Press Release from JC Entertainment Corp.
SEOUL, South Korea, May 6 -- The world's first online basketball game, FREESTYLE STREET BASKETBALL, will commence its full open beta global services version today at Gamekiss ( http://www.gamekiss.com/ ), according to JCEntertainment ( http://www.jceworld.com/; KOSDAQ: JCE(067000)). The open beta has been the subject of much speculation and guesses around forums, user community sites and YouTube. The trailer, "Freestyle Street Basketball is Back! (TRAILER)," made by Kamen1 and posted on YouTube, has attracted more than 4,500 views.
FREESTYLE STREET BASKETBALL is a proven and steady selling multiplayer online game, which is being serviced in eight countries with accumulative registrations of over 80 million gamers. Its main concept is freedom and youth. Until now, most basketball games feature either NBA stars or full size regular basketball courts. FREESTYLE features the street. Gamers in FREESTYLE will be able to create their very own and unique characters. They can play in various places including streets, parks and beaches. The hip-hop music featured in the background will enhance gamers' street culture experience.
This global version features advanced AI, more variety of characters, improved user interface and better resolution. It will provide a fun and real experience of playing basketball online.
Gamekiss is the global service site of JCEntertainment, the original developer of Freestyle. As the game is being operated by the developer, it will provide a better and more stable service environment to gamers.
Game manager of Freestyle, FS Roman stated, "As we go on for the open beta from May 6, our users will be able to enjoy various new features and compete against other players worldwide without any worries such as character resets."
Anybody can come and play at http://www.gamekiss.com/ through a simple registration. To aid non-English speaking users, there are beginner's guides available in German and Turkish, with others to come.
To celebrate the open beta, Gamekiss will host various events. Participants can win in-game points and special items.
FREESTYLE STREET BASKETBALL is an online multiplayer basketball title developed by JCEntertainment. It was initially launched in Korea in December 2005. Now being serviced in a number of countries, it has more than 10 million registered users.
Gamekiss.com is a Global multiplayer online game portal site launched by JCE in February 2009. Starting with Freestyle, it is planning three more new titles within 2009. With the vision of 'Providing FUN never before presented to the world', it will continue to progress and introduce quality contents to global gamers.
