Nexon Foundation (Chairman Kim Jung-wook) announced that it has signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Bebras Informatics Education Association (Chairman Kim Dong-yoon) and the Daejeon Institute of Education Information (Director Lee Young-joo), an affiliate of the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education, to strengthen computational thinking and information education capabilities based on […]
Even with characters from one of the biggest and most beloved IPs of all time, Marvel Rivals maker NetEase was still taking a significant risk releasing a live-service hero shooter in 2024, just months after PlayStation launched and then subsequently killed its own similar game, Concord. Unsurprisingly, that risk was not lost on NetEase, with […]
SOOP (co-CEOs Su Gil Seo and Young-woo Choi) will exclusively produce and air the Korean-language broadcast of the global StarCraft II tournament “RSL Season 4 (Revival StarCraft II League Season 4).” RSL (Revival StarCraft II League) is a global tournament produced directly by Tasteless (Nicholas Plott) and State (Ryan Visbeck), the on-air duo behind […]
Resident Evil Requiem has emerged after a years-long wait as a triumphant symphony of action and horror, with critics and players praising the deep gunplay, heartfelt story, and in particular, strong performances by Leon Kennedy actor Nick Apostolides, Victor Gideon actor Antony Byrne, and burgeoning Resident Evil star and Grace Ashcroft actor Angela Sant’Albano. As […]
Nongshim RedForce claimed the championship at the LCK Challengers League (hereafter, LCK CL) Kickoff on Tuesday the 3rd, lifting the winner’s trophy for the first time in three years. The LCK CL Kickoff final featured a head-to-head matchup between T1 Esports Academy and Nongshim RedForce. Nongshim RedForce advanced directly to Round 1 of the […]
“A strong sense of justice, ruggedly handsome, AND absolutely jacked.” That’s not a quote from a Bluesky user with an anime profile picture. That’s an official tweet from Nintendo of America, promoting Resident Evil Requiem on Switch 2. I’m kind of in shock. Don’t get me wrong, Nintendo is spitting straight facts. They could’ve added […]
Nexon (Co-CEOs Kang Dae-hyun and Kim Jung-wook) announced that it will hold a “DM (Director’s Message)” event celebrating the 4th anniversary of its popular mobile action game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile (hereafter DNF Mobile) on March 8. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. on March 8 at WDG Studio Hongdae in Seoul, […]
The story of Highguard reads like a fever dream, marked by an oddly timed Game Awards trailer, surprisingly encouraging player numbers at launch, a flurry of large-scale updates, and then, just weeks after launch, the abrupt laying off of most of the development team. The game isn’t dead and in fact is still getting updates […]
It has been confirmed that the Korea Association of Game Industry (K-GAMES) has conveyed to the National Assembly its opposition to adding new regulations under a proposed amendment to the Game Industry Promotion Act, which would mandate disclosure of the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The amendment, introduced by Rep. Kim Seong-won of […]
Good news from Westeros – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 is both confirmed and currently in production. That means that, if you’re already missing Dunk and his little squire Egg after the season 1 finale, you hopefully won’t have long to wait to see them return on HBO. Season 1 brought the […]