gPotato Europe to Bring the Famous Fantasy Free-to-Play MMORPG Rappelz to the Turkish Market with Fully Localized Content and Support

DUBLIN, Ireland, -- Gala Networks Europe, the leading online games publisher that operates the gPotato.eu game portal, is proud to announce the upcoming launch of the free-to-play MMORPG Rappelz in the Turkish language. Boasting over two and a half million players worldwide, the critically acclaimed MMORPG will be available for free to Turkish players with fully localized game, community website and support team.


Rappelz is a free-to-play MMORPG taking place in a fantasy world and giving players the opportunity to tame terrible creatures and lead them to battle. Developed by Seoul-based NFlavor Corp., Rappelz has been acclaimed worldwide and is currently live in a dozen different territories, with French and German versions available from the www.gpotato.eu game portal. Rappelz recently became the first ever MMORPG to be fully localised into Arabic by publisher GamePower7, and Gala Networks Europe Ltd will launch a version for players in Turkey.

The Turkish version of Rappelz will be available through the official website http://tr.rappelz.gpotato.eu. The game will be fully translated in Turkish and will be supported by a Turkish team from Gala Networks Europe. The closed beta is scheduled to start during the third week of May 2009 and will last for a week. At the end of the closed beta phases, players who have reached the level 20 will be able to keep their name and creature for the Open Beta phase which will be commence at the beginning of June, shortly followed by the official release without any character deletion.

The Turkish release version of Rappelz will feature the brand new expansion Navis Lamia, adding new content for new and high level users. The pre-registration for the closed beta version of Rappelz is available at the following address: http://tr.rappelz.gpotato.eu/ad/. Don't miss your chance to be the first to enter this exciting fantasy world !

The assets accompanying this press release can be viewed at ftp://195.27.0.144:30009/Rappelz

- About Rappelz -

Rappelz is a free MMORPG published in its French and German versions by Gala Networks Europe Ltd. In a dark and devastated world, Rappelz invites people from all walks of life to join one the three races available in the game, to be able to find the most powerful pet. For further information, don't hesitate to visit the official Rappelz website at http://rappelz.gpotato.eu.

- About Gala Networks Europe Ltd. & gPotato -

Gala Networks Europe Ltd., is a leading European free-to-play online games publisher. Gala Networks Europe operates the gPotato brand by hosting, publishing and distributing free online games via the www.gpotato.eu portal. Present in Europe for more than a year with three successful MMORPGs Flyff, Rappelz and Street Gears, the gPotato.eu portal is now a major destination for online gamers with over a million users. Dragonica, the fourth game of the portal, will be available in Spring 2009.

SOURCE: Gala Networks Europe at http://en.gpotato.eu/