Jake Song, Korean Name Song Jae-kyeong (송재경), b. 1965 , is a South Korean programmer who is regarded as one of the greatest game developers in Korea. He played the major role in creating the MMORPG called Lineage, an online game with huge following in Korea. He graduated from KAIST and created a number of online games before joining NCSoft, where he and other developers created Lineage.

He left NCSoft in March 2003 and formed his own company, XL Games, where an online racing game called XL Racing is being developed.

Timeline

• 1990.02 Seoul National University (SNU), College of Engineering, Bachelor in Computer Engineering
• 1992.02 KAIST, Graduate School, Master of Computer Science
• 1992~93 KAIST, Doctoral Course in Computer Engineering
• 1991~92 Develops "Hanterm" (Korean:한텀), Hangul emulator for Unix and X11
• 1993 Joins "Haansoft", develops "Hanteo", Hangul emulator for X11
• 1995 Jointly opens "Nexon", and develops Korea's first online game "Kingdom of the Winds"
• 1996~97 Leads the Internet Game Development Team at "PSINet (former iNet)", develops "Lineage"
• 1997.12 Joins "NCsoft"
• 2000.07 Works at "NC Interactive", develops "Lineage Part II"
• 2003.05 Leaves "NCsoft" and forms his own company "XL Games"

See also

• Contemporary culture of South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Koreans

External links

• XL Games website
• Jake Song's IMG interview
• Hanterm: Hangul Terminal

1965 births | South Korean computer programmers | Living people