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Upcoming Supervive game has Korean character inspired by Faker

Supervive, a new MOBA-style battle royale from Theorycraft Games, draws inspiration from League of Legends and features 16 hunters, including a character modeled after esports star Faker.

2024-11-20

Two-time League of Legends world champion Zeus leaves T1

League of Legends pro Choi “Zeus” Woo-je leaves T1, replaced by Choi “Doran” Hyeon-jun. Zeus contributed significantly to T1's success, including two World Championship titles.

2024-11-20

'Game of Thrones' RPG will launch in West first because 'Asian gamers finish games too fast'

Netmarble's Game of Thrones: Kingsroad will debut in the West first due to faster Asian gamers. The RPG retains the show's mature themes and is currently 70% complete, utilizing Unreal Engine 5.

2024-11-18

The stars of G-Star 2024: Hard games and long lines

The G-Star 2024 gaming convention in Busan saw massive crowds and long wait times for highly anticipated game demos from major publishers.

2024-11-14

Solo Leveling: Arise takes top prize at 2024 Korea Game Awards

Solo Leveling: Arise won the grand prize at the 2024 Korea Game Awards, praised for its innovative approach and financial success for Netmarble.

2024-11-13

Game maker Pearl Abyss, KTO to curate travel package based on Black Desert

The two signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to helm and promote a "K-game tour" around the locations that appear on Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light in Seoul.

2024-11-08

Korean celebrities congratulate Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok, T1 on League of Legends world title

Football star Son Heung-min and K-pop idols such as EXO’s Baekhyun and Super Junior’s Kim Hee-chul joined esports fans in celebrating League of Legends player Faker and his team T1’s victory at the 2024 League of Legends World Championship.

2024-11-04

Inaugural AI Content Festival kicks off at COEX

The first AI Content Festival kicked off on Thursday at COEX in southern Seoul, giving creators a chance to flaunt their AI-created and AI-inspired artworks and products to the public.

2024-10-31

Nexon announces development of long-awaited sequel, The Kingdom of the Winds 2

The game publisher announced that the sequel to The Kingdom of the Winds in in development, 28 years after the release of its first-ever title.

2024-10-30

China approves NCsoft, Shift Up games

Two Korean gaming publishers, NCsoft and Shift Up, received the Chinese government’s approval for their online games on Friday.

2024-10-28