Founded in March 2003, Gravity Interactive LLC was created to host games for

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developed by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. It is based in Buena Park near Orange County,

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. Gravity was initially provided with several

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s from Gravity Co.,Sample Contracts - Equipment Sales Agreement
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testing of the International

Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' (, ''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 (Korean company), Gravity based ...

(iRO) service in 2003. Commercial service subsequently began on June 1, 2003. In 2005, Gravity also began hosting the North American version of ROSE Online (naROSE). On January 1, 2006, Gravity Interactive LLC became Gravity Interactive, Inc.SEC 20-F Filing 2006 Annual Report
/ref> In February 2008, Gravity began beta testing its third

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, Requiem: Bloodymare.Requiem Closed Beta Information.
/ref> Around mid to late 2012 Gravity began beta testing its fourth

, Maestia: Rise Of Keledus. In April 2013, Gravity began beta testing the second title in the Ragnarok Online series. Ragnarok Online 2 was launched in May 2013 and also available on

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.Ragnarok Online 2 Launch Information.
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PC Games

Games which Gravity Interactive currently offers include: * ''

'' * '' Requiem: Rise of the Reaver'' (developed in-house) * '' Dragon Saga'' (previously known as Dragonica, Developed in-house) * '' Ragnarok Online 2'' * ''Various other Ragnarok Online games'' Games which Gravity Interactive previously offered include: * '' ROSE Online'' (developed in-house) * ''Eternal Destiny'' * ''

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'' * '' FreeStyle Street Basketball'' * ''Maestia: Rise Of Keledus'' * ''Metal Assault''

Mobile Games

Games which Gravity Interactive currently offers include: * '' Ragnarok Online: Valkyrie Uprising'' (Mobile) * ''Ice Penguin'' (Mobile) * ''Tower of Ascension'' (Mobile) * ''Ragnarok: Ash Vacuum'' (Mobile)

L5 Games

In 2007, Gravity founded a new game developer, L5 Games. Its employees consisted of those formerly employed by

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. This subsidiary of Gravity Interactive, rather than GRAVITY Co., Ltd., was formed to develop games for the North American market. L5 Games went into liquidation in August 2008.

References

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External links

International ''Ragnarok Online'' Homepage

North American ''ROSE Online'' Homepage

Global ''Requiem: Rise of the Reaver'' Homepage

North American ''Dragon Saga'' Homepage

North American ''Maestia: Rise Of Keledus'' Homepage

North American ''Ragnarok Online 2'' Homepage

Mobile ''Ragnarok Online: Valkyrie Uprising'' Homepage

Mobile ''Tower of Ascension'' Homepage

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