Luna Online

Luna Online
Developer(s)EYA Interactive
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online role-playing
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Luna Online (Korean: 루나온라인) 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.[3][4]

The game's North American version, which was published by gPotato,[5] received a closed beta that began on April 17, 2009,[6] while an open beta started on May 14.[7] An expansion pack, titled Luna Plus, that includes additional game areas and levels, as well as cosmetic items, was released on January 20, 2011.[8][9]

Closure and relaunch

In March 2012, gPotato shut down the servers for the North American versions of Luna Online and Prius Online.[10]

In March 2016, SubaGames launched a Kickstarter campaign to revive the game, ultimately raising C$16,987 to do so.[11] On April 1, the company relaunched the game via Steam, titling it Luna Online: Reborn.[12]

References

  1. ^ "เตรียมพร้อมปฏิบัติการแบ๊วทั่วไทย วันที่ 6 มีนาคมนี้" (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  2. ^ "★《夢之路娜》6月11日『愛』封測 ★" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2009-05-31.
  3. ^ "Luna Online Interview - Part 1 - IGN". 24 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Luna Online Interview - Part 2 - IGN". 29 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Luna Online". 21 July 2008.
  6. ^ "Luna Online". 14 April 2009.
  7. ^ "Luna Online open beta promises dates with gamer girls". 15 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Double-plus good: Luna Online expansion heading to test servers December 24th". 23 December 2010.
  9. ^ "Luna Plus: Summer Content Update and Spectacular Events - IGN". August 2011.
  10. ^ "GPotato Shutting Down Prius Online and Luna Online – All your MMO & MOBA Needs – Lore Hound".
  11. ^ Altay, Omer (2016-03-20). "The Business Model of Relaunching Dead MMOs". MMOs.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  12. ^ "Luna Online: Reborn on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.