It is the second biggest MMORPG in South Korea, second only to Lineage. MarketshareĪccording to, there are currently 17 million people playing Ragnarok Online worldwide. Both 'Ragnarok' and 'Ragnarök' forms are used by the game's creators and its licensors, with no real consensus. There are many free private servers all over the world these servers are illegal, but nevertheless highly popular.Īn offline spinoff, Ragnarok Battle Offline (known by some as RBO), was created for Windows by French-Bread and Syumpu-Tei-Ko-Bo. Most official licensed versions are now pay-to-play. Ragnarok is continually being revised and revamped, having new features added periodically. Lyto Datarindo Fortuna - Lyto serves Indonesian with idRO.

Burda Holding International - BHI serves Europe with euRO (Italy, Turkey, De/At/Ch).

Limited - OngameNet serves Australia and New Zealand.

LevelUp! Games - Serves Philippines, Brazil, and India.

Game Flier International Corporation - Game Flier serves Hong Kong, Taiwan (Republic of China), People's Republic of China, Singapore, and Malaysia with cRO (Chinese Ragnarok Online).

Gravity Interactive operates iRO and serves North America and any other area not covered by the other companies with iRO. Gravity Corporation serves Korea only with kRO.

Below are some of the different companies running licensed and official Ragnarok Online servers: Most of the other versions of Ragnarok are operated by a different online entertainment company which obtained a license from GRAVITY Co., Ltd. An Oceanic version known as Oceania Ragnarok Online (oRO) is now fully released and went pay-to-play at the start of December 2004, finishing the beta stage. There is also a version for players in India ( RO India)(July 2004), Germany, Italy, Austria, Turkey and Switzerland (better known as European RO or EuRO)(2004). Different VersionsĬurrently, there are official versions of the game in Korean (often known as kRO), Japanese ( jRO), English ( International RO, or iRO) Thai ( tRO), Chinese ( cRO), Indonesian ( idRO), Filipino ( pRO), Brazilian Portuguese ( bRO) and Bahasa Melayu( mRO).

A sequel is currently in development, Ragnarok Online 2. An anime was created called Ragnarok The Animation which is based on the game. Much of the background of the game is based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-Jin. Ragnarok Online ( RO) is an MMORPG created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd.

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