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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Audition Online r u Worhy?


Audition Online

Audition Online (Korean: 오디션 온라인), also known as Dancing Paradise in Japan, is a downloadable Multiple Online Casual Game produced by T3 Entertainment. Originally started for and still popular in Korea, Audition Online has since been distributed into many different other regions and/or countries - Audition versions for Hong Kong, Thailand, China, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, South-East Asia, and the Philippines. Brazil will also be getting their own Audition game service, after signing a $1 million dollar license with Yedang Online and T3 Entertainment. Audition Online is free to play, using the popular Virtual Asset Sales (VAS) model (as officially called, while in China it is called Virtual Item Trading or VIT) or a cash shop system that allows users to use real money to purchase ingame clothes, accessories, etc. to dress up their avatars. The game is similar to Bust A Groove, but takes a different approach, besides the fact that it is a multiplayer online casual game.

History
Audition Online is based off the popular comic Audition that is read by young adults of South Korea. Audition was released to Korea, and then began to open servers in other Asian countries including: Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, and most recently Southeast Asia. Audition was also released to a "global" audience at one point, which largely consisted of American and Vietnamese players. Updates to Global Audition were stopped due to hacking and so the server was shut down. Audition Korea continues to be the most updated version with a very large support base and weekly updates.
Electronic Times Internet, an IT news website, reported that Audition reached 50 million registered users in China, with 400,000 concurrent players. Baidu, the Chinese search engine, revealed that Audition ranks first in all its searches, and is ahead of games like Crazy Racing and World of Warcraft.

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