{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ee827e29251ae2abbc2eca40","clusterId":"c_e8a9ef97e5f11c4e92dadd8c","slug":"ragnarok-the-new-world-sets-japan-launch-for-first-half-of-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Ragnarok: The New World Sets Japan Launch for First Half of 2027","summary":"GungHo Online Entertainment announced on November 13 that Ragnarok: The New World will begin service in Japan in the first half of 2027. The MMORPG is planned for iOS, Android, and PC, with a free-to-play model that includes some paid items. It is the first entry in the Ragnarok Online series to use a seamless open world, letting players move freely across a large map. The game keeps series staples: flexible character builds, item trading through street stalls, and boss fights fought alongside other players. GungHo says the game uses updated graphics and technology while carrying over elements from earlier Ragnarok Online titles. The publisher says more details will be announced as they are decided. The announcement covers the Japanese domestic service, and the game is published by GungHo under a license from Gravity.","whyItMatters":"GungHo is putting a 20-year-old MMORPG brand on a seamless open world for the first time, and the PC version in the plan means the Japanese release is not a mobile-only revival.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eGungHo president and CEO Kazuya Sakai heads the company that will run the game, and the copyright line credits Gravity Co., Ltd. and Lee MyoungJin (studio DTDS). The Japanese press materials give the title a short nickname, \u0026#34;Ragnyu,\u0026#34; alongside the series\u0026#39; own long-standing abbreviation \u0026#34;RO.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe framing around the project is nostalgic. The press release describes the game as \u0026#34;a work that could truly be called a culmination, condensing the charms of the successive RO titles,\u0026#34; and invites \u0026#34;adventurers who once traveled through RO and those visiting this world for the first time\u0026#34; to set out together.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScale context for the brand: Ragnarok Online is described as a long-established MMORPG with more than 20 years of history, and the series\u0026#39; cumulative user count exceeds roughly 100 million, with the original still in service. The screenshots shown are labeled as in development and may change without notice, and the basic information block applies to the domestic Japanese service only. An overseas version already has a Steam store page, which is where the accompanying image came from.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ragnarok: The New World is free-to-play with paid items, and GungHo has not detailed what those items cover. Street-stall trading stays, so the paid layer sits beside an economy players already run themselves.","twitterPost":"Ragnarok: The New World keeps street-stall trading while adding paid items. GungHo has not said what those items cover.","threadsPost":"Ragnarok: The New World carries over street-stall trading and flexible builds, and it runs on a free-to-play model with paid items. GungHo has not said what those paid items cover, so how the store sits next to a player-run economy is still open.","newsletterBlurb":"GungHo has dated Ragnarok: The New World for Japan in the first half of 2027, with iOS, Android, and PC in the plan. The MMORPG is the series' first with a seamless open world, and it keeps street-stall trading and co-op boss battles.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/058/G105823/20261113025/\",\"title\":\"Ragnarok: The New World to Launch in Japan in the First Half of 2027; MMORPG Adopts Series' First Seamless Open World\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611132f\",\"title\":\"Ragnarok Online Series' First Open-World MMORPG 'Ragnarok: The New World' Set for Japan Service in First Half of 2027\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10529,"outputTokens":1217,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794564870,"createdAt":"2026-11-13T10:09:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-13T10:13:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-13T10:13:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e8a9ef97e5f11c4e92dadd8c","canonicalTitle":"『ラグナロクオンライン』シリーズ初のオープンワールドMMORPG『ラグナロク：ニューワールド』2027年上半期に日本国内でのサービス提供が決定","representativeArticleId":"a_adddb36c9116f90c01c241d2","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ragnarok: The New World\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-13T07:07:48.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-13T07:19:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-13T10:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/058/G105823/20261113025/","title":"「ラグナロク：ニューワールド」，2027年上半期に日本国内でサービス開始。シリーズ初のシームレスなオープンワールドを採用したMMORPG"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611132f","title":"『ラグナロクオンライン』シリーズ初のオープンワールドMMORPG『ラグナロク：ニューワールド』2027年上半期に日本国内でのサービス提供が決定"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ragnarok: The New World"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Ragnarok: The New World is planned for iOS, Android, and PC and will be free to play with some paid items.","Ragnarok: The New World is the first Ragnarok Online series title to use a seamless open world.","Ragnarok Online has a history of more than 20 years and a cumulative user count above roughly 100 million, according to Denfaminicogamer.","GungHo publishes Ragnarok: The New World for the Japanese domestic service under a copyright credited to Gravity Co., Ltd. and Lee MyoungJin (studio DTDS)."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["ragnarok-the-new-world"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"ragnarok-the-new-world","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}