WonderKing release date: dated facts and open gaps
WonderKing entered North American open beta on 7 January 2010 and launched on 28 January 2010, according to Gaming Nexus. The next dated entries come from December 2011, when Ignited Games announced a temporary closure. A relaunch by wondersoft appeared on Steam on 12 January 2026.
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Four dates that matter
- 7Jan2010
Open beta begins in North America.
Gaming Nexus - 28Jan2010
Commercial launch under Ndoors Interactive.
Gaming Nexus - 5Dec2011
Item Mall due to close, per Ignited Games' notice of a temporary shutdown.
msupdate blog, 17 December 2011 - 12Jan2026
A wondersoft relaunch is released on Steam.
Steam store page
The 2010 dates
Gaming Nexus published a press release on 7 January 2010 announcing that WonderKing had entered open beta. The release is attributed to Ndoors Interactive, which published the game for North American players.
Three weeks later Gaming Nexus ran a second piece, "The WonderKing is dead! Long live the WonderKing!", reporting the commercial launch on 28 January 2010 and describing the game as available to all North American gamers. Both dates are for North America. A worldwide release date is not on record.
Every dated release fact
Dates as reported by the named source
7 January 2010
- Event
- Open beta begins in North America
- Publisher named
- Ndoors Interactive
- Source
- Gaming Nexus
28 January 2010
- Event
- Commercial launch for North American players
- Publisher named
- Ndoors Interactive
- Source
- Gaming Nexus
5 December 2011
- Event
- Item Mall due to close at 6 pm PST; iCash reimbursements due at 7 pm PST
- Publisher named
- Ignited Games
- Source
- msupdate blog, 17 December 2011
29 December 2011
- Event
- Game servers due to shut down at 12 pm PST
- Publisher named
- Ignited Games
- Source
- msupdate blog, MMOHuts, 20 December 2011
12 January 2026
- Event
- A relaunch is released on Steam, free to play, with dreamideasoft as developer
- Publisher named
- wondersoft
- Source
- Steam store page
The December 2011 entries are the dates in an announcement. Whether the servers went off on the day is unrecorded.
The December 2011 closure
The msupdate blog reproduced Ignited Games' notice on 17 December 2011, and MMOHuts reported it on 20 December. The publisher said it would "temporarily discontinue service" over unresolved issues with the developers, including a limited amount of new content.
It promised that user data would be kept for a return of the service and described the pause as lasting "a few months". No return date appears in the notice or in later coverage.
After the notice
By 2012 Ignited Games published five titles, WonderKing among them. That tells you the company had not dropped the name months after the notice. It says nothing about whether players could log in.
The 2026 relaunch
Steam's store page for WonderKing gives 12 January 2026 as the release date, lists wondersoft as publisher and dreamideasoft as developer, and marks the game free to play. It is the only page used here for that release.
Beyond the name, nothing connects this version to the 2010 or 2011 services, so this site does not describe how they are related.
What is still unclear
Three things people ask about remain open. The original Korean developer is one, since it is not named anywhere in this coverage. The character class list is another. Regional versions are the third, so there is nothing here on European, Japanese or other releases, or on which of them still run.
The handover from Ndoors Interactive to Ignited Games is also undated. When it happened and on what terms is unrecorded.
The site does not fill these gaps from databases or fan wikis. A date or name goes on the page when a report gives it.
Questions about WonderKing's release
When was WonderKing released in North America?
Gaming Nexus reported the open beta on 7 January 2010 and the launch on 28 January 2010, with Ndoors Interactive as publisher.
Who developed WonderKing?
The original Korean developer is not named. The coverage names publishers only: Ndoors Interactive in 2010 and Ignited Games in 2011. The 2026 Steam relaunch lists dreamideasoft as its developer and wondersoft as publisher.
Which regional versions of WonderKing exist?
Beyond the North American launch of 2010 and the international service Ignited Games ran in 2011, no regional version is documented.
When did WonderKing's servers close in 2011?
The Ignited Games announcement set the Item Mall closure for 5 December 2011 and the server shutdown for 29 December 2011.