Kakao Games has announced that it will be publishing the new MMORPG Ascent: Infinite Realm, or A:IR, in Western territories. This upcoming MMORPG for PC is being developed by Bluehole, a leading South Korean studio known for the highly successful Tera and their recent blockbuster hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
A:IR was unveiled during today’s G-Star Bluehole media showcase in Busan, South Korea. The media briefing showcased A:IR’s open world?marrying a steampunk setting with high fantasy magical elements?as well as the Realm vs Realm (RvR) aerial combat feature that pits all kinds of fantastical ships against one another. A:IR will be playable at the Bluehole booth (A04) during the G-Star exhibition, held at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center (BEXCO).
Kakao Games expects to prepare a first Beta test for Ascent: Infinite Realm in the first half of 2018. Initially, Kakao Games intends to localize the game in English, German, and French.
Minsung Kim, CEO of Kakao Games Europe, said:
“All of us at Kakao Games are very proud to be able to work with the remarkable talent at Bluehole and bring their new AAA MMORPG to Western audiences. We are confident that we can localize their creative vision effectively and help make A:IR into a massive global success.”
Ascent: Infinite Realm takes place in a high fantasy steampunk world where machines and magic rule and everyone is dependent on flight to explore, travel, and conquer. In search of a new home, adventurers take to the skies using a wide selection of airships, vehicles, and flying mounts to traverse A:IR’s open, highly vertical world.
Enjoy the first screenshots and trailer for Ascent: Infinite Realm and stay tuned for more!
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Rmember when Bluehole was referred to as the TERA Online studio I member.
The world design looks rather interesting and distorted, but I’d rather they finish PuB first, before taking on a colossal project like an MMO, which requires years of dedication and work.
The combat could have been more like black desert online.
This looks infinitely more interesting to me than PUBG but no MMO has been able to keep my interest for longer than about a week and that was DCUO.
The stutter and Lag in trailer lol keeping the famous PUBG feature
i would be somewhat interested but its just gonna be microtransactions:the game, like every other mmorpg
The title is misleading… PUBG Corp is still 100% working on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, while Bluehole studios the creators of TERA are working on this new game.
A lot of articles are referring to them as “The PUBG studio” to get more traction since it is their more popular game even though it is made by a different team, most people didn’t know about Bluehole studios until PUBG.
too much crap for me to follow. I also got lost in Tera or a quest bugged and I stopped playing the game pretty early on. Black Desert even less so I simply don’t have the time for MMOs anymore.