Gaming in South Korea. Reviews, Walkthroughs, News

This year, Mother’s Day is on next Sunday, May 12th. So, over at upjers GmbH, the team is gearing up to celebrate Mother’s Day across several of their popular games. Celebrating moms with fabric art and confections? Count me in! Want to know more about the upjers Mother’s Day 2024 celebrations, too? Keep reading!

Created by Lee Soo-yeon, is a South Korean thriller series streaming on Disney Plus. The plot revolves around a bodyguard tasked to protect the controversial CEO of a company that makes revolutionary lab-grown meat products. Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, premiered on April 10, 2024. If you are wondering whether there will be a of Blood Free, this is what we have discovered.

Move Interactive has dropped a fresh RPG title based on the popular Power Rangers series. Power Rangers: All-Stars is now up for grabs on both Android and iOS in South Korea. Prepped with 3D, this game brings in every last one of the series’ heroes.

Today, in its Q1 2024 financial report, South Korean publisher Kakao Games revealed that both of its hotly anticipated UE5 powered action MMORPGs, ArcheAge 2 and Chrono Odyssey, are slated to launch globally next year.

Shortly before the launch of , several new details about the game were leaked, including new weapons and bosses. Based on, a popular South Korean manhwa that was recently adapted into an anime, follows protagonist Sung Jinwoo, in a setting where fantasy dungeons and monsters have started to appear on Earth — and, as Sung discovers, he has the unique ability to «level up.»

A new life simulation inspired by the Studio Ghibli movies has been spotted on Steam.

The 2024 announced the winners on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in South Korea. Actor won Best New Actor for Film for his latest movie, Exhuma.

has one material that should be saved for late-game leveling. This new action gacha game is inspired by the popular South Korean webtoon, playable on PC and mobile. A recent interview detailed how players will experience the dungeon-clearing story themselves while building and strengthening a roster of familiar characters. However, as most gacha games do, the best characters will be locked behind a banner that must be pulled on using a specific currency.

Samsung has commenced the rollout of its highly anticipated One UI 6.1 update to its flagship Galaxy smartphones from 2021 and 2022 in South Korea. This update, based on Android 14, introduces numerous enhancements and AI features to the Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy S21 series, and previous models of Galaxy foldable phones.

With Keanu Reeves voicing fan-favourite character Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, excitement surrounding the movie is high, though that won’t be the only place where the Ultimate Lifeform will take centerstage. Later this year, Sega is set to release Sonic X Shadow Generations, an expanded remaster of its acclaimed 2011 3D platformer that will feature an entirely new campaign focused on Shadow the Hedgehog.

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet can get a free Pokemon, Flutter Mane, for a limited time as part of the game's latest promotional event. This Flutter Mane being given away to Pokemon Scarlet & Violet fans isn't just an ordinary one, either, as it is inspired by the one used by the winner of the 2023 Pokemon Trainers Cup, Shin Yeo-myeong.

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has announced that the highly rated PS5 exclusive title stars Jake Song, a veteran game designer, in a cameo appearance. Song, whose digital model appears in Stellar Blade, is a leading name behind one of the biggest games in Shift Up's home country.

MediaCity Games has dropped a new brain-tickler called Atomic Escape. It’s a space-age point-and-click game set in a retro sci-fi world. It’s out on Android for $1.99. In case you don’t know, MediaCity Games has dropped games that show their knack for puzzle adventures. Their lineup includes Escape from Crimson Manor Ep.1, Alice Beyond Wonderland, The Ghost Town Treasure and The Lost Fountain.

On April 24th, I shared the news that Brown Dust 2 was bumping up the age rating in South Korea. Neowiz, the publishers, tweaked the age requirement from 12+ to 19+ starting April 25th. I also said that this age rating bump wouldn’t hit other places, but it looks like I was wrong! Yep, now Brown Dust 2 global age rating is also getting tweaked.

Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has said it intends to grow the country's console market by 2028 in order to revitalise its games industry.

AMD Ryzen CPUs are leading in the Korean DIY sales charts against Intel's Core lineup with Ryzen 5 being the choice of gamers.

The Nintendo Switch 2 could still hit the market in 2024, according to a newly emerged report. The notion of this possibility even existing appears to run contrary to a number of recent reports on the next-generation Nintendo console.

Stellar Blade is out, and it has been met by a largely positive reception — but many are wondering who plays Eve, as much of the discourse has centred on her.

Stellar Blade is the latest PlayStation 5 exclusive to release with a decent-sized story, plenty of side quests and a full list of trophies to collect.

