Hudson has announced that it will be licensing its popular Bomberman series to Korea's largest online game services company, Nexon, as part of its strategy to spread the brand worldwide. Under the license, Nexon will be able to release Bomberman as part of its online service named BnB in all regions of Asia except for Japan. Hudson plans to develop worldwide support for the Bomberman brand in hopes that the company's online game will gain 1 million online subscribers worldwide within the year. Bomberman Online is already running as an online beta test in Japan and has secured 500,000 registered users since August. The game has also been running as a pay service in Taiwan since January.
Bomberman Online is scheduled to be released on the PlayStation 2 later this year.