9 Dragons History

By -


Short Introduction :

9Dragons is a martial arts-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game set during a time when China's great clans had to rely upon their unique philosophies and fighting techniques for survival.The underlying premise of the game is for you to rise from a peasant to martial arts master by learning key martial arts moves from your clan (or Dragon). In ancient China, there were nine clans (nicknamed Dragons) that each developed a method of martial arts to defend themselves.

The kung fu essence :

Developed during the latter portion of the Ming Dynasty, Tang Lang Ch'uan, the Northern Praying Mantis style of kung fu, is relatively new by the standards of Chinese martial arts. It is generally thought to have originated around 1600 AD, founded by a boxer named Wang Lang. Seeking to improve his skills, he had journeyed from his home in Shantung province to the Shaolin temple at Honan. While there, he happened to witness a battle in which a mantis defeated a far larger opponent, a cicada. Hoping to learn from the insect, the fighter took it back to his quarters and studied its movements, combining them with his previous training and footwork derived from the monkey style. His students adapted a number of variants bearing picturesque names such as Plum Blossom, Seven Stars, Secret Door, Jade Ring, Six Harmony and Dragging Hand.

The famed Shaolin are associated with the praying mantis style.

Early stage :

The game was developed by Indy21 of Korea. It won "Game of the Year" in 2005. 

The original In-game story for the Korean version was written by wuxia novelist Jwa Baek and then Steven-Elliot Altman was hired by Acclaim to rewrite the game in its entirety so that it would become accessible to Western audiences.

Acclaim released the game in 'Closed Beta' in 2006 and "Open Beta" to the public in January 2007.

On August 26, 2010 it was announced that Acclaim Games had ended their online massively multiplayer services, which included the immediate shutdown of its official forums and its gaming servers.The Acclaim shut down appears to have happened in haste, since apparently Acclaim failed to ensure an orderly transition of in-game characters and user accounts to the new publisher. 

It was announced on August 24, 2010 that GamersFirst had acquired publishing rights to 9Dragons for distribution in North America.The game was released by GamersFirst on September 16 on new servers without any user accounts that existed on the Acclaim servers. The transition is still pending as of July 2011.

On September 2, 2010 it was announced that GamesCampus has acquired publishing rights to 9Dragons for distribution in Europe. GameCampus released the game (for Germany) in German language in early December 2010.

An announcement was made the week of August 5, 2011, that GamersFirst will release the 9Dragon MMORPG back to Indy21. The 9Dragons MMORPG ended its short tenure with GamersFirst on September 15, one day short of a year with the hosting service.

On September 20, Games Campus began the transfer of the accounts of 9Dragons subscriber's from the GamersFirst servers, for those that have opted for this action. The 16th of September was the first day of completing the transfer requests from GamersFirst. GamesCampus also had Tao, a non transfer server, available for public use before the two main servers were brought online. September 20, 2011 the two remaining servers, Yin, a PvP (Player vs Player) server, the same as Yin under Gamers First and Yang, a PvE (Player vs Environment) server, the same as Nirvana and Phoenix as provided by the last hosting company, have been updated with the second half of the Tibet map, a new level cap and several other fixes and patches in an effort to remedy known issues that have hindered the game since Acclaim first offered this MMORPG to the public.

In Feb 2016, RedFox announce the closed beta version, than in Feb 18 Open Beta.

Past Versions & Release:


  • Developer : Indy21



  • US & Europe
  • Chinesse (Hong kong)
  • Indy21
  • Japan 9d 
  • Koreea 9d
  • Russia 9d
  • Taiwan (Chinese) 9d
  • Thailand 9d
  • Vietnam 9d



New Versions & Release :


  • Developer(s)JoongWon Games




  • PapayaPlay(Europe)
  • DZO (Vietnam)
  • RedFox Games (North America) 
  • Publisher(s)Suba Games (Europe) 
  • JoongWon Games (South Korea)
  • Run Up (Hong Kong)
  • Avrora Interactive (Russia)

Comments

Post a Comment