Who is the real-life model Eve is based on in Stellar Blade? Eve's curves and revealing attire has attracted a lot of fans to Shift Up's console debut, but is she inspired by a real person and who is it? On this page, as part of our Stellar Blade guide, we're going to answer the question: who is the real-life model Eve is based on?

I wasn’t expecting to love Stellar Blade. From the overly sexualised outfits that dominated its pre-release discourse, to the boss battles that looked a bit too difficult for my liking, I wouldn’t have been surprised if I bounced right out of it after a few minutes.

After bringing games like ScourgeBringer and Strange Horticulture from PC to mobile, Plug in Digital is now dropping Spirit of the Island on Android soon. The adventure title is now available for pre-registration on Google Play for Android users. The game is set to launch on July 16th.

Neowiz, the publishers of Brown Dust 2, have decided to tweak the age rating for the game in South Korea. When April 25, 2024, hits and maintenance starts, Brown Dust 2 will require players to be 19+ to dive in. Despite this jump in Brown Dust 2 age rating, the rest of the world won’t see this shift.

Stellar Blade director Kim Hyung-tae was inspired to start making games by PS1 classics like Ridge Racer and Final Fantasy after being "too poor" to afford a gaming console as a child.

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In 2021, we commented on the development of Cygames’ Project Awakening and how Granblue Fantasy: Relink wasn’t the only action RPG taking a while to cook. Fast-forward to 2024 and while Relink has done well for itself, the former is still nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, the development team updated fans on Twitter, assuring them that the game hasn’t been cancelled.

An executive of Electronic Arts Japan has criticised the Japanese video game ratings board for allowing upcoming action game Stellar Blade to be released uncensored while EA's own Dead Space was banned in the country.

Sega has declared 2024 the year of Shadow the Hedgehog, which means fans of the Ultimate Lifeform (as he likes to be referred to) have plenty to look forward to in the coming months. That, of course, includes Keanu Reeves voicing him in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which will release in theaters worldwide this December, but Sonic fans in the gaming space won’t be left behind either.

Well, that didn’t take long. After tech demos from the likes of Nvidia inviting us to chat with NPCs whose entire conversations are generated by AI, it looks like the first game built wholly on that controversial idea is due to arrive this year. Uncover the Smoking Gun puts its ChatGPT-powered dialogue front and centre, as the player’s detective interviews robot suspects to solve a murder case.

Microsoft has announced another edition of the ID@Xbox Digital Showcase, its annual event focused on indie games, which is returning a week from now, on April 29, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST.

In a recent revelation at the Black Hat Asia conference, security researchers unveiled a cunning cybercrime scheme exploiting Apple Store Online's 'Someone else will pick it up' feature. This exploit has reportedly netted criminals over $400,000 in just two years.

Sonic X Shadow Generations, the upcoming remaster from SEGA, has been rated in South Korea.

Sonic x Shadow Generations has been rated in South Korea.

Sonic x Shadow Generations has already received age classifications in several jurisdictions, with its latest rating emerging on April 19. This turn of events is a promising sign for Sega's fandom, as it indicates that Sonic x Shadow Generations is on course to hit the store shelves without any delays.

Developer SHIFT UP and Sony have released an official Stellar Blade BIBI 'Eve' music video ahead of the game's launch on PS5 next week.

Since the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 era, Japanese developers have struggled to keep up with their Western colleagues, as, according to the NieR series creator, they are not good at adapting technology from overseas for multiple reasons.

Nier Automata's director believes Japanese game developers have had difficulty implementing "Western systems" because it was hard for them to move away from Japanese-made game engines.

Get your dealing hands ready, as Star Wars Outlaws will let us all participate in a round of Sabacc or two.

The PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog is expanding to include 14 new games today. The April 2024 additions to PS Plus even include one day-one release.

For a small game, Dave the Diver has made a big splash — pun fully intended.

Nintendo has announced a new Indie World Showcase for April 17th at 7 AM PT, featuring roughly 20 minutes of announcements and updates on upcoming indie games for the Nintendo Switch in 2024.

After commencing the rollout of its suite of AI features on the Galaxy S23 series a few weeks ago, Samsung has announced that it is bringing Galaxy AI to the Galaxy S22 series as well as the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 smartphones next month. This was first reported in March although a few dark clouds were surrounding the possibility of AI features on older models due to the hardware limitations. But it seems like Samsung has found a way to breathe new life into its flagship smartphones from 2022.

We’ve been starved for Hollow Knight: Silksong news for what’s felt like an eternity, but several recent developments have indicated that that could be changing soon. Earlier this month, the game’s official Xbox Store page went live, which was accompanied by ratings by the ESRB in North America and the GRAC in South Korea.

