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The PC online game market is attracting much attention as the end of the year, which is regarded as the peak season, amid the increase in the number of’Zipcocks’ due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
As external activities are drastically reduced compared to other seasons, winter is a season where you can enjoy fun in the PC game industry, and the game industry is trying to secure users by releasing new games and updating old games.
Elion of Kakao Games, which was released on the 10th, showed a strong presence by rising to 10th place on the 12th.
Elion is a PC large-scale multiple access role game (MMORPG) serviced by Kakao Games and developed by Krafton Blue Hole Studio.
Elion is the first game after listing on Kakao Games, and is a game with the fate of Krafton, which is about to go public next year.
This is the first major MMORPG since’Lost Arc’ released by Smilegate in November 2018, and it is a story in which two races fight to acquire the right to operate’Elysium’, the only huge portal that can go to the source of power. .
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Neptune’s subsidiary Nimble Neuron’s new work’Eternal Regression: Black Survival’ is also showing remarkable achievements, with the number of simultaneous users exceeding 50,000 on a Steam basis. According to The Log, a PC room statistics site on the 14th, Eternal Regression ranked 10th in the popular game rankings among games that are within the range of December 1st to 13th.
Eternal Regression is an early access version (a beta test version that sells unfinished games to users), and is about to be officially released at the end of next year. It was released as an early access version on Steam on October 14th, and the number of concurrent users recorded 10,000 in one month, and steadily increased, exceeding 50,000 on the 6th.
Eternal Regression is a PC game that implements the first-generation mobile battle royale game’Black Survival’ developed with 2D graphics in 3D. Play time is around 20 minutes. The purpose is to collect materials on an independent island, make weapons, and survive to the end. Up to 15 people in solo mode and up to 18 people in Duo-Squad mode.
Eternal Regression is constantly being updated with global services in mind. Currently, it supports a total of 13 languages including Korean, English, Russian and Chinese, and plans to continue upgrading.
Neptune said, “The moment we aim to create a game that can be successful in Korea, it is the idea of Nimble Neuron that it is easy to come up with a game that is abandoned by Korean players,” said Neptune. It can be loved by global players including Korean players.”
CD Project Red (CDPR)’s anticipation’Cyberpunk 2077′ is also receiving hot attention. The pre-sale of’Cyberpunk 2077′ announced by CDPR is more than 8 million copies, and according to CDPR, sales revenue from digital reservations has already exceeded production and marketing costs. The number of Steam users also once exceeded 1 million.
The online game’Cyberpunk 2077′, released on the 10th, is a first-person open world action role playing game (RPG) that can be enjoyed on PC platforms and consoles. The game is set in the night city of the giant city in 2077, and the user becomes a mercenary V, explores the giant city, fights, and develops characters.
However, consoles are being ignored by users due to frequent bugs. It was postponed three times for high degree of completion, but reviews are continuing that it is insufficient.
It is generally receiving good reviews from PC users. It has been reported that some users replace PC parts such as graphics cards to experience high-level graphics.
An industry official said, “It is regrettable that the PC game market is not as vibrant as it used to be due to restrictions on the use of PC rooms. We expect the game market to be even more vibrant,” he said.
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