Gaming in South Korea. Reviews, Walkthroughs, News

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.

[UPDATE] Fellow South Korean website Inven actually transcribed the whole investor (as spotted by MassivelyOP) meeting and, as it turns out, Acting Chairman Park Byeong-moo specifically mentioned Guild Wars 3. So, it's official now.

South Korean games giant Smilegate has reportedly closed its doors.

Multiple real-life images purported to depict an unannounced Xbox Series X model have emerged online. The pictures correspond with some recent rumors suggesting that Microsoft is working on a disc-less version of the Xbox Series X.

The hot ticket for fans of cinematic thrills this April is Monkey Man, the first directorial effort from acclaimed actor Dev Patel. The marketing for the film promises exquisitely captured and well-crafted beatdowns in service of an emotionally relatable tale of avenging familial loss. Its other selling point has been the novelty of seeing Patel, an actor who has never been viewed as an “action star” by the public at large despite being an accomplished taekwondo practitioner, stepping into that role on screen for the first time.

In another interesting revelation, Xbox head Phil Spencer has reportedly backed the arrival of third-party game stores on game consoles. This has led to Xbox fans anticipating the possible launch of game stores, like Steam, on Microsoft's console.

Palworld could be getting dedicated servers sooner than expected for Xbox players, thanks to Tencent.

Star Wars Outlaws is officially supposed to launch sometime this year, and though Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment haven’t yet nailed down a narrower release timing for the action-adventure title, recent developments seem to be indicating that it’ll be out sooner than some might expect.

"Xbox is in real trouble as a hardware manufacturer," GamesIndustry.biz head Chris Dring said. "That's the thing that came out of [the Game Developer Conference] for me."

Multiple Xbox handheld prototypes are being worked on at Microsoft, according to rumors circulating online.

Curious about the release date & time of? Here’s the scoop. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. With the powers bestowed upon him by the System, the story will continue to track Sung Jinwoo and Shun Mizushino as he proceeds to investigate the dungeons.

After winning the hearts of millions of anime fans, the legendary K-Webtoon Solo Leveling is now set to resurrect as an action role-playing game. Are you excited to level up and become the world’s strongest hunter?

Proof has emerged that the release date for the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws may be much sooner than many gamers are anticipating. First revealed in June 2023, Star Wars Outlaws remains one of the most anticipated games of this year, although concrete news on the title has been hard to come by of late.

The have been revealed. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. It will follow Sung Jin-woo / Shun Mizushino as he continues to explore the dungeons with the powers gifted to him by the System.

Microsoft has proposed a new method to make ray tracing in games faster with future DXR API updates by leveraging SSDs to limit VRAM usage.

Bend Studio's new IP is a live-service game, according to some newly emerged evidence. The Sony subsidiary hence appears poised to join its parent's ongoing live-service foray, which is bound to put Bend Studio well outside its comfort zone.

During a podcast, insider Jez Corden ignited further interest in the rumored Xbox handheld console by sharing some key details. The new information suggests that Xbox may be working on something that is closer to the Nintendo Switch than the PlayStation Portal.

NVIDIA has reportedly informed its partners that the supply of its existing GeForce RTX 40 "Ada" family will be reduced significantly moving forward as the company preps for RTX 50 "Blackwell" launch in the gaming segment.

Star Wars Outlaws has received a rating from South Korea.

Ubisoft's open-world RPG Star Wars Outlaws has been rated in South Korea as adults only due to its inclusion of in-game gambling elements.

Star Wars Outlaws is set to release with a 19+ rating in South Korea as the country's ratings board declares it unsuitable for minors due to a gambling mini-game. 

With the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, the South Korean smartphone maker unveiled Galaxy AI, a suite of AI features that aim to elevate the smartphone experience. The company also highlighted that AI features will arrive with its latest devices, while rumours also speculated regarding existing smartphones getting it, namely the Samsung Galaxy S22 series. Now a new report claims that Samsung may eventually include Galaxy AI features in the Samsung Galaxy S22 series. However, the process is still under consideration as if the hardware will be able to support the on-device AI features or not. Know what Samsung is saying about AI features in the Samsung Galaxy S22 series.

When Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment formally unveiled Star Wars Outlaws last year, the open world action-adventure title was officially handed a 2024 launch window, and though further details on when the game will launch have been scant since then, there are indications that that could change soon.

Upcoming battle royale brawler Battle Crush is getting its second beta test, as revealed at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, letting players check out the godly 30-player elimination action and other PVP modes.

Bloober Team and Konami’s Silent Hill 2 remake didn’t exactly put its best foot forward with its combat-focused trailer earlier in the year (a sentiment that even Bloober Team agrees with), but even though the game has attracted some skepticism, given its significance to fans of the Silent Hill franchise, it continues to be one that many are hoping to hear more about soon. And it seems like Konami might be preparing to kickstart that process.

Kakao Games will publish open-world action MMORPG Chrono Odyssey from South Korean studio NPIXEL and its subsidiary Chrono Studio, the companies announced. It will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam.

Xbox is rolling out a new feature for certain Insiders that significantly improves the Microsoft Store's search bar on consoles. The upgrade is currently available to a small subset of Xbox Insiders across all rings.

is a prevalent South Korean reality competition show. It first arrived with season 1 on Netflix on January 24, 2023. It is a fierce survival show where a total of one hundred contestants with strong physiques and physical attributes compete in several difficult challenges to become the ultimate champion. Jang Ho-Gi has served as the creator of the Netflix show. The show’s will arrive on on .

A future console may be on the way, as South Korean regulators recently approved a new dev kit. While it might be too soon for a new console generation, Microsoft could be working on an equivalent to the PS5 Pro.

Pre-registration for Solo Leveling: Arise has finally begun! The action RPG is set to drop around May 2024, although we don’t have an exact date yet. The devs also released a promotional video announcing the arrival of the game on the mobile stores.

Lies of P has surpassed seven million players, Neowiz has announced. The publisher shared this impressive figure on the six-month anniversary of Lies of P's release.

A year after being removed from Steam, Ironmace's Dark and Darker will be available on the Epic Games Store.

AI roundup: In a big move, NVIDIA announces its new Project GR00T which is a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots. These robots will be powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the machine could copy human actions based on just observation. In other news, Samsung is stepping up its game in the semiconductor space by introducing a research lab for AI chip development. Know more about such AI-linked news today, March 19, 2024. 

A new Xbox devkit was rated in South Korea yesterday by the National Radio Research Agency. It's unclear what this console is, but there are a couple of possibilities, such as the leaked all-digital Xbox Series X and separate handheld.

Microsoft seems to be getting ready for a new hardware release. As spotted by X (formerly Twitter) account Xbox News for Koreans (via GamesHorizon), a new Xbox development kit has seemingly been certified by South Korea’s National Radio Research Agency. The certification essentially allows the hardware to be used in the country.

A new Xbox development kit has reportedly been certified in South Korea.

A new Xbox dev kit console was certified today in South Korea, and the model number reveals it is not a development kit for a known console.

A new Xbox console has been certified in South Korea. Identified by model number 2089, the newly leaked device has been labeled as an Xbox dev kit.

It’s finally here! I usually avoid cliché terminologies like ‘much-awaited,’ but in this case, I’m compelled to use it. Wondering which game I am talking about? Well, the much-awaited sequel to AFK Arena, AFK Journey, is set to drop on March 27, 2024. This free-to-play fantasy RPG will be available on both mobile and PC devices.

AI roundup: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol highlights the risk of AI to democracy at a global summit. Yeol talked about how fake news and disinformation are being spread with the use of AI and how it could create a big threat. In other news, Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset with the ability to support on-device generative AI. Know more about such AI news today, March 18, 2024.

KONAMI has remained silent about the release date of the Silent Hill 2 remake. However, several clues point to an inbound announcement.

Triple-A games have had it rough these past couple of years — while we’ve had plenty of great titles, there have been just as many disasters.Take the Suicide Squad game, for example. But fans are looking forward to the upcoming Stellar Blade, even if it is proving to be pretty controversial.

An Overwatch 2 fan has created a concept for what a Masters of the Universe Skeletor crossover would potentially entail with Reaper, one of the game's deadliest close-range damage heroes. Currently in the midst of its ninth season,Overwatch 2 has added a mythic Moira skin as part of its Eldritch Horror Battle Pass, and has revamped Competitive Play, resetting everyone's progress and adding the Champion rank.

