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Kakao Games fires employee over 'Odin: Valhalla Rising' leak

Kakao Games has fired the employee who leaked update plans for the company's online game “Odin: Valhalla Rising” to a user of the game.

2023-10-26

Claws out for Korea’s copycat game industry after Lineage M ruling

In Korea's game industry, the "Lineage Like” category refers to copycat games strongly reminiscent of the popular Lineage game franchise developed by NCSoft.

2023-08-22

NCSoft files suit against Kakao Games for alleged copyright infringement

NCSoft filed a suit against Kakao Games and subsidiary XL Games for alleged copyright infringement of its Lineage 2M online game, the game publisher said Wednesday. "We have found many similarities in the content and system in ArcheAge War, a ...

2023-04-05

Kakao Games to release ArcheAge War on March 21

Kakao Games will release its new massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) ArcheAge War on March 21, the publisher said Tuesday. The new MMORPG, which will be available for cross-play on both PC and mobile, is expected to ...

2023-02-28

Night Crows MMORPG by Wemade to be released in April

Wemade's new online game Night Crows will be released in April, the publisher said Thursday. The latest massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) by Wemade is based on the story of the Holy Crusade that started in the 11th ...

2023-02-09

Smilegate to support small companies with $10 million of funding

Smilegate will contribute 13 billion won ($10 million) to co-establish a fund for smaller companies with the Korea Foundation for Cooperation of Large&Small Business, Rural Affairs, the game company said Thursday. It is the first game company to ...

2022-12-15

Dave the Diver an unlikely hero in game and for Nexon

Nexon is betting that smaller teams with smaller budgets will produce better games. One example of this strategy in action is Dave the Diver, a PC and console roleplaying game (RPG) that involves deep-sea diving, fishing and sushi ...

2022-11-26

Game publisher Pearl Abyss reports 20% drop in net profit in Q3

Pearl Abyss reported a 20-percent drop in net profit during the third quarter compared to the same period last year due to investment losses, the game publisher said Wednesday. The company’s July-to-September net profit came in at 21.3 billion ...

2022-11-09

The latest from Kakao Games: Odin: Profit Falling

Kakao Games net profit plunged 75 percent in the third quarter on year as game sales slowed. The Kakao subsidiary reported a 11.3-billion-won ($8 million) net profit during the July-to-September period, falling short of a market consensus of ...

2022-11-02

[NEWS IN FOCUS] Loot box backlash worries entire Korean game industry

A horse-and-buggy protest over shoddy treatment of players of an online game by Kakao Games is swelling into a challenge to the entire Korean gaming industry. On Sept. 23, 201 users of mobile game Uma Musume Pretty Derby filed a class action ...

2022-10-06