Yulgang (also known in the USA as
Scions of Fate) is a
MMORPG developed by KRG Soft in
South Korea and serviced by Mgame in
Japan, it is based on a Korean
martial arts comic which shares its name.
[1] The title of the game,
Yulgang is an abbreviated form of the full title
Yul-Hyul-Gang-H (热血江湖 or 열혈강호) which literally means "hot-blooded-river-lake", where "river-lake" commonly refers to the ancient far-east pugilistic world. The subtitle "Balance of Power" refers to the two factions that are presented in the game: "The Order" and "Chaos." In
China, the game is licensed to Beijing 17game Network, a
subsidiary of
CDC Games. This MMORPG charges no fee to play the game, but creates revenue through sale of virtual merchandise. As of February 14, 2007, the game is popular in
China and
Korea, with over 100 million registered players with servers active in
Japan,
China,
Taiwan,
Thailand,
Indonesia and
America. As of November 2006, the game supported over 600,000 concurrent users playing online at the same time.