<s>
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
released	O
by	O
Nexon	O
,	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
devCAT	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
Welsh	O
word	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
Welsh	O
anthology	O
of	O
legend	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
settings	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
Welsh	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
simple	O
and	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
likeness	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
 '	O
task	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
was	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
hybrid	O
Value	O
Added	O
Services	O
model	O
(	O
which	O
varies	O
slightly	O
for	O
each	O
game	O
localization	O
)	O
that	O
allows	O
free	O
play	O
and	O
the	O
subscription	O
of	O
paid	O
packages	O
,	O
purchased	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
shop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
Chapter	O
3	O
patch	O
,	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
changed	O
to	O
micro-transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
localization	O
of	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2007	O
Gstar	O
game	O
show	O
in	O
Seoul	O
,	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
Nexon	O
announced	O
an	O
Xbox	O
360	O
version	O
of	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
27	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Nexon	O
launched	O
the	O
Open	O
Beta	O
of	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
Europe	O
with	O
two	O
game	O
servers	O
:	O
Morrighan	O
and	O
Macha	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexon	O
Europe	O
eventually	O
launched	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
on	O
May	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexon	O
America	O
has	O
since	O
lifted	O
the	O
European	O
IP	O
blocks	O
for	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Nexon	O
Europe	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
going	O
close	O
the	O
game	O
service	O
and	O
customer	O
support	O
of	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
on	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prequel	O
game	O
for	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
called	O
Vindictus	B-Protocol
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
Heroes	I-Protocol
in	O
Asia	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
21	O
,	O
2010	O
by	O
devCAT	O
,	O
an	O
internal	O
studio	O
of	O
Korean	O
free-to-play	O
game	O
publisher	O
Nexon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
action	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
that	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
setting	O
used	O
in	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
is	O
placed	O
chronologically	O
several	O
hundred	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
during	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
war	O
and	O
strife	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vindictus	B-Protocol
is	O
currently	O
released	O
in	O
Korea	O
,	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
Europe	O
through	O
Nexon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
II:Arena	O
,	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
Heroes	I-Protocol
,	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
but	O
subsequently	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
preview	O
content	O
depicted	O
characters	O
,	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
dungeon	O
crawling	O
that	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
focused	O
more	O
on	O
instant	O
action-based	O
combat	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Vindictus	B-Protocol
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
down-to-earth	O
skill	O
animations	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2014	O
that	O
Mabinogi	B-Protocol
II:Arena	O
development	O
was	O
stopped	O
.	O
</s>
