<s>
GunZ	O
:	O
The	O
Second	B-Application
Duel	I-Application
(	O
or	O
simply	O
GunZ	B-Application
2	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
third-person	O
shooting	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
South	O
Korean-based	O
MAIET	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
2003	O
's	O
GunZ	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Duel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gunz	B-Application
2	I-Application
began	O
its	O
first	O
closed	O
beta	O
test	O
in	O
Korea	O
in	O
early	O
2011	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
has	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gunz	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
currently	O
greenlit	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
via	O
its	O
Greenlight	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
entered	O
into	O
beta	O
testing	O
on	O
February	O
17	O
,	O
2014	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Gunz	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
international	O
players	O
,	O
mainly	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
version	O
of	O
Gunz	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
hosted	O
during	O
its	O
open	O
beta	O
phase	O
by	O
ProSiebenSat.1	O
Media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
December	O
2014	O
the	O
licensing	O
agreement	O
between	O
MAIET	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
and	O
Prosieben	O
ended	O
where	O
MAIET	B-Application
opened	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
server	O
for	O
the	O
European	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
news	O
post	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
MAIET	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
operational	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
MasangSoft	O
announced	O
all	O
servers	O
for	O
GunZ	B-Application
2	I-Application
except	O
US-West	O
will	O
close	O
on	O
May	O
10	O
,	O
2017	O
at	O
5:00	O
PM	O
PST	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GunZ	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Second	B-Application
Duel	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
mixed	O
with	O
swordplay	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
GunZ	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Duel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GunZ	B-Application
2s	I-Application
network	O
communication	O
is	O
solved	O
by	O
player	O
hosted	O
servers	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
players	O
joins	O
the	O
game	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
will	O
be	O
assigned	O
the	O
role	O
to	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
hosting	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAIET	B-Application
released	O
a	O
dedicated	O
server	O
solution	O
to	O
the	O
US	O
West	O
region	O
for	O
testing	O
purposes	O
and	O
declaring	O
to	O
expand	O
later	O
to	O
other	O
regions	O
when	O
it	O
's	O
stable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Campaign'''	O
A	O
Story	O
mode	O
for	O
Gunz2	B-Application
,	O
where	O
you	O
can	O
play	O
together	O
in	O
co-op	O
mode	O
to	O
defeat	O
NPCs	O
enemies	O
and	O
complete	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
never	O
explicitly	O
mentioned	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
universes	O
of	O
GunZ	B-Application
1	I-Application
&	O
2	O
are	O
indeed	O
connected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
GunZ	B-Application
1	I-Application
's	O
lore	O
is	O
n't	O
as	O
expansive	O
,	O
GunZ	B-Application
2	I-Application
has	O
the	O
same	O
mansion	O
map	O
from	O
GunZ	B-Application
1	I-Application
,	O
which	O
features	O
the	O
statue	O
of	O
Ryswick	O
the	O
Great	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
songs	O
of	O
GunZ	B-Application
1	I-Application
's	O
OST	O
is	O
named	O
Ryswick	O
style	O
,	O
likely	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
statue	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
in	O
mere	O
months	O
before	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
by	O
Aeria	O
(	O
who	O
bought	O
out	O
rights	O
owner	O
Ijji	B-Application
in	O
2012	O
)	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
English	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
distributed	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
registered	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
that	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
after	O
only	O
10	O
days	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
the	O
greenlight	O
project	O
made	O
the	O
top	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
7	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Gunz	B-Application
2	I-Application
North	O
America	O
team	O
was	O
interviewed	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
clarified	O
that	O
those	O
who	O
joined	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
group	O
would	O
get	O
invites	O
to	O
the	O
beta	O
test	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAIET	B-Application
also	O
gained	O
a	O
Taiwanese	O
publisher	O
in	O
Wasabii	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
Gunz	O
2''	O
received	O
Greenlight	O
approval	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
the	O
English	O
version	O
for	O
North	O
America	O
would	O
moving	O
forward	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
South	O
American	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
21	O
,	O
MAIET	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
closed	O
beta	O
testing	O
had	O
begun	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Taiwan	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
open	O
beta	O
test	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
occur	O
in	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
4	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
after	O
months	O
of	O
silence	O
from	O
Maiet	B-Application
,	O
Gunz2	B-Application
Team	O
(	O
A.K.A.	O
</s>
<s>
Masangsoft	O
)	O
made	O
an	O
official	O
,	O
public	O
announcement	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
to	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
Gunz	B-Application
2	I-Application
that	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
has	O
taken	O
over	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
that	O
announcement	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
maintenance	O
and	O
system	O
recovery	O
notices	O
,	O
Gunz2	B-Application
Team/Masangsoft	O
has	O
not	O
informed	O
the	O
public	O
of	O
any	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
