Luna Online

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Luna Online
Luna Online cover.jpg
Developer(s) EYA Interactive
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s) Massively multiplayer online role-playing
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Luna Online (Korean : 루나온라인) is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing video game developed by South Korean studio EYA Interactive. After a three-year development phase, starting in 2004, the game was initially launched in South Korea in 2007, but first became successful with its launch in Taiwan in October 2008. [3] [4]

The game's North American version, which was published by gPotato, [5] received a closed beta that began on April 17, 2009, [6] while an open beta started on May 14. [7] An expansion pack, titled Luna Plus, that includes additional game areas and levels, as well as cosmetic items, was released on January 20, 2011. [8] [9]

Closure and relaunch

In March 2012, gPotato shut down the servers for the North American versions of Luna Online and Prius Online . [10]

In March 2016, SubaGames launched a Kickstarter campaign to revive the game, ultimately raising C$16,987 to do so. [11] On April 1, the company relaunched the game via Steam, titling it Luna Online: Reborn. [12]

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