chohan
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I don't know if this is posted before, but this is what I just saw on mmcafe,
According to Korean Game news site Game Chosun's article from 12/4, SNK is scheduled to revive under the name of "SNK NEOGEO", with a new company structure.
Game Chosun reports that a Japanese Pachinko company "Playmore"(roughly translated name) had acquired all of SNK's Intellectual properties in 11/30. Playmore schedules to continue succeeding SNK from 2002, under under the new company name of "SNK NEOGEO".
Game Chousun also reports that Playmore has announced its contract with Mega Enterprise on 12/4 to collaborate on creating SNK NEOGEO KOREA. SNK NeoGeo Korea is scheduled to operate as the international base for Neo Geo related business and manufacture lines. SNK NeoGeo Korea's representative seat will temporarily be taken by Mega Enterprise's president, Sang Min Lee. Currently underway to securing copyrights, SNK NeoGeo Korea is scheduled to release its business plans in January.
Due to the flood of illegal products and companies illigitimately claiming to hold SNK product rights while SNK was under their temporary seizure, control over piracy will be taken. With the new Structure of SNK, PC emulator games/ROMs and game boards not released with permission through SNK NeoGeo Korea will be determined as illegal. Illegal products/boards can be easily be determined in the future, as legitimate products in the (Korean?) market will now hold the logo of "SNK NEOGEO KOREA".
For the full article in Hangeul, check Game Chosun.
Special thanks to SpekSNK, Toxico, Rune Kazama for notifying on the article.
Short Comment- It's always safe to be on the precautious side when reading news that's hard to confirm, but I posted this news since Game Chosun is known to be the first to report on KOF2002 to be developed by Eolith before any Japanese magazine realized, and they were the media who posted the last bosses' image from KOF2001 before the game was released. Also, please notice that "Playmore" is probably not be the correct spelling. I'm trying to find info on the company, but without much success. In any case, if this news holds true, I'm assuming that "SNK NeoGeo" will be a subsidiary of Playmore. -H. Moriarty
Pretty good news! SNK is alive!
Cho
[ January 24, 2002: Message edited by: RyoGeo ]</p>
According to Korean Game news site Game Chosun's article from 12/4, SNK is scheduled to revive under the name of "SNK NEOGEO", with a new company structure.
Game Chosun reports that a Japanese Pachinko company "Playmore"(roughly translated name) had acquired all of SNK's Intellectual properties in 11/30. Playmore schedules to continue succeeding SNK from 2002, under under the new company name of "SNK NEOGEO".
Game Chousun also reports that Playmore has announced its contract with Mega Enterprise on 12/4 to collaborate on creating SNK NEOGEO KOREA. SNK NeoGeo Korea is scheduled to operate as the international base for Neo Geo related business and manufacture lines. SNK NeoGeo Korea's representative seat will temporarily be taken by Mega Enterprise's president, Sang Min Lee. Currently underway to securing copyrights, SNK NeoGeo Korea is scheduled to release its business plans in January.
Due to the flood of illegal products and companies illigitimately claiming to hold SNK product rights while SNK was under their temporary seizure, control over piracy will be taken. With the new Structure of SNK, PC emulator games/ROMs and game boards not released with permission through SNK NeoGeo Korea will be determined as illegal. Illegal products/boards can be easily be determined in the future, as legitimate products in the (Korean?) market will now hold the logo of "SNK NEOGEO KOREA".
For the full article in Hangeul, check Game Chosun.
Special thanks to SpekSNK, Toxico, Rune Kazama for notifying on the article.
Short Comment- It's always safe to be on the precautious side when reading news that's hard to confirm, but I posted this news since Game Chosun is known to be the first to report on KOF2002 to be developed by Eolith before any Japanese magazine realized, and they were the media who posted the last bosses' image from KOF2001 before the game was released. Also, please notice that "Playmore" is probably not be the correct spelling. I'm trying to find info on the company, but without much success. In any case, if this news holds true, I'm assuming that "SNK NeoGeo" will be a subsidiary of Playmore. -H. Moriarty
Pretty good news! SNK is alive!
Cho
[ January 24, 2002: Message edited by: RyoGeo ]</p>
