Level Up! CEO Jane Walker on Ragnarok Online 2

Here’s part of GAME!’s exclusive interview with Level Up! Games’ CEO Jane Walker. In this bit, Ms. Walker dishes out details on the release of Ragnarok Online 2.

GAME! Magazine: Level Up! Games is currently on a roadshow showcasing its most successful title, Ragnarok Online, partly to entice new players and partly to bring back into the fold old players who felt alienated when issues on botting and hacking were still unresolved.

With Ragnarok Online 2 already in the pipeline, won’t the roadshow affect negatively whatever publicity or hype you have generated for the newer game?

Jane Walker: We always put the needs of the gamers above all else. The Ragnarok Online community is important to us and its continued loyalty and camaraderie inspires us to serve them even better. And with the great player turn out during the first few legs of the Ragna Rally, it is heartening to know that the diehard players appreciate our efforts.

The two games will attract a different set of gamers and we believe that our continued support for Ragnarok 1 is a confirmation of Level Up’s commitment which will have a positive effect on all our new contents including Ragnarok Online 2.

GAME!: When is Ragnarok Online 2 slated for release? When Level Up! Games releases this game, will it affect the market of its predecessor? Or will the company shut down Ragnarok Online in favor of increasing the market, and thereby ensuring the viability, of RO2?

Walker: Ragnarok 2 is an entirely different game. The original Ragnarok will continue to co-exist as its community is bound together by long term friendships developed through the years. Together with Gravity, Level Up is committed to support both games. As for the schedule of release, we are still ironing out the details with Gravity at this point.

Be sure to grab a copy of GAME! Magazine’s April issue as Ms. Walker talks more about leading the country’s biggest online game publisher and Perfect World.

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Published:
04.15.07 / 11pm
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Ragnarok Online 2, Interviews