In recent years, PC MMORPGs entered a hard time. There are few new titles from Korea coming out in 2016. So far, there are only 3 titles, including BLESS, LOST ARK, Lineage Eternal, in open beta or planning to launch closed beta.
NEXON, the biggest publisher in Korea, launched MapleStory 2 and Tree of Savior in 2015. However, its 2016 new MMORPG service plan has not been confirmed yet. Today, let's check out the unveiled new Korean MMORPG's recent developments and future plans.
BLESS
Using Unreal Engine 3, BLESS is a MMORPG developed NEOWIZ Games' subsidiary NEOWIZ BLESS Studio. After the second FGT in December, BLESS entered the final stage and will host an open beta explanation session on January 15th.
LOST ARK
Powered by Unreal Engine 3, LOST ARK is a hack & slash MMORPG. After LOST ARK's FGT in last August in Korea, China-based Tencent Games signed an agreement with Smilegate in last November to publish LOST ARK in China soon. Players have chance to get their hands on LOST ARK in the CBT which will start in the first half of 2016.
Lineage Eternal
the next generation masterpiece, Lineage Eternal is developed by NCsoft and used NC engine which self-developed by NCsoft. After the FGT in last June, NCsoft announced the cooperation with NVIDIA GameWorks developers to perform the newest visual and physical effect.
Although Lineage Eternal did not attend G-STAR 2015, it is busy with the preparation work of CBT in the first half of 2016.
MU2
Developed with Unreal Engine 3, MU2 is also a hack & slash MMORPG from WEBZEN & Play, WEBZEN's subsidiary which is special for development. After launching the community page in February 2014, MU2 attracted a lot of fans and attention. At the press conference in last October, WEBZEN announced that they are aiming to release this game in 2016.
