Ragnarok Online Timeline: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:57, 8 December 2023

This page is used as a reference when researching Ragnarok Online preservation topics, as there is a great deal of conflicting information between private server sources and official sources.

1994

Gravity Team is formed in Korea.

1999

Arcturus, Ragnarok Online's predecessor in many ways, is produced in cooperation with Sonnori Corporation.

2000

1st April 2000 - Gravity Corp is formed with $420,000 ($775,938 in 2023 USD) in capital, later recorded as $670,000 ($1.23 million in 2023 USD)
June 2000 - Gravity Corp begins outline of design concept for Ragnarok Online with a team of 20, a budget of $420,000 and an estimated completion date of June 2001 (1 year), and formal paid service scheduled for September 2001.
9 August 2000 - Gravity Corp wins Grand Prize and Graphic Award from LG-Donga DIFECA 2000 for Arcturus.
September 2000 - Design concept is completed for Ragnarok Online

2001

January 2001 - Character and background design begins for Ragnarok Online
May 2001 - Gravity launches Beta 1 test for Ragnarok Online.
July 2001 - Gravity launches Beta 2 test for Ragnarok Online.
15 July 2001 - Gravity Corp provides an investor presentation detailing the Ragnarok Online game.

2002

28 January 2002 - Korean Ragnarok Online Service surpasses 1 million members, with around 30,000 concurrent users on the game.^[1]
29 July 2002 - Korean Ragnarok Online Service is commercialised, Gravity begins charging for Ragnarok Online. ^[2]

2003

March 20, 2003 - Ragnarok Online Japan (ragnarokonline.jp) is hacked and announcements are made in-game, with hackers referencing group Apez.

References

↑ Kang, J. (2002) ‘라그나로크’, 회원 100만명 기록 (‘Ragnarok’ reaches 1 million members), DONGA. Available at: https://archive.is/p4DGn (https://game.donga.com/12594) (Accessed: 16 November 2023).
↑ Kang, J. (2002) 그라비티, 라그나로크의 상용화 서비스 7월 29일부터 실시 (Commercialization of Gravity and Ragnarok begins on July 29th), DONGA. Available at: https://archive.is/p4DGn (https://game.donga.com/12594) (Accessed: 16 November 2023).

[1] Kang, J. (2002) ‘라그나로크’, 회원 100만명 기록 (‘Ragnarok’ reaches 1 million members), DONGA. Available at: https://archive.is/p4DGn (https://game.donga.com/12594) (Accessed: 16 November 2023).

[2] Kang, J. (2002) 그라비티, 라그나로크의 상용화 서비스 7월 29일부터 실시 (Commercialization of Gravity and Ragnarok begins on July 29th), DONGA. Available at: https://archive.is/p4DGn (https://game.donga.com/12594) (Accessed: 16 November 2023).

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