In the side-scrolling action MMORPG Closers Online, a pirate server is online, and the developers also want to bring it to the west.
Closers Online is a Korean action MMORPG that was released in late 2014 in South Korea. It resembles side-scrollers like “Streets of Rage” with a pronounced anime look. Fans of such games compare it to Elsword Online or Dungeon Fighter Online.
The US site MMOs.com reported in mid-February about a “private server” that makes the game accessible to a western audience. Closers Online is currently only playable in Asia. “Private servers” or “pirate servers” are versions of a game that have no connection to the developer – thus, it’s a highly sensitive matter.
Here in the west, this has recently come into focus, especially due to an ongoing controversy about so-called classic servers in World of Warcraft.
The logic in this case: Well, Closers Online is not playable in the west. Who would have a problem if it is offered here in this way? It fills a gap. Yes, right.
Official west release for Closers Online also likely planned
In response to the report of the pirate server, the studio Naddic Games, which is behind Closers Online, contacted the MMO site and said: “Hey, we want to bring Closers Online to North America ourselves,” as such a report about a private server can lead to misunderstandings.
Translated: They are ruining our market, our demand, if Closers Online is already playable before we even offer it. The MMO site subsequently updated the old article about the pirate server to make it unmistakably clear: This is not the official version. This is a “private server.”
The MMO site adds: This does not mean that Closers Online will actually be officially coming to North America (and probably also to Europe), but only that Naddic Games intends to.
Here in the video from Asia specialist Steparu, you can take a look at Closers Online yourself:
Curious story – like so much seems curious about the often obscure tales of Asia MMORPGs that want to try here in the west as well. But it’s certainly a strange way to announce a port.
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