At this year's Gamescom, I managed to see an upcoming online third person shooter where the objective of the game was for two warring factions to fight it out over a resource called Optimite. Developed by South Korean company Maiet Entertainment, Gunz 2 has been in development since 2010, and only recently found its way onto Steam's Greenlight. Although the first Gunz came out ten years ago, the developer has really laboured hard to make a sequel, and with its fast action gameplay greatly improving upon the core fundamentals of the original game, many believe that Gunz 2 could be one of the last great free to play titles being released from South Korea as the country increases its attention towards the mobile gaming space.
I was able to speak with Christian Schonlein (Product Manager) of ProSiebenSat.1 Games, who told me a little bit about the game, and as to why ProSiebenSat.1 had decided to publish Gunz 2 as a free to play title.
Who is the developer of Gunz 2?
Maiet Entertainment. They are a South Korean development studio based in Seoul.
How many games have Maiet developed so far prior to Gunz 2?
Aside from Gunz 2 and Gunz 1, Maiet have developed Raiderz as well as Ace Saga.
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