Ijji
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ijji is a free multiplayer game portal website operated by the Irvine-based internet company NHN USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of South Korean NHN Corporation. NHN also has game portals in Korea (Hangame
), Japan, and China. Games hosted at ijji range from traditional shooters
and MMORPG
s to more accessible casual games, all of which are free to download and play, and with the majority featuring competitive multiplayer gameplay.
The ijji website opened on July 7, 2006. The American based game portal have published some well known worldwide titles that include A.V.A, GunZ, and Soldier Front.
ijji has decided to focus more on the 'hardcore' gaming segment, as they have already released Alliance of Valiant Arms
and Soul of the Ultimate Nation
in 2009. ijji has recently released Genesis A.D into open beta.
ijji surpassed 10 million unique registered users in November 2009 and created a new logo for their game portal. The old orange ijji logo was replaced by a new metallic looking logo that is still being used today. In this same month, all flash games on ijji.com that required no download were closed and removed from the game portal.
In June 2011, ijji partnered up with Steam, the popular game distributing platform developed by Valve Corporation
, and released Alliance of Valiant Arms as one of the free-to-play games available on Steam. This partnership allowed for the increasing of the community size of the free-to-play game portal. As celebration, ijji gave away a free exclusive weapon, the British L8A52 rifle for new users who signed up on Steam.
Starting on October 26th, 2011, ijji removed the ability to sign up for a new ijji account. Instead, users will log in with their Facebook
account to play ijji games which act as their ijji account. Existing users are still able to login with their old accounts.
Hangame
Hangame is a popular South Korean online game portal operated by NHN Corporation. Launched in December 1999, Hangame offers casual, first-person shooter, MMORPGs, sports, and other genres. With over 24 million members and a peak concurrent user base of 240,000 in South Korea, it is the country's...
), Japan, and China. Games hosted at ijji range from traditional shooters
Shooter game
Shooter games are a sub-genre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing "on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon". A common...
and MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
s to more accessible casual games, all of which are free to download and play, and with the majority featuring competitive multiplayer gameplay.
The ijji website opened on July 7, 2006. The American based game portal have published some well known worldwide titles that include A.V.A, GunZ, and Soldier Front.
ijji has decided to focus more on the 'hardcore' gaming segment, as they have already released Alliance of Valiant Arms
Alliance of Valiant Arms
Alliance of Valiant Arms is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game, developed by Red Duck Inc. and is using the Unreal Engine 3....
and Soul of the Ultimate Nation
Soul of the Ultimate Nation
Soul of the Ultimate Nation is a fantasy-based massive multiplayer online role-playing game produced by Webzen, a Korean-based company. It is operated in Korea by WebZen and in mainland China by The9...
in 2009. ijji has recently released Genesis A.D into open beta.
ijji surpassed 10 million unique registered users in November 2009 and created a new logo for their game portal. The old orange ijji logo was replaced by a new metallic looking logo that is still being used today. In this same month, all flash games on ijji.com that required no download were closed and removed from the game portal.
In June 2011, ijji partnered up with Steam, the popular game distributing platform developed by Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue, Washington, United States...
, and released Alliance of Valiant Arms as one of the free-to-play games available on Steam. This partnership allowed for the increasing of the community size of the free-to-play game portal. As celebration, ijji gave away a free exclusive weapon, the British L8A52 rifle for new users who signed up on Steam.
Starting on October 26th, 2011, ijji removed the ability to sign up for a new ijji account. Instead, users will log in with their Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
account to play ijji games which act as their ijji account. Existing users are still able to login with their old accounts.
Core Games
- GunZ: The Duel (2007) http://gunz.ijji.com/
- Soldier Front (2007) http://sfront.ijji.com/
- Alliance of Valiant Arms - Urban OperationAlliance of Valiant ArmsAlliance of Valiant Arms is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game, developed by Red Duck Inc. and is using the Unreal Engine 3....
(2009) http://ava.ijji.com/
Hosted Games
- Luminary - Rise of the Goonzu (2007) http://luminary.ijji.com/
- Lunia (2008) http://lunia.ijji.com/
- Rohan: Blood Feud (2009) http://rohan.ijji.com/
- HolyBeast OnlineHoly Beast OnlineHoly Beast Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game , developed by Easyfun Entertainment of Taiwan. It began beta phase on the 21st of May in the USA.-Feature:...
(2009) http://holybeast.ijji.com/ - Neo Steam (2010) http://warriorepic.ijji.com/
- Karos Online (2010) http://karos.ijji.com/
- Splash Fighters (2010) http://sfighters.ijji.com/
- Pandora Saga (2011) http://pandorasaga.ijji.com/
- Cosmic Break (2011) http://cb.ijji.com/
Closed Games
- GunboundGunBoundGunBound is a free-to-play, turn-based, room-to-room, multiplayer online game with many similar features to the popular Worms game series....
(2006 - Transferred in July 2009 to game portal SoftnyxSoftnyxSoftnyx Ltd is a Korean game developer and distributor that was founded in 2001 by Jinho Kim in Seoul. The company first release the hit game GunBound in 2003, introducing Indonesian servers in April, Chinese servers in June and an International server in August...
) - KwonHoKwonHoKwonHo: The Fist of Heroes is a Korean online fighting game developed by Radio Games . KwonHo has now been removed from Hangame. It was in the process of being translated and serviced for North America by their American counterpart ijji before being canceled on November 14 2007...
: The Fist of Heroes (Closed/Open Beta 2007 - November 2007) - Huxley: The Dystopia (Closed Beta 2009 - Sept 2010)
- Karma: Operation Barbossa (Closed Beta 2009 - Dec 2010)
- Drift CityDrift CityDrift City is a MMOR video game developed by NPluto and sponsored by several major automotive companies such as Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and U1 Technology.-Plot:...
(2007 - Transferred in October 2010 to game portal GamesCampus) - Soul of the Ultimate NationSoul of the Ultimate NationSoul of the Ultimate Nation is a fantasy-based massive multiplayer online role-playing game produced by Webzen, a Korean-based company. It is operated in Korea by WebZen and in mainland China by The9...
(2009 - December 2010) - Warrior Epic (2010 - November 2010)
- Atlantica OnlineAtlantica OnlineAtlantica Online is a free to play 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NDOORS Corporation. The game is set in an alternate history Earth, with the game map consisting of large parts of the northern hemisphere...
(2009 - Transferred in March 2011 to game portal Nexon America) - Genesis A.D. (2010 - Apr 2011)
- Golf King
- Gunster