Silent Hill 2 has now received its first rating, from South Korea.

Pre-orders for physical copies of the PS5’s upcoming Stellar Blade have opened in South Korea, and the goodies are stunning. As spotted by a Shift Up fan account, buyers can choose between a vinyl soundtrack or a themed USB stick, with the former sporting some particularly fetching artwork. In fact, we’re not sure why this isn’t the box art, because it looks absolutely incredible.

The Silent Hill 2 Remake could be released soon, as indicated by a recent rating posted by the Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC). The Silent Hill 2 Remake was first announced in 2022 as a collaboration between Konami and Bloober Team. Fans were a little cautious about a remake of the seminal horror game, especially after the controversial Silent Hill 2 Combat Trailer that was released in February. Despite some trepidations about the game, it appears that fans may see the full game's release date soon, thanks to a new rating provided by GRAC.

Konami has yet to officially announce a release date for the Bloober Team-developed Silent Hill 2 remake, though PlayStation did suggest earlier in the year that the game would be out sometime in 2024. As such, when a release date or window for the game remained elusive even when a new trailer was shown off last month, questions were raised once again about how far away from launch the game is.

Apple was expected to launch the OLED iPad Pro alongside the M3 MacBook Air models, but it appears that the company took a slightly different approach. Apple announced the M3 MacBook Air models earlier this week with various new upgrades on the inside. However, we are still expecting the OLED iPad Pro models to be released sometime later this month. While the launch time frame stands for the end of March, the company is reported to have ordered 8.5 million units of OLED displays from its suppliers, hinting at potential demand.

One of the most acclaimed world film directors is now turning to one of the most popular global forms of entertainment. At the Anime Awards hosted by Crunchyroll this past weekend, South Korean film auteur Bong Joon-ho took the stage as a featured guest to announce the Anime of the Year award, an accolade given to Jujutsu Kaisen as part of its incredibly impressive 11-award haul at the event. While there was already more than enough anticipation in the room, the director of Parasite made an announcement of his own—active development on a Japanese anime feature film project.

Nexon has launched a teaser website in celebration of its 30th anniversary. It will open on March 14.

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly decided to switch parties, now eying for Samsung Foundry as its primary AI chipmaker as it sees "uncertainty and volatility" at TSMC.

The Marvels star Teyonah Parris has revealed that she had no idea that would be in the movie until it was out.

Netflix has released a new trailer for Chicken Nugget, an upcoming Korean comedy about a woman who turns into a… chicken nugget. 

Blizzard games may be coming back to China soon via leased servers from South Korea. According to a trusted source, an unnamed Korean company believes it can operate Blizzard games in China through these servers, albeit at a high cost.

Adin Ross claims that Twitch could be preparing to lift the controversial streamer's permanent ban later this year, according to a recent Kick stream. Throughout his career as a streamer, Adin Ross has been one of Twitch's, and later Kick's, most outspoken personalities, often speaking his mind for better or worse. He has often received backlash for his controversial takes on topics like transgender people and cancel culture, eventually receiving a permanent ban from Twitch despite being one of the site's top streamers. Now, Ross claims his time away from Twitch won't last much longer.

If you’re into esports then you’ll no doubt have heard of Lee Sang-Hyeok, better known as Faker. He’s known for playing the ever popular League of Legends, and has been hailed as the best player in the world — he is to League what Michael Jordan is to basketball.

AI roundup: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is currently on his Asia tour where he met LG Electronics executives in South Korea. The discussions included partnerships to expand mixed reality devices and AI development; in a move that has shocked the tech world, Apple makes AI a priority and abandons its plans for developing self-driving cars. Reports say many employees from the project will be shifted to the iPhone maker's artificial intelligence (AI) division. 

Tech companies showcased countless connected gadgets at the world's biggest wireless telecom fair, the four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona, which wraps up on Thursday.

A smartphone that can be charged in fewer than 40 minutes. Even better: a tiny nuclear battery that could keep it running for 50 years. Facing consumers who are fed up with having to plug in their phones all the time, device makers are racing to develop more potent batteries that can charge faster and last longer. Telecom firms highlighted some of the progress they've made at the industry's biggest annual show, the four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, which got underway in Barcelona on Monday.

