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About 100 developers at NPICSOFT’s ELOA studio are currently devoting all their energy to the global release. : ELOA is currently serviced by our Korean partner company, Netmarble, and contains much higher quality content compared to Inspirit Online, with the localization for North America and Europe already in progress. Q: Is it fair to say that ELOA, under WEBZEN and NPICSOFT, will have better support and perhaps more unique content compared to Inspirit Online? Because of this, the two games will show incomparable differences in terms of service stability, with superior security/server connections, and so forth. We look forward to showing you the distinct differences between the original and copy, as we offer much better quality assurance for our live operations, and receive direct support from the original developers of ELOA. We’re very certain that Inspirit Online, currently operated illegally, will never keep up with our content releases. This includes new maps and classes which have already been developed by NPICSOFT, but are not included in the leaked CBT version that Inspirit Online is using. Rest assured that we are not worried about WEBZEN’s official version of ELOA, as we already have huge amounts of content readily available for our beta test. : After a thorough investigation, we came to the conclusion that Inspirit Online is using a CBT client from the Southeast Asia version of the game, which was leaked without authorization. Is WEBZEN worried that players might not appreciate going through the same content from the start? Q: Players have gotten pretty far in Inspirit Online, which supposedly has similar content to ELOA.
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WEBZEN has been authorized to utilise all rights for the game’s brand and license to enforce adherence the lawful copyright of NPICSOFT, and will try our best to protect the license of NPICSOFT which was infringed without notice. Now that the publishing contract has been signed, WEBZEN will take every legal and business measure to manage WEBZEN’s license to the best of our ability. While the official publishing contract with WEBZEN was still in preparation, NPICSOFT had also taken important advice from WEBZEN on this matter into consideration. After NPICSOFT discovered this illegal copy of the game, they sent an official notice to their Korean partner, Netmarble, in order to work together to put a stop to the unauthorized service of Inspirit Online. However, we couldn’t just give up a good game like this one, so we decided to sign the contract, embracing the risks at hand. We received confirmation from experienced developers that Inspirit Online is a very obvious illegal copy of ELOA, the original. : Yes, we were aware of it before signing the publishing contract. Q: Did WEBZEN agree to sign the publishing rights for ELOA knowing about this conflict? Inspirit Online is simply a copy of ELOA, a game developed by us, and will be considered as an unauthorized, illegal private server. The developer of ELOA is NPICSOFT, and the official publisher of ELOA is WEBZEN. However, a company called “GRE” is still continuing its unauthorized services. This includes licensing rights for North America, Europe, and other countries.
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It is important to note that NPICSOFT has registered the global license of the brand name “ELOA”, along with its characters, etc. In fact, we have sent many official notifications to the corresponding company, declaring Inspirit Online as an illegal copy of ELOA. Inspirit Online is not an official version of the game. : We understand that this situation must have caused a lot of confusion among players, who learned about ELOA and started playing it under the name of “Inspirit Online”. Could WEBZEN and NPICSOFT provide us with a clearer picture of the situation? Q: The burning question on gamers’ minds is regarding Inspirit Online and ELOA. Today I’m joined by Richard Sunmyoung Moon, Head of Global Business at WEBZEN Inc., the official publisher of ELOA in the West. It’s very nice to meet you, and thank you for this interview opportunity. : Hello, my name is Dennis Choi, and I’m the founder & CEO of NPICSOFT Inc., the developer of ELOA (Elite Lord of Alliance). Q: Hi, could you please introduce yourselves to our readers?
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MMO Culture speaks to both Webzen and developer Npicsoft to find out more. However, gamers are unsure about the game, seeing that it has already launched as “Inspirit Online” for North America and Europe under another publisher. Other than Asta, Webzen recently announced the addition of another online game recently, Elite Lord of Alliance (ELOA), to its expanding global platform.