{{Short description|2017 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = MU Legend | image = File:MU Legend game logo.png | caption = Official promotional material for ''MU Legend'' | developer = Webzen Games | publisher = | composer = Jesper Kyd | series = ''Mu Online'' | engine = Unreal Engine 3 | platforms = Microsoft Windows | released = March 23, 2017 (Korea) <br> November 7, 2017 (EU, US, SA, SEA) | genre = Fantasy | modes = Multiplayer online, hack and slash | designer = }}
'''''MU Legend''''' is a massively multiplayer online action role-playing game (MMOARPG). It is based on the 2001 game ''MU Online'' as well as ''MU Origin''.
Like its predecessor, ''MU Legend'' is developed by the Korean gaming company Webzen Games.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011-03-18webzen_2011_line_up_with_various_brand_new_titles,1.shtml | title = WEBZEN 2011 Line-up with Various Brand-New Titles | accessdate = 2011-11-12 | last = | first = | date = 2011-03-08 | publisher = MMOSite | archive-date = 2012-06-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120612225132/http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011-03-18webzen_2011_line_up_with_various_brand_new_titles,1.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref> The title has been under development for quite some time - first rumors about it appeared in 2004 and its development was held back until 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mmoculture.com/2011/02/rumor-webzens-mu2-back-in-development.html | title = Rumor - Webzen's MU2 Back in Development? | accessdate = 2011-11-12 | date = 2011-02-09 | publisher = MMOCULTURE | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402162825/http://www.mmoculture.com/2011/02/rumor-webzens-mu2-back-in-development.html | archivedate = 2012-04-02}}</ref> ''MU2''{{'}}s debut trailer was showcased at the G-Star 2011 Expo in Busan<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mmoculture.com/2011/10/gstar-2011-preview-webzen-reveals-games.html | title = G*Star 2011 Preview Webzen reveals games list | accessdate = 2011-11-12 | date = 2011-10-29 | publisher = MMOCULTURE | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111030225432/http://www.mmoculture.com/2011/10/gstar-2011-preview-webzen-reveals-games.html | archivedate = 2011-10-30}}</ref> in November. The game is based on Unreal Engine 3 and shares familiar features with ''Mu Online'' as distinctive UI and controls. An official Korean site was updated with teaser page in 2015 and ''MU 2'' has been renamed to ''MU Legend''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://mmoculture.com/2016/03/webzen-media-day-2016-new-title-for-mu2-and-more-games-revealed/ | title = Webzen Media Day 2016 - New title for MU2 and more games revealed | date = 29 March 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * Webzen Games * ''Mu Online''
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Category:2017 video games Category:Action role-playing video games Category:Massively multiplayer online role-playing games Category:Sequel video games Category:Unreal Engine 3 games Category:Video games developed in South Korea Category:Video games scored by Jesper Kyd Category:Video games with stereoscopic 3D graphics Category:Webzen games Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games