with protests from the country's gamers, particularly among the 700,000 registered players of a popular role-playing game called Ragnarok Online. Last week, Thailand authorities instituted a ban on online games from 10 p.m.to...
[July 18, 2003, 14:08]
