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TERA’s creators, Bluehole Studio, takes its name from the Great Blue Hole of Belize. But has anyone heard of this company before? I haven’t. Who is the Bluehole team?

The studio is based in Seoul, Korea, and is devoted entirely to online gaming. It was founded in 2007 by a team of “industry veterans”. As of now, the only product in its portfolio is, TERA. According to its English site, Bluehole is made up of over 200 employees, along with a handful of former core developers from NCSoft (responsible for Aion, the Lineage series, etc). These distinguished members include, quote, “the former producer, lead game designer, lead programmer, and art director of Lineage II.“ Sounds like some heavy hitters. And starting out with a team of 200+? Perhaps Bluehole is a gaming company to watch for in the future. The Korean version of their homepage contains far more details than the English one, but unfortunately I understand none of it. If someone would like to translate some key information, that would be fantastic. In any case, Bluehole Studio radiates an aura of professionalism and is worth keeping an eye on.

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AMV compilation from all the Tera trailers Info about the game TERA will be another monthly P2P MMO. Bluehole studio is a studio found in 2007 by Byung-Gyu Chang and former core members of ncsoft including the Lead game designer, producer, Lead game programmer and Lead Art Director of Lineage 2. Considered a visually impressive mmorpg the game runs on the Unreal 3 engine which unlike the crysis engine provides the ability to handle multiple users with ease TERA handles combat differently without the target locking and uses open aiming and blocking similar to the Age of Conan. Tera is on the verge of closed beta in Korea but Bluehole has every intention of providing the game to western players in 2010 Developer comments: TERA will appeal to end-users seeking continuous content support without the sacrifice of high quality graphics. Even after a week a month a year the game will pull the player deeper to the virtual world. The goal is to achieve the world’s highest concurrent user load per server! Players in TERA will not only experience battles with higher concurrent users, but also encounter a revolutionized interaction system for political and economic professions. TERA will offer a stable, non-disruptive in-game social life.” There won’t be any zoning, players will be able to move through the world seamlessly. www.tera-online.com http

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TERA is being developed by Bluehole Studio, a MMORPG developer headquartered in Seoul, Korea. It was founded on March 2007 by entrepreneur Byung-Gyu Chang and former core members of NCsoft. It’s development team includes former members of the Lineage II team’s Producer, Lead Game Designer, Lead Programmer and Art Director. Over 100 people are employed by Bluehole Studio, focused primarily on the development side.

Bluehole Studio’s goal is to become a premier MMORPG developer in the global market. In order to achieve this monumental goal, Bluehole focused by attracting the leading professionals in the MMORPG developers world who shared its vision. With these people at its core, Bluehole hopes to create a globally renowned game!

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