Ragnarok Online

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Ragnarok Online
Developer(s)	Gravity
Publisher(s)	Gravity
Designer(s)	Kim Hakkyu
Artist(s)	Lee Myung-jin
Writer(s)	Lee Myung-jin
Engine	AEGIS
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	KOR: August 31, 2002[1] NA: June 1, 2003 EU: April 15, 2004 AU: December, 2004
Genre(s)	Massively multiplayer online role-playing
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Ragnarok Online (Korean: 라그나로크 온라인, Rageunarokeu Onrain marketed as Ragnarök, and alternatively subtitled The Final Destiny of the Gods) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows. The game has spawned an animated series, Ragnarok the Animation, and a sequel game, Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second. The player's characters exist in a world with a player environment that includes NPC's (non-playable characters) that can be interacted with, and monsters spawning in maps that need to be defeated to level-up and to acquire items.