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Yep, its another online first person shooter announcement from NHN USA. Today at E3 2009 they have revealed plans to bring Karma: Operation Bararossa to the US. The game, first developed by Korean-based companies Dragonfly, Futureport and Blueside, the title will be made available on the ijji.com site in late 2009.

This FPS takes place on an alternate world where World War II never ended and Nazi Germany has taken over all of Europe. Players will be able to switch sides between the Nazis and the Soviet Union for their online multiplayer battles. No other info on the game was revealed but again we hope to get more info later this week at E3 2009.

NHN USA, the company that is handling the US launch of the free-to-play FPS MMO Huxley later this year, has just announced plans for another Unreal Engine 3-based FPS. The game is called Alliance of Valiant Arms and takes place in a alternate present day World War.

The game's two sides are the European Union (EU) and the Neo Russian Federation (NRF) and the press release states that players will be "tasked with picking a side and squaring off in an unprecedented battle." The game is due for launch in late 2009 on the ijji.com web site.. There is currently one lone screenshot (shown above) and we hope to get more info on the title during E3 2009 this week.

It's been a long, hard road for the Unreal Engine 3 based sci-fi MMOFPS Huxley. The Webzen-developed game was first announced way back in 2005. Earlier this year it was announced that NHN USA had picked up the US publishing rights to the game and planned on launching it as a free-to-play MMO on their web site ijji.com before the end of the year.

Unfortunately it looks like that's not going to happen after all. Big Download has learned that Huxley's launch has been pushed back for the US market until the first half of 2009. We spoke on the phone with NHN USA's PR rep who said that the development team wanted more time to handle the game's localization issues. Huxley has been in open beta in Korea for the past few months.

In honor of NHN USA Inc.'s two-year anniversary, the developer of free-to-play online titles has announced a series of summer promotions as a way to say "thank you" to its fans.

"NHN USA wants to thank all of the loyal fans who have made ijji.com and its games a remarkable success over the past two years," said Whon Namkoong, CEO, NHN USA. "ijji.com is the destination of choice for millions of hardcore and casual online gamers in North America, helping NHN USA emerge as a premier and respected online entertainment publisher. Looking ahead, we plan to continue offering our gamers new content, promotions and exciting adventures for the current games, while bringing even more unique, free-to-play games to ijji.com."

GUNS, a third-person online action game, will host a tournament for the game's top 32 clans. A qualifying period runs through this Sunday, 7/13, with matches taking place in on July 19, 26, and 27. A non-tournament bracket will also be available. Both brackets will award winners with prizes. Additionally, a player creation system contest has also been planned for GUNZ, with the 10 winning submissions receive a multitude of prizes.

Gunbound Revolution, a multiplayer turn-based shooter, is also a recipient of NHN's anniversary blowout. According to IGN, the game will receive:


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We've been wondering for a long time about the status of Huxley, the long-in-development Unreal Engine 3 based sci-fi FPS MMO. The game was first announced by Korean publisher Webzen some time ago but little info on the game has been revealed since. Today there's some movement on the Huxley front, at least in the US, thanks to a press release from NHN USA announcing it will release Huxley in late 2008 for the PC in this country and in Western Europe.

According to the press release the game will be released via NHN USA's web portal ijji.com. While that web site offers free-to-play games, the actual business model for Huxley is up in the air, according to a story at Next Generation. This deal apparently only covers the PC version; a previously announced Xbox 360 version of Huxley is still in limbo in regards to a publishing deal.