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| Rappelz Epic 9.9 | |
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| Developer(s) | Gala Lab (Formerly nFlavor) |
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| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | January 2024 (Current Epic) |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Rappelz is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The game was developed by the Korean company Gala Lab, formerly nFlavor. It is published in Europe and North America by Gala Lab Corp under their Play2Bit Co. Ltd. subsidiary. It was formerly published by Webzen, Inc. until 2020. The game is offered in languages such as English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Turkish, on their Play2Bit games portal.
As of October 2008, Rappelz was also being published by the South East Asia-based game publishing company AsiaSoft as RappelzSEA but was later dropped by the company on 1 September 2009. The game was also published in Arabic for MENA gamers by the Emirati company Game Power 7. The game was released under a different title known as Hope of Nations (Arabic: أمل الشعوب), and was commercially launched on 16 March 2009.[1] A new version was released on 15 July 2010 by EagleGame in the Philippines, but the PH/SEA version closed in 2016.
As of 6 February 2013, it was confirmed by Rappelz GMs that "Gala Net, Inc. and its subsidiaries Gala Networks Europe and Gala-Net Brazil have been acquired by Webzen, Inc.", however, it is still being developed by Gala Labs and Gala Japan.[2]
Rappelz is set in a medieval fantasy world, dominated by three races: the Deva (who represent light), the Asura (who represent darkness), and the Gaia (humans that possess an affinity with nature).[3]
Each major installment of the game is referred to as an "Epic". The current installment is called "Epic 9.9: Twilight Underworld" (9th part of Epic IX).[4]
- ^ "Cooperation between Game Power 7 and ShopGates" (PDF). Game Power 7 press release. 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Rappelz Official Forums". Gala-Net Inc. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ "Scenario". Rappelz Official Site. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
- ^ "Announcements". Rappelz Official Site. 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.