Dark Age of Camelot Beta Testing in Korea

Here are the details from the press release Mythic sent out earlier today:

South Korea Begins Open Beta Testing of Dark Age of Camelot

OVER 15,000 PEOPLE PLAY GAME IN FIRST FEW DAYS AS MYTHIC ENTERTAINMENT AND BUFF ENTERTAINMENT PREPARE FOR KOREAN LAUNCH

FAIRFAX, VA JULY 25, 2002 Mythic Entertainment (www.mythicentertainment.com), creator of the award winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Dark Age of CamelotÔ, in conjunction with Buff Entertainment, today announced that the game has successfully begun open beta testing in South Korea. Dark Age of Camelot, the fastest selling pay-for-play MMORPG in the history of online gaming, is developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published with Abandon Entertainment (www.abandonent.com).

“Korea is one of the most important and growing markets in the world and we’re gratified by the overwhelming response of over 15,000 Korean beta testers,) said Mark Jacobs, President of Mythic Entertainment. (With a planned full roll-out in Korea later this summer, we are poised to continue our record-breaking success.)

Open beta testing, utilizing Korean language servers, will continue until the highly anticipated launch. Buff Entertainment will handle the marketing and distribution of Dark Age of Camelot as well as all online hosting and community management. Dark Age of Camelot will be fully translated into Korean, and customer support as well as community management will be handled in Korean to ensure the best support and quality of service.