Jake Song
Encyclopedia
Jake Song, Korean Name Song Jae-kyeong (송재경,宋在京), b. 1965 , is a South Korea
n programmer who is regarded as one of the greatest game developers in Korea. He played a major role in creating the MMORPG
Lineage
, an online game with huge following in Korea. He graduated from KAIST
and created a number of online games before joining NCSoft
, where he and other developers created Lineage.
He left NCSoft in March 2003 and formed his own company, XL Games, where an online racing game called XL Racing was being developed but has now been dropped. The company is now working on the NextGen MMO ArcheAge
, being developed on Crytek's CryEngine3. The story is being written by Jun Min Hee.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n programmer who is regarded as one of the greatest game developers in Korea. He played a major role in creating the MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
Lineage
Lineage (computer game)
Lineage is a medieval fantasy, massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in the United States in 1998 by the South Korean computer game developer NCsoft. It is most popular in Korea and is available in Chinese, Japanese, and English language versions...
, an online game with huge following in Korea. He graduated from KAIST
KAIST
KAIST , is located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first research oriented science and engineering institution. The QS-The Times World University Rankings in the year of 2009 placed KAIST 69th overall and 21st in...
and created a number of online games before joining NCSoft
NCsoft
NCsoft is a South Korea-based online video game company, which has published massively multiplayer online role-playing games including Lineage, City of Heroes, Wildstar, Exteel, Guild Wars and Aion.-History:...
, where he and other developers created Lineage.
He left NCSoft in March 2003 and formed his own company, XL Games, where an online racing game called XL Racing was being developed but has now been dropped. The company is now working on the NextGen MMO ArcheAge
ArcheAge
ArcheAge is a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game in development by Korean game developer XL Games.-History:...
, being developed on Crytek's CryEngine3. The story is being written by Jun Min Hee.
See also
- Contemporary culture of South KoreaContemporary culture of South KoreaThe contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea, and on its own path away from North Korean culture since the division of Korea in 1948. The industrialization and urbanization of South Korea, especially Seoul, have brought many changes to the way Korean...
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of Koreans