Popular streamer Adin Ross is once again appealing Twitch to revoke his permanent ban from the platform, just over a year after his initial suspension. Twitch's policy on bans has not avoided some of its most popular creators, with many big-name streamers receiving bans for breaking the Amazon-owned streaming site's terms of service. The site's banning system has been an open spot of controversy for Twitch, with CEO Dan Clancy even recently admitting that Twitch needs a better feedback system for its bans. Now, Adin Ross is once again calling for his unbanning.

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up, previously known for the likes of Goddess of Victory: Nikke, has repeatedly discussed the challenges of shifting to a more ambitious, current-gen action RPG, especially in a mobile-dominated market like South Korea's. In a new making-of documentary from PlayStation, some of the studio's heads explain in more detail that "many people felt we were out of our mind" for pursuing this project and platform. 

With Shift Up’s Stellar Blade out in two weeks, a new behind-the-scenes video is available discussing the various processes behind development. Director Kim Hyung-tae reveals that its inspiration came from a taxi strike. With the job to be replaced by machines, he pondered what would happen if humanity were replaced.

Shift Up has asked players to “go easy” on the Stellar Blade demo, which is proving to be a hit with players.

Persona 5: The Phantom X is about to steal your heart – and your free time – with its release on April 18th. Persona 5: The Phantom X, developed by Black Wing Game Studio and distributed by Perfect World Games under ATLUS, is based around the Persona 5 universe, but goes its own way. Both veterans and beginners can explore a distinct Persona 5 chronology and perspective with new characters and a new storyline.

There’s been no shortage of recent indications that Star Wars Outlaws is going to release sooner than many expect. In addition to age ratings going up in Brazil, Australia, and South Korea, promotional pre-order material for the game has also been spotted in the wild, while leaks have previously claimed that the game is due out in the first half of the year. Now, a release date has leaked, and though it’s not quite in the first half of 2024, it’s still not terribly far away.

AI roundup: With preference for online exams growing, an online assessment solutions company announced its AI-powered remote proctored exam platform to eliminate the chances of cheating. In other news, South Korea is planning to invest over $7 billion in AI to retain its name as a leading semiconductor chip provider. Know about more such AI news from today, April 9,  in our roundup. 

Samsung’s attempt to churn out an iMac clone that runs Windows turned out to be a decent attempt, with the company calling its latest desktop the All-In-One Pro. The most apparent difference between this machine and the rest of the pack is that its entire build is made out of aluminum, including the stand, which should make for a highly durable product. Additionally, it is kitted out with some decent hardware, so let us check out those specifications in detail.

Rumblings around Star Wars Outlaws have been growing increasingly louder in recent days. Recently, Ubisoft revealed that it would be premiering a new story trailer of the open world action-adventure title on April 9, and with many hoping that the trailer comes with a release date announcement, it’s now also looking like pre-orders for the title will be going live soon as well.

Marketing for Star Wars Outlaws is about to kick off in a big way, with the world premiere story trailer slated to air on Tuesday, April 9 at 9 AM Pacific Time/noon Eastern Time/6 PM Central European Time.

Earlier today, Ubisoft revealed it is not waiting for the recently announced Forward event (slated to air on June 10 live from Los Angeles) to show off Star Wars Outlaws again. The game in development at Massive Entertainment is getting a new world premiere story trailer next week, on Tuesday, April 9 at 9 AM Pacific Time/6 PM Central European Time.

Ahead of its Ubisoft Forward showcase on June 10th, Massive Entertainment’s Star Wars Outlaws will receive a new story trailer. It premieres on April 9th at 9 AM PST/6 PM CET.

Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, seems set to be a major entry among the PS5's lineup of exclusives for 2024. It's an original IP, following a character named Eve on a combat-focused adventure in the ruined Earth of a dark future. At first glance, it looks a lot like a game operating in the same mode as, but is also pulling in a bit of 's over-the top flair and a lot of FromSoftware's nail-biting approach to action in

AI roundup: Nvidia and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison are in talks to build an artificial intelligence centre in Central Java in 2024. The companies may invest $200 million for the development. In other news, Microsoft warns countries such as the US, South Korea and India about China's intention to disrupt elections with the help of AI. Know more about what AI news is in our roundup. 

Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has discussed its DLC plans for the upcoming PS5 exclusive.

First there was an Xbox Store page, and now there is an age rating; might Hollow Knight: Silksong finally be about ready to release? Speculation concerning Team Cherry's PS5 and PS4 sequel is widespread right now, and a newly uncovered South Korean age rating has only fuelled online chatter. Interestingly, the age rating was actually registered in February, but the rating has only been brought to life now as fans dig deep for any fresh shred of information.

