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GRAVITY Enters Into an Agreement Regarding Publishing Right for 'ECO' in Southeast Asia and Oceania.


SEOUL, South Korea -- Gravity Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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:GRVY), an online game developer and publisher, has announced that it entered into a software license and distribution agreement with Infocomm Asia Holdings Pte Ltd PTE LTD Private Limited . ("IAH IAH Institute for Animal Health (UK)
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"), an online game publisher based in Singapore, for Emil Chronicle Online Emil Chronicle Online (Japanese: エミル・クロニクル・オンライン), often referred to as ECO  ("ECO E·co   , Umberto Born 1932.

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"), which is one of the online games offered by Gravity, in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east.  and Oceania.

Under the agreement, IAH will be the sole distributor of ECO in the Southeast Asian and Oceania market, which includes Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . The total value of the agreement is US$1.8 million, including License Fees and Minimum Guarantee against the royalty.

For the Southeast Asia and Oceania market, the closed beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the  of ECO is projected to start in the first quarter of 2007 in Thailand, for the first, and the schedule for the closed beta testing in other 8 countries and the open beta testing and commercial launch of ECO will be determined thereafter. The closed beta testing of ECO in Korea is scheduled in January, 2007.

In December 2005, Gravity entered into a worldwide (excluding Japan) publishing contract A publishing contract is a legal contract between a publisher and a writer or author (or more than one), to publish written material by the writer(s) or author(s). This may involve a single written work, or a series of works.  for ECO with GungHo Online Entertainment, a major Japanese online game publisher. ECO is currently commercially offered in Japan.

Gravity plans to incorporate Gravity's accumulated experiences in successfully launching commercial services of games such as 'Ragnarok Online(TM)' to ECO in 21 markets -- to enhance game play to attract game players worldwide. With its unique array of localizing and servicing skills to maximize revenue turnover, the Company believes that ECO has a great potential.

Mr. Ryu Ryū (竜 or りゅう or リュウ Ryū , Chief Executive Officer of Gravity, said: "As a result of this agreement with IAH for the license of ECO in the Southeast Asia and Oceania market, we are demonstrating the positive impact of our strategic efforts. We strongly believe that ECO was a good investment for the Company. As we disclosed at the time of purchase of this game, we expect to implement our strategic initiative of strengthening our overseas publishing business with ECO and believe that it will represent an ideal vehicle for such expansion. We are planning to make the best of To improve to the utmost; to use or dispose of to the greatest advantage.
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 our global distribution network for the licensing of ECO to other overseas' markets."

About GRAVITY CO., Ltd.

Based in Korea, Gravity is a developer and distributor of online games. Gravity's principal product, Ragnarok Online Ragnarok Online (Korean: 라그나로크 온라인), often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game created by GRAVITY Co., Ltd. based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-Jin. , is a popular online game in many markets, including Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, and is currently commercially offered in 21 markets. For more information about Gravity, please visit http://www.gravity.co.kr.

About INFOCOMM ASIA HOLDINGS Pte Ltd.

Based in Singapore, Infocomm Asia Holdings is an online game publisher with strong network with major publishers in Southeast Asia, including Singapore.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release may include, in addition to historical information, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe-harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe" "project," or "continue" or the negative thereof or other similar words, although not all forward-looking statements will contain these words. These forward-looking statements are based on our current assumptions, expectations and projections about future events. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual performance, financial condition or results of operations to be materially different from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, our ability to diversify revenue; our ability to collect, and in a timely manner, license fees and royalty payments from overseas licensees; our ability to acquire, develop, license, launch, market or operate commercially successful online games; our ability to compete effectively in a highly competitive industry; our ability to anticipate and access technological developments in our industry; our ability to recruit and retain quality employees as we grow; our ability to implement our growth strategies; and economic and political conditions globally. Investors should consider the information contained in our submissions and filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including our registration statement on Form F-1, as amended, and our annual report on Form 20-F, together with such other documents and we may submit to or file with the SEC from time to time, including on Form 6-K. The forward-looking statements speak only as of this press release and we assume no duty to update them to reflect new, changing or unanticipated events or circumstances.
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