burda:ic, a leading publisher of online games worldwide, today announced a partnership with MGame, a top Korean game publisher and portal provider, to bring free-to-play MMORPG ARGO Online to Europe and North America next year. This partnership marks the next step in burda:ic’s continuing expansion of their alaplaya gaming portal and showcases their continued dedication to providing exciting multiplayer experiences to gamers worldwide. ARGO Online will be available to players in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Mexico in early 2011.

Already one of the most popular multiplayer titles in Korea, ARGO Online introduces players to a steampunk-themed world where past meets future and magic meets technology. The mechanically savvy Noblian race has been at war with the nature-inspired Floresslah for years, each fighting for control of a valuable resource that is essential to their very survival: Earthdium. No matter which side players choose, they’ll have a grand part to play as they quest and fight their way across this war-torn planet when they visit ARGO Online next spring!

"With this partnership, we have secured yet another top-quality title to include in our alaplaya.com lineup.” said Ingo Griebl, Managing Director at burda:ic GmbH. “We are truly excited that we will be able to share the innovative and breathtaking world of ARGO Online with European and North American gamers alike next year."



"With ARGO Online and our other upcoming titles, we are hoping to establish MGame as one of the top developers in the European and North American markets," says Kweon Yi Hyung, CEO at MGame Corp. “We have every confidence that this cooperation with burda:ic will help us to achieve our goal.”

For more information, visit the alaplaya portal at http://en.alaplaya.net/