Recently, we reported that the Korean Software Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA), aiming to pave the way for Korean MMOs to enter the global market, had slated six new MMOs for the second half of this year, all to be available on their Game&Game global platform. According to a press release received by Worlds in Motion, the first in this series, the anime-styled fantasy MMORPG Pi Story, is now about to kick off its closed beta on August 31st.

The announcement was made by Pi Story's developer, NCONY, a team comprised of developers, marketers and operations managers with backgrounds in MMOs like Ragnarok, Lineage, and Silkroad Online, which have proven Korean games can find a loyal home among American audiences. Pi Story is the team's first effort, and it's recently finished its 3rd closed beta test in Korea.

"We wanted to target a time that was convenient for game users in Europe and North America," explained Tom Suh, communications manager for NCONY Enterprise. "We hope that this closed beta test will allow us to determine what our players want, and to make changes to accommodate their wishes and truly localize our game product for the global market."

The closed beta test will run from August 31st to September 5th, from 6 P.M. to 7 A.M. GMT.