Nongshim RedForce claimed the championship at the LCK Challengers League (hereafter, LCK CL) Kickoff on Tuesday the 3rd, lifting the winner’s trophy for the first time in three years.   The LCK CL Kickoff final featured a head-to-head matchup between T1 Esports Academy and Nongshim RedForce. Nongshim RedForce advanced directly to Round 1 of the …

“A strong sense of justice, ruggedly handsome, AND absolutely jacked.” That’s not a quote from a Bluesky user with an anime profile picture. That’s an official tweet from Nintendo of America, promoting Resident Evil Requiem on Switch 2. I’m kind of in shock. Don’t get me wrong, Nintendo is spitting straight facts. They could’ve added …

Nexon (Co-CEOs Kang Dae-hyun and Kim Jung-wook) announced that it will hold a “DM (Director’s Message)” event celebrating the 4th anniversary of its popular mobile action game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile (hereafter DNF Mobile) on March 8.   The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. on March 8 at WDG Studio Hongdae in Seoul, …

The story of Highguard reads like a fever dream, marked by an oddly timed Game Awards trailer, surprisingly encouraging player numbers at launch, a flurry of large-scale updates, and then, just weeks after launch, the abrupt laying off of most of the development team. The game isn’t dead and in fact is still getting updates …

It has been confirmed that the Korea Association of Game Industry (K-GAMES) has conveyed to the National Assembly its opposition to adding new regulations under a proposed amendment to the Game Industry Promotion Act, which would mandate disclosure of the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI).   The amendment, introduced by Rep. Kim Seong-won of …

Good news from Westeros – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 is both confirmed and currently in production. That means that, if you’re already missing Dunk and his little squire Egg after the season 1 finale, you hopefully won’t have long to wait to see them return on HBO. Season 1 brought the …

Microsoft (hereafter “MS”) announced on the 20th that it has appointed Asha Sharma as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. The appointment is part of a large-scale executive restructuring carried out as Xbox marks its 25th anniversary.   Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, explained the rationale behind appointing Sharma, saying, “We highly valued the performance …

Bungie has officially delayed Destiny 2’s next major update, previously titled Shadow and Order, to June 9. Shadow and Order was supposed to launch on March 3, but when Bungie announced in January that its next big shooter Marathon is releasing on March 5, there was a lot of doubt that Destiny’s update would hold …