During the past decade many exceptional MMORPG titles have come and gone. Among them, the ones that flourished were the ones
that pioneered new standards for their time. When Bluehole Studio set out to push the envelope of the MMO genre, we understood
the challenge. To succeed, we believe our game will have to evolve the genre in many ways, while living up to the expectations set
by the leading predecessors in the industry. Our team's vision is to create an MMO unlike any other, with groundbreaking action
oriented gameplay, unprecedented advancements in graphical and visual beauty, and provide richer, more engaging in-game
experiences.

The core members of our development team, including the Producer, Art Director, Lead Game Designer, and Lead Programmer
have all worked closely together on their prior project, the international hit Lineage II published by NCsoft. For this experienced team,
merely repeating their past success was no longer exciting. We are hungry to push the limits of what we can do and pour our
passion for MMO development into this new title. This new game has to fully embody the future and be embraced globally.

Thus Bluehole Studio was born in March 2007 in Seoul, Korea, with a focused mission to develop premium MMORPG for audiences
around the world. Over the last 2 years Bluehole has grown into a world class company, and it is partially owned by international
venture capitals who share this bold vision, such as Altos Ventures (www.altosventures.com) based in Silicon Valley, California.