Kakao Games, known by most as the publisher of Black Desert Online in the western market, today announced that it has invested nearly USD 20 million in 3 local game development studios, mainly Second Dive, Ocean Drive Studio, and Pathfinder8.…
Eyedentity Games – Game developer employee infected with coronavirus
As you might have already read from the news over the past few weeks, the coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) is spreading fast throughout the world, and especially in South Korea recently. Today, the Korean gaming media reported possibly the…
Black Desert – Korean server welcomes O’dyllita update this week
A new region is arriving in the South Korean server of Black Desert, and a new trailer was shown today. We are talking about O’dyllita, which will descend on 4 March after the regular server maintenance. The story will follow…
MARVEL Future Revolution – Netmarble reveals new open world mobile RPG at PAX East 2020
Netmarble Corp today announced its latest mobile title at PAX East 2020, MARVEL Future Revolution, in conjunction with the might MARVEL team. Interestingly, the game is touted as “Marvel’s First Open World RPG on Mobile,” instead of following the mobile…
Shadow Arena – Interview with game producer including a bonus gameplay tip!
Developer Pearl Abyss recently announced that its new arena fighter, Shadow Arena, has started its Global Beta from now to March 8. From previous articles, we already know that the 40-player brawler has roots from Black Desert Online, with various…
TERA Hero – New trailer highlights characters and roles for UE4 mobile MMORPG
Just a couple of weeks after announcing the Korean launch date for TERA Korea, developer Red Sahara Studio today revealed yet another trailer for the Unreal Engine 4 mobile title. Other than showing what each character and role can do…
Shadow Arena – Global Beta begins for arena fighter with new hero Bada the Golden
[Steam page] Today, Pearl Abyss launched the Global Beta phase for its new arena fighter, Shadow Arena. The Global Beta is available now on PC through Steam, and will be open until March 8. Shadow Arena pits 40 players against…
Trickster Mobile – Pixel art mobile rebirth of popular PC MMORPG in the works
Thanks to a tip from our friend, we now know that Ntreev Soft is developing Trickster Mobile. Ntreev Soft is the Korean studio which made the PangYa golf series of PC and mobile games. NCsoft bought 76% of Ntreev Soft…
Counterside – Nexon punishes corrupt employees and gets police involved in another issue
Nexon Korea recently ran into some issues with the operations team of its new mobile RPG, Counterside. You can read more about the game here. Basically, some Nexon employees sold in-house coupons, which should be gift codes, for Counterside to…
Lost Ark – New massive 8-player underwater dungeon arrives in Korean server
Smilegate today added the latest content update to Lost Ark, Gate of Paradise. An new massive underwater dungeon, Gate of Paradise requires 8 players to enter. They will have to conquer 3 smaller inner dungeons, with a total of 7…
Echo of Soul: The Blue – Massive game revamp announced for fantasy PC MMORPG
Korean games developer Blue Potion Games today announced a massive revamp for its PC MMORPG, Echo of Soul. Scheduled to arrive next month for the South Korean server (published by Kakao Games), the game will be re-branded as “EOS: The…
Spiritwish – Nexon announces the closure of South Korean server
Nexon today announced the upcoming closure of its mobile RPG, Spiritwish, in South Korea. Developed by NEON Studio, a local indie outfit, Spiritwish first launched domestically on 16 January 2019. While it did performed well in the initial few months,…
Vespa – King’s Raid developer returns to profitability in Q4 2019
Vespa Interactive, the Korean developer behind King’s Raid, today announced its financial results for Q4 2019 (October to December). To summarize, it recorded a revenue of nearly USD 27 million, with an operating profit of around USD 1.4 million. Compared…
Puzzle Audition – New Audition game enters final Closed Beta in South Korea next month
Korean games company Hanbitsoft (or Hanbiton) recently announced that it is holding the final Closed Beta test for its new mobile puzzle game, Puzzle Audition, in early March for the local Korean gamers. The game is based on the popular…