Our latest coverage of Kakao Games.
Kakao Games has apparently delayed ArcheAge 2 from 2024 to sometime in 2025 or beyond, as revealed in the South Korean publisher’s Q4 2023 investor report. The report’s list of upcoming games has the highly awaited MMORPG’s launch set for “Post 25” along with the global version of Ares: Rise of Guardians and three other unnamed games. The good news [...]
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Kakao as a whole has seen significant growth this year but its gaming arm, Kakao Games, failed to pull its own weight. According to the Kakao’s Q2 2023 financial report, Kakao Games saw a 20% decline in revenue this past quarter due to a number of factors including weak revenue from Battlegrounds, stabilization of existing titles, and the “rebound from [...]
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Over the past few months, it seems like everybody is suing somebody else in the video game world for copyright infringement or some trademark violation or other. The latest one comes from NCSoft who filed a copyright infringement and unfair competition complaint against Kakao Games and XL Games for allegedly plagiarizing Lineage 2M features for use in its upcoming ArcheAge [...]
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Kakao Games has seen a very significant dip in its revenue for the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year. The South Korean video game company’s Q3 2022 financial report shows a whopping 34.2% drop in revenue year-over-year at 306.9 billion Won (roughly $215.33 million) which is largely attributed to the “stabilization of mobile game services” [...]
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A massive fire erupted at a data center in Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea this past weekend which housed servers owned by big-name Korean publisher Kakao Games. The fire and the loss of the servers particularly affected Moonlight Sculptor which went offline at around 11:30 p.m. on Friday night and remained out of service for the better part of the next [...]
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The sequel to 2013's ArcheAge is scheduled for a 2024 release according to the latest press release issued jointly by the game's developer and publisher. ArcheAge 2 has been under development since at least 2020 with XLGames studio founder Jake Song again at the helm. The latest update states that over 100 developers are working on the game. The studio [...]
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South Korean video game publisher Kakao Games has partnered with another development studio from its home country as part of its efforts to secure their footing in the ever-growing blockchain games industry. The publisher has invested an undisclosed amount in RedLab Games and their upcoming play-to-earn MMORPG, codenamed Project R, which is planned for release on mobile devices. According to [...]
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Kakao Games has big things planned for ArcheAge, Elyon, and their other multiplayer games over the next couple of months as the studio revealed during their Kakao Now livestream on Thursday. This summer, ArcheAge players will be heading to the Great Prairie of the West, Epherium. The land is home to fearless warriors called the Firran and will be opening [...]
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Do you know your way around Photoshop? If so, now's your chance to put your skills to good use! Kakao has released the schedule for their upcoming Costume Design contest for Black Desert Online. Players will be able to submit their designs between February 7th to March 5th for a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000. The top [...]
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The Korean studio Bluehole, best known as the developers of fantasy MMORPG Tera and Battle Royale kingpin Playerunknown's Battlegrounds have just revealed their next project. Ascent: Infinite Realm (A:IR) is a steampunk inspired fantasy MMORPG with a strong emphasis on aerial combat, war mechs, and airships. The MMORPG will be published in the West by Kakao Games, of Black Desert [...]
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