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''CABAL Online'' ((朝鮮語:카발 온라인), stylized as ''CABAL Online'') is a free-to-play, 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by South Korean company ESTsoft. Different localizations of the game exist for various countries and regions. Although free-to-play, the game makes use of the freemium business model by implementing an "Item Shop", both in-game and via web, allowing players to purchase special premium coins using real currency, in order to acquire exclusive game enhancements and features, useful items and assorted vanity content. ''Cabal Online'' takes place in a fictional world known as Nevareth, nearly a thousand years after its devastation by a powerful group of idealistic men, the CABAL. Hoping to turn their world into a utopia, they inadvertently fueled the forces and laws of nature to rebel against them, causing the event known as the Apocalypse. After the destruction, only eight members of the CABAL survived, including their leader, Faust. Prophesying the future, Faust saw the rise of an evil force that would, once again, ruin the land of Nevareth. In the present day, that evil has come. It is now up to the player to face the waves of minions that have invaded the world and uncover the truth behind them.〔(CABAL Online - ABOUT CABAL - CABAL is... ), ''CABAL Online NA''. Retrieved on 2013-02-25.〕 ==History== ''CABAL Online'' was first released in South Korea in October 2005.〔(우수 베타 테스터 선정 및 경품 안내 ) (in Korean) ''ESTsoft'', 2008-05-19. Retrieved on 2009-03-19.〕 The game was later released from closed beta testing in Europe in July 2006,〔(Open Beta for Europe has started ), ''Games-masters'', 2008-07-26. Retrieved on 2009-03-19.〕 and in December 2006 it was announced that the game and all subsequent versions had become free-to-play.〔(Cabal Online - Now Free-to-Play service ), ''Games-masters'', 2006-12-01. Retrieved on 2009-03-19.〕 In North America, OGPlanet had picked up the license for the game and open beta testing began on February 1, 2008.〔(Update: Cabal open beta starting tomorrow. ), ''OGPlanet'', 2008-01-31. Retrieved on 2010-04-03.〕 It was also stated that the full release would most likely come by the end of February.〔(GDC 2008: Cabal Online Update ), ''IGN'', 2008-02-19. Retrieved on 2008-11-12.〕 On February 28, 2008, the game officially launched in North America,〔(CABAL Online Launch Update ), ''OGPlanet'', 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2010-04-03.〕 while closed beta began in South-East Asia.〔(Closed Beta Opening Time delayed on 23/02 ), ''Playpark/Asiasoft'', 2008-02-23. Retrieved on 2010-04-03.〕 Gameforge published Cabal Online in Germany on December 3, 2009.〔(Cabal Open Beta ), ''Cabal Online DE'', 2009-12-03. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.〕 The service in North America provided by OGPlanet was ceased on March 31, 2010, as the company did not reach an agreement with ESTsoft, while the latter subsequently re-established North American servicing directly.〔(CABAL Online to end service ), ''ESTsoft Inc.'', 2010-03-19. Retrieved on 2010-04-03.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cabal Online」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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