WEBZEN's MMORPG SUN to Be Included in NVIDIA 'The Way It's Meant to Be Played'
Program
ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO, LOS ANGELES, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and
digital media processors, and WEBZEN Inc. (Nasdaq: WZEN), a leading global
online entertainment developer and publisher, today announced a joint
technical and marketing relationship that will support WEBZEN's upcoming 3D
massively, multi-player, online, role-playing game (MMORPG) titles for the PC
platform. WEBZEN's highly-anticipated Sun will be part of the NVIDIA "The Way
It's Meant To Be Played" program, and is debuting in the WEBZEN booth at this
year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Additionally, a stage event will
take place every day at 10:30 a.m. in WEBZEN's booth, #700 in the South Hall,
to demonstrate how the two companies will be working together. All PCs used
for the demonstration at WEBZEN's booth will be equipped with NVIDIA(R)
GeForce(TM) 6 Series graphics processors.
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To maximize the stunning visuals along with the compatibility, stability,
and reliability of the games developed by WEBZEN using NVIDIA graphics
processing units (GPUs), the companies will engage in a joint development and
compatibility testing program. In addition, WEBZEN and NVIDIA will work
closely to implement graphical enhancements that will utilize the advanced
features found in the award-winning line of NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series processors
and beyond. Joint promotions will also be initiated in an effort to raise the
awareness level of each company's products.
"As a company that is dedicated in transforming the computing experience,
we are always eager to work with developers who are as passionate about
graphics as we are," said Mark Daly, vice president of content development at
NVIDIA. "Combining our graphics know-how with WEBZEN creative talents will
result in games that raise the bar in the online gaming space."
"WEBZEN is very pleased to be working with the world's market and
technology leader in graphics processors," said Dae Chun Park, Chief Marketing
Officer of WEBZEN, Inc. "By adopting NVIDIA GPUs as part of our reference
development platform and working with their experts in 3D graphics, we are
confident that our upcoming games will remain at the cutting-edge of 3D
technology, resulting in games that are bound to excite even the most
demanding game players."
About WEBZEN
Based in Seoul, Korea, WEBZEN Inc. has become a global leader in the MMOG
market, and has developed some of the world's top online game and
client/server technologies. Already having achieved critical mass in Asian
markets with publishing divisions in Taiwan, China, Japan and Thailand, WEBZEN
Inc. has established WEBZEN America, a wholly-owned US subsidiary based in Los
Angeles. WEBZEN America leverages WEBZEN technology and partners with some of
the most well-known names in the video games industry to deliver some of the
most compelling, visually stunning graphics available in persistent world
games. WEBZEN and WEBZEN America are poised to launch a diverse portfolio of
online products and services, beginning with the highly anticipated MMORPG
SUN, the Unreal 3.0 engine-based MMOFPS Huxley, and the original action MMOG
All Points Bulletin (APB).
For more information about WEBZEN Inc., go to http://www.webzen.com.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media
processors. The Company's products enhance the end-user experience on consumer
and professional computing devices. NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs),
media and communications processors (MCPs), and wireless media processors
(WMPs) have broad market reach and are incorporated into a variety of
platforms, including consumer and enterprise PCs, notebooks, workstations,
PDAs, mobile phones, and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa
Clara, California and employs more than 2,100 people worldwide. For more
information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.nvidia.com.
Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to,
the benefits and outcomes of the technical and marketing relationship between
NVIDIA and WEBZEN, and the characteristics, performance and capabilities of
the games developed by WEBZEN using NVIDIA products, are forward-looking
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, continued development of the
gaming industry, acceptance of new games, products and technologies by the
market and online gamers, delays in ramping new products into production,
manufacturing defects, incompatibility of technologies, software defects,
reliance on third-party manufacturers, the impact of competitive products and
pricing alternatives, NVIDIA dependence on third-party developers and
publishers and other risks detailed from time to time in the NVIDIA reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its Form 10-K for
its fiscal year ended January 30, 2005. These forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date hereof. NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.
NOTE: All company and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are
associated. Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject
to change without notice.
SOURCE NVIDIA Corporation
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CONTACT:
Derek Perez of NVIDIA Corporation,
+1-408-486-2512, or dperez@nvidia.com; or Dana Henry of
Bender/Helper Impact, +1-310-694-3130, or
dana_henry@bhimpact.com, for NVIDIA Corporation
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