In the last few days, the users of the Samsung Galaxy S23 series have become the recipient of Galaxy AI features such as AI wallpaper generator, image editor and note summaries, courtesy of the One UI 6.1 update. While the new features are indeed enticing, the update has caused a different headache for some, with new problems arising on the Galaxy S23 series smartphones.

Samsung announced the Galaxy S24 series in January, and now it is the time of the year when experts and tipsters start speculating about what the new generation of Fan Edition device will have in store. A new report suggests that the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE manufacturing has been started. Several leaks around the devices have also started to emerge, giving us a glimpse of what might come with the new FE lineup. Know what the new Galaxy S24 FE will have to offer. 

Contrary to some recent speculation, the Horizon 3 reveal is not imminent, a leaker of rising prominence has claimed. Aside from the next entry in the Horizon franchise, the insider also offered an update on the next Naughty Dog project.

The Stellar Blade demo input lag that's been troubling a vocal section of the game's fandom since late March can reportedly be fixed by disabling the HDCP option in the PlayStation 5 settings. This was recently discovered by one inquisitive Stellar Blade player after some tinkering.

The new Hollow Knight game, Silksong has officially bee rated in South Korea ahead of its release, which isn’t supposed to be until sometime late 2024. However, the game has gone through many delays which has people wondering if this release date will actually stick.

Hollow Knight: Silksong was classified in South Korea, a move that has sparked speculation about an impending announcement regarding its release date. The anticipation surrounding Hollow Knight: Silksong has reached a fever pitch, with fans eagerly awaiting news of its release date.

Shift Up, the South Korean studio responsible for the upcoming Stellar Blade, appears to be hiring for a new project in Unreal Engine.

Following ratings in South Korea and Australia, Massive Entertainment’s Star Wars Outlaws has been rated in Brazil. With Ubisoft announcing its next showcase for June 10th, it seems more likely than ever that a release date could be announced.

There’s been quite the commotion about Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight: Silksong due to its Xbox Store page and ESRB rating suddenly going live. If those aren’t enough to indicate an impending announcement, the highly anticipated Metroidvania has been rated “12+” in South Korea.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has been classified in South Korea, suggesting news about the game’s release date could be on the way.

Stellar Blade's developer is already hiring for its next game, a "cross-platform next-gen project."

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Tencent Cloud is now the official server provider for Palworld. The Chinese cloud giant confirmed the news via a press release shared with TechRadar earlier this week.

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up is already staffing up for its next project. This information has arrived via some newly emerged job listings, which also suggest that Shift Up's new game will share some similarities with Stellar Blade itself.

Following weeks of speculation, Samsung has announced that it is gearing up to launch two smartphones soon. The devices, Galaxy M55 5G and Galaxy M15 5G, promise several segment-leading features. The South Korean smartphone maker says both smartphones will be launched on April 8 at 12 PM IST in India. 

We got out first look at Silent Hill 2’s remake since its announcement with a new trailer at a State of Play event earlier this year, and though there were many who weren’t pleased with how the trailer turned out (including the game’s own developer), it looks like Konami is going to take another crack at showcasing the survival horror remake.

At the end of, the creators of the Netflix reality show teased season 3, piquing the audience’s interest. The main motto behind Jang Ho-Gi’s creation is to find the perfect physique through some gruelling challenges.

Samsung has been in the news recently as details regarding the development of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 have been surfacing. So far, we have come across several leaks and speculation, giving an idea about what Samsung may announce. But, now a new shocking leak is claiming that Samsung may include a higher model in the Galaxy Z Fold family. Rumours suggest that there might be an additional “ Ultra” model for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6. With that being said, the higher version is also expected to be more feature-rich and more expensive than the Galaxy Z Fold 6. Know what Samsung is planning for the new generation of foldable smartphones. 

POSSIBLE SPOILERS! The upcoming Silent Hill 2 Remake has been rated by the ERSB, and the rating's description might hint at some new explicit scenes.

The development of the Silent Hill 2 remake looks right on track as new details emerge about its ESRB rating. From what fans have come to expect of the horror franchise over the decades, the rating for Silent Hill 2 remake seems very on point.

PlayStation suggested earlier this year that the Silent Hill 2 remake would be out sometime in 2024, but other than repeated assurances that the game is in the final stages of development, neither Konami nor developer Bloober Team have said anything at all about a launch date. Recent developments have, however, indicated that that could change in the not-too-distant future.