Team Ninja's PlayStation 5 exclusive Rise of the Ronin will feature up to four player co-op online.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg was in Japan on Monday on a mini-Asia tour involving sword-making, mixed-reality headsets in Seoul and reportedly also lavish pre-wedding celebrations for an Indian multi-billionaire's son. Zuckerberg posted footage on Sunday on social media of a "special afternoon learning about making katanas" with a sword master, including of him hammering molten metal and swinging a blade.

is one of the biggest upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusives, but the game is going to be skipping one major market completely. Developed by Team Ninja, the studio behind action hits like, , and, successor to the latter is an open-world historical adventure taking place during a time of major upheaval in 19th century Japan. This setting could prove interesting to many potential fans, but it also treads on some ground that seems like a likely cause for the major exception in its worldwide release.

Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to unveil its first wearable smart ring as part of its health lineup at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. 

Streaming giant Twitch has been fined over $300,000 by the South Korean government for violations of federal law, as the platform prepares to terminate its services in the country. Twitch is ending service in South Korea on February 27, and this massive fine has once again raised eyebrows in response to the streaming service's decision.

Overclocking is an art and this art is mastered by none other than extreme overclockers who are always pushing the envelope with their testing sprees. Now, legendary overclocker, SAFEDISK, is breaking into new grounds by achieving the world's first and record run of SuperPI which was finished in under 3 minutes using an Intel Core i9-14900K CPU.

In a significant development, Turkey's National Lottery Association has announced the prohibition of both Twitch and Kick within the country. The decision stems from concerns surrounding gambling activities prevalent on the widely-used and well-established live-streaming platform Twitch, along with its competitor Kick, which has also attracted a huge audience and top content creators since its inception in December 2022.

The world of K-drama is expanding with every passing day. March 2024 is all set to witness the arrival of an array of highly awaited Korean drama series. From thrillers and mystery to romance and comedy, these K-dramas are of various genres and themes. Thus, it is quite understandable that K-drama fans are in for some binge-worthy series in the upcoming month of March.

Earlier this year, Honor and Porsche Design entered a partnership, and that meant that we were going to get some really gorgeous-looking phones from this partnership. However, that also started signaling the fact that the partnership between Huawei and Porsche Design might come to an end, and that has finally happened.

A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data leak analysed by experts this week revealed.

Atlus has recently revealed Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance and announced that the title will be released on June 21, 2024. Shin Megami Tensei 5 was originally released for the Nintendo Switch in 2021, and it became a critically acclaimed entry in the franchise, but it never received ports or enhanced editions until now.

It’s become a bit of a tradition for Nintendo to drop a Direct presentation every February. That held up this year, but not in the way that some fans expected. Rather than dropping a 40-plus minute presentation highlighting upcoming first-party games, Nintendo released a more casual Partner Showcase today. The 25-minute video, which did not air live, instead highlighted upcoming third-party releases.

The Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase is live, and Atlus has confirmed the existence ofShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance. Out on June 21st for Nintendo Switch, it was also rated recently in South Korea for other platforms. Check it out below.

Apple enthusiasts anticipating the next budget-friendly Apple iPhone SE may have to be very patient. In fact, the iPhone SE launch may not happen until 2025, reports suggest. While previous iterations of the iPhone SE were launched in 2020 and 2022, the Cupertino-based tech giant seems poised to skip a year before unveiling its next affordable iPhone.

Twitch subscriptions are getting more expensive in select countries starting March 28, and the US may be one of the regions seeing a price increase in the near future. These updated prices for Twitch subscriptions will «help streamer revenue keep pace with rising costs» and account for inflation in several countries, according to Twitch.

Developer Shift Up has confirmed that its upcoming PS5 exclusive action RPG Stellar Blade will feature multiple options to allow players to tweak the game's performance. These settings will take the form of three different Stellar Blade graphics settings that players can choose based on their preferences.

Something that's come to define PS5 games throughout the console's lifespan is more choice with regards to visual and performance options. Where we used to simply have to put up with whatever resolution and frame rate a game had by default, nowadays, a lot of major titles will have at least two variations. It seems Stellar Blade will be no different, allowing players to decide how the game looks and runs using a trio of options.