Dragonica Online Service Transition

Dragonica Online has become one of my quick favorites since I started it a couple months back. The 2.5D side-scrolling arcade-like MMO is fun, cute and unique. The Dragonica server that I had chosen however was managed by THQ*ICE which I realized later was neglectful. After a few weeks of disappointment with the status of the server (the last event was in June) and nonsensical spam at the forums, I finally stopped playing. The game was dying and so was the community. Finally just a week back or so, THQ*ICE posted up this notice:



Dragonica Online - Service Transition Announcement

Dear Dragonicans,

On August 31st at 9:00 PM (Pacific Time) North American operations of Dragonica Online will be taken over by another game publisher. We are currently working with them and with game developer Barunson Interactive to try to transfer your account so that your characters and items may join Gatto, Amy, and all the other townspeople and villains at their new home.

To make the account transfer possible, THQ*ICE may be required to share your information with Barunson Interactive. In accordance with THQ*ICE's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, as well as with California state online privacy laws, we will not transfer accounts against player's wishes. If you do not wish to transfer your account information, please come back to thqice.com before August 31st. We will provide a link for you to opt out from the account transition in a few days.

While the THQ*ICE Terms of Use does not require THQ*ICE to refund players for used or unused ICE Cash, as a company we want to thank our active community and compensate for the inconvenience caused by the service transition by providing a limited refund for certain players who recently purchased ICE Cash. For North American players who recently purchased ICE Cash and would like a refund on their unspent ICE Cash, we will update the website shortly with information about this process. We are working on the best way to accommodate our players. Your understanding and patience during this time is much appreciated.

Furthermore, please note that as a part of the service transition process our registrations, payments, and forums will be shut down immediately.

We thank you for supporting us this past year and we hope that you will continue to support Dragonica Online with another game publisher and Barunson Interactive!

Sincerely,
The THQ*ICE Team

source: http://dragonica.thqice.com/special/ServiceTransition/

Not sure if I'm happy or disappointed or both. But at least, now the community knows what's going on instead of being in the dark. All I can say is I'm glad the server will be moving to a "better" publisher. The new publisher will be Gravity Interactive whose games include Ragnarok Online and ROSE online.