<s>
GunZ	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Duel	I-Application
(	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
simply	O
GunZ	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
online	O
third-person	O
shooting	O
game	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
South	O
Korean-based	O
MAIET	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
closed	O
beta	O
for	O
ijji	B-Application
GunZ	O
ended	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
ijji	B-Application
GunZ	O
subsequently	O
went	O
live	O
on	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
managed	O
on	O
an	O
international	O
gaming	O
portal	O
by	O
ijji	B-Application
games	O
until	O
management	O
shifted	O
to	O
the	O
Aeria	O
Games	O
gaming	O
portal	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
closure	O
happened	O
2	O
months	O
following	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
GunZ	B-Application
2	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
free	O
in	O
English	O
on	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Masangsoft	O
picked	O
up	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
both	O
GunZ	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Duel	I-Application
and	O
GunZ	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
MAIET	B-Application
signed	O
a	O
contract	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
sequel	O
for	O
GunZ	O
,	O
titled	O
GunZ	O
:	O
The	O
Second	B-Application
Duel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Second	B-Application
Duel	I-Application
was	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
more	O
inline	O
with	O
what	O
the	O
creators	O
had	O
originally	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
MAIET	B-Application
pushed	O
back	O
the	O
date	O
of	O
release	O
from	O
2009	O
to	O
2011	O
,	O
citing	O
"	O
new	O
materials	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
