Last Jan. 20, SK Telecom CS T1 published that they've granted Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok a stock option. If Faker exercises his stock option, he will become a shareholder of T1 with 5.66% of t
When the interview with T1's legendary mid laner, Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok got confirmed, we were actually more concerned than excited. It was an hour of his time that rarely came by, so we
‘Squid Game' is a show that premiered on Sep 17, exclusively on Netflix. According to the synopsis, desperate people put their lives on the line for a chance to win 45,600,000,000 KRW [~38,187,1
On Sept. 9, Hong Kong's media South China Morning Post reported that China's regulators will hold the approvals for new online games.
The court gave Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho's final verdict. On Feb. 18, the Uijeongbu district court sentenced cvMax to a 1,000,000 KRW (~905 USD) fine, the same as the initial summary order. When
After five trials, DRX head coach Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho will receive a final verdict from the court in February. Whatever the verdict, however, it will not affect his 5-month suspension from
The fifth trial on the case of Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho's assault charges was held on Dec. 17. In this trial, C, who played under cvMax's coaching in Griffin and followed him to DRX attended as
The third trial of Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho and Choi “Sword” Sung-won was held on September 10. The accuser, Sword, attended as a witness and the interrogation went for approximately
On July 9 (KST), the first public trial for former Griffin head coach Kim “cvMax” Dae-ho was held in the Goyang office of the Uijeongbu district court. CvMax fully denied the assault
On June 30th (KST), it was announced that Jo Hyuk-jin, the former director of Riot Games Korea, will be appointed as the new head of Riot Games Korea.Jo joined RIot Games in 2011, before the launch of
Black Desert Mobile has become a steady seller. Although it has received the grand prize at the Korean Game Award, sales have been decreasing. From time to time, BDM fell behind some games whose
It's been quite some time since Korea was blocked from acquiring the rights to publish in China. When the entryway to the largest foreign market has been blocked, Korean game companies have turned to
Pearl Abyss' new titles, Crimson Desert, DokeV, Shadow Arena, and Plan 8 will all be released through PC. However, no release dates have been revealed. On the 14th (KST), Pearl Abyss held a presentati
Pearl Abyss announced the official names of their new games, PLAN 8, DokeV, Crimson Desert, and opened a teaser website for each game. Through the teaser websites, the names of the games were confirme
A demo version of Hadean and CCP Games' newest title, 'EVE Aether Wars', will be unveiled at G-Star 2019.
There were a number of recent reports regarding NXC chairman, Kim Jung-Joo putting his company up for sale. NXC is a Japanese corporate, and Nexon Korea's holding company. Kim Jung-Joo holds 67.49% of
On November 29th, NCSoft held a press conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of Lineage and introduced their vision and the future direction for the game. “I would like to thank everyone wh
Lost Ark, a Hack and Slash MMORPG developed by Smilegate, passed 350,000 concurrent users on November 14th. Lost Ark started its open beta on November 7th, and reached 250,000 concurrent users on the
Kaeo Milker, the Production Director for Heroes of the Storm, foreshadowed a huge change to the game. They will be dividing the previous 4 hero roles into 6, and remove fort and keep EXP -- as he spoke about it, we could see how determined he was to fundamentally improve Heroes of the Storm. These changes, along with the addition of the HotS-original hero Orphea, shows that the world of HotS may expand even further in the future. As the Production Director for HotS, Kaeo Milker helps decide how and who to adopt from among Blizzard's many characters to add to HotS. We had the opportunity to talk to Kaeo Milker about the future plans for updates at BlizzCon 2018.
Ashe, the 29th hero for Overwatch, was revealed during the opening ceremony for BlizzCon 2018, held at the Anaheim Convention Center on November 2nd. Ashe is a mid-ranged DPS hero who uses a semi-automatic rifle and is expected to bring a significant change to the meta, especially in the Overwatch esports, since her skill set is great for shifting the tides of battle. We had the opportunity to interview Scott Mercer, the principal designer for Overwatch, on this new hero.
