北京時間2月22日下午消息，EitaroSoft今天宣布，該公司已經與九城達成授權協議，將在中國市場合作推廣EitaroSoft的《Galaxy Frontier》遊戲。
《Galaxy Frontier》在日本採取免費下載，道具收費模式。已經成為日本排名第一的移動3D動作MMORPG(大型多人在線角色扮演遊戲)，目前通過兩個媒體網站為用戶提供服務，分別是EitaroSoft運營的esgames和日本最大移動運營商NTT DOCOMO運營的docomo market 。
中國已經擁有非常龐大的網絡遊戲市場。九城也已經搶在其他企業之前，開始將業務重點放在非常有前景的智能手機娛樂市場。例如，九城已經授權在中國部署了“OpenFeint”，這是一款全球知名的智能手機遊戲開發平台。
EitaroSoft希望藉助《Galaxy Frontier》來熟悉中國智能手機用戶對移動網絡遊戲市場的興趣。自2010年12月1日以來，該遊戲一直在docomo market的155款角色扮演類游戲中位列下載量第一。
EitaroSoft希望以日本和中國市場為起點，逐步拓展全球智能手機娛樂市場，隨後還將進軍韓國、美國和其他市場。
About Galaxy Frontier
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Galaxy Frontier is the latest RPG title developed by EitaroSoft, which has released many big titles ever since its establishment. Especially this Galaxy Frontier has overcome the generally considered difficulties relating to developing “Action RPGs” on the mobile phone, and this achievement brought users more enjoyable online party play with other players such as the strategic defense and offense action versus the enemy. The development team is the one that developed the massively popular “Master of Fantasia” game downloaded by more than a million users. So this Galaxy Frontier can be called a most sophisticated piece in action and story nature.
Generally speaking, online games have the image that only the core game players enjoy them because a game consumes a long time to clear. But this new game has adopted a “fatigue conceptualized system” that nowadays is often utilized for social games, making it more enjoyable even for light users who prefer to have fun from games only when they have spare time. The game's story line is profound, developing in the stage of 8 planets in the universe, with a future human race fighting for its survival against the giant mechanized invader weapon “Sheol.”
[ Story concept ] Writer: Naruki Nagakawa
Examples of his main works: Online RPG Dragon Ball (story concept and scenario), Eureka Seven (NEW WAVE 3rd and 5th episodes, scenario, and so on)
[ Writer's agency ] EdgeWORKS, Inc.
EdgeWORKS is a scenario production company with Kazuki Yamanobe as the representative director. Experienced professional scenario writers have composed game scenarios and other genres of scenarios. They have produced more than 200 pieces of work.
URL: http://www.edge-works.co.jp/en/index.html
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[ Website introducing the game in video ]
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[ Website showing sample images ]
http://www.eitarosoft.co.jp/press/20110222/
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[ Business model ] Free download, no monthly fee, Item-by-item charge
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About EitaroSoft, Inc.
EitaroSoft is a Japanese company that has successfully developed Japan's first 3D engine using application software. The company also has provided its original 3D avatar system, using Ajax which is quite advanced technology in the world. In addition to the avatar technology, the company has succeeded in providing Japan's first 3D avatar system for mobile browsing. Furthermore, EitaroSoft has the original online P2P technology that has brought about the first Japanese 3D mobile MORPG called “Master of Fantasia,” which allows up to four people to tag a party to go for monster hunting. EitaroSoft is pouring its energies on network games. EitaroSoft has been challenging breakthroughs in technological R&D and has actually realized many of these. EitaroSoft has thus won a high reputation from clients seeking to provide differentiated services.
Established: January 2002 Headquarters: Tokyo
[Related URL]
Corporate Website http://www.eitarosoft.co.jp/
Website showing sample images http://www.eitarosoft.co.jp/press/20110222/
Website introducing the game in video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o8VrTCLC6A