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SNK Moving Into Social Games & Ragnarok Online Will Have Ten Year Anniversary Event

By Spencer . December 28, 2011 . 12:07am

SNK Moving Into Social Games & Ragnarok Online Will Have Ten Year Anniversary EventFamitsu’s list of New Year’s messages from publishers includes a note from King of Fighters developer SNK Playmore. The publisher says they plan to begin creating social games of various genres. GungHo Games, parent company of Ragnarok Online developer Gravity Games, promises events to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the MMORPG. GungHo also says they’re developing original titles.

 

Craft & Meisters, makers of Earth Seeker for Wii, says they are planning to announce many mobile phone games. One of their mobile games is Combo Kimarl for Marvelous AQL. Speaking of them, Marvelous AQL say they have many unannounced games in the works. Arc System Works also teased a big announcement is coming up.

 

Square Enix plans to release new titles, one after another, in Japan. Spike, the studio behind Danganronpa and Way of the Samurai, say they are starting a new project that’s a sequel. Sega has an interesting message noting how next year is the year of the dragon and games from the Yakuza studio (called the "Like a Dragon Studio" in Japanese) will finally go on sale.

 

Comcept, the new company formed by former Capcom executive Keiji Inafune, says last years seeds were sowed and they’ll bloom in the next year. Oh, and we know what Rondo of Swords and Izuna: The Legendary Ninja publisher Success Corp is doing these days. They’re creating a girl’s pro wrestling game… for web browsers.


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  • Gatchaman1

    And yet none of this coming to the West

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wayne-LaBranch/100002132711844 Wayne LaBranch

      Sadly probably not :l

  • z_merquise

    “SNK moving into social games”

    Haven’t they doing that for a while now? Or does that mean they’ll just focus ONLY in social games (and pachinko) like what was rumored earlier of this year?

    I’m really worried about this. They really haven’t announced any games after KOF XIII. I’ll be very sad (and f—in’ pissed-off) if they really shutdown their game development for arcades and consoles.

    Sorry for being over-reacting or whatever. I just don’t want SNK to slowly die and became something like what Irem is now.

    • PrinceHeir

      i just want Samurai Shodown VII, another Dream Match KOF Game, and Metal Slug game .________.

      i just hope SNK get’s to keep making games for their franchises.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S2UKKIGGOA4V5EIFXAD7BQQOV4 Heehee

    Oh man. 10 years already? I thought it was less than that. Ah, I still remember the days I started Ragnarok.

  • KyoyaHibari

    Social games!? SNK, it seems all of your hardcore fans want you to make a return to your classic series’ and make new sequels of them, where’s the new Metal Slug, new Fatal Fury, Mark of the Wolves, etc, although I’m a noob to KoF games, (let alone SNK) but I suggest you ditch the idea of social gaming which mostly caters to lame conformists who only want to get a cheap game on their iPod easily, and you listen to your REAL fans so you don’t screw yourselves over… You guys are going through tough times as it is with KoFXII’s flop, why don’t you redeem yourselves by making more entries to your beloved classic series’ updated for the new generation of gaming. Let’s see like an HD 3D rendered Metal Slug or something lol idk.

    • Ladius

      I think they redeemed themselves quite enought with KoF13, considering it’s practically a masterpiece in the 2d beat’em up genre and drastically improved everything wrong about KoF12. I doubt they have enough staff to pursue multiple projects of that magnitude at the same time, and if they are developing a new KoF it’s fine for them to catch some easy money with social games.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leonard-Norwood-Jr/100001685317322 Leonard Norwood Jr.

    *sighs* the fact they doing social gaming…yeah snk’s been struggling these days, and the games they were going to do…i’m patient but come on there shouldn’t have to be too much waiting for their games

  • JustThisOne

    … Days of Memories? :D?

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