Netmarble's 'A3: Steel Alive' Ranks No.1 in Both Major App Markets

Various Launch Commemoration Events Held Until the 3rd of Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] Netmarble's ambitious title 'A3: Steel Alive' has ranked number one in popular games on both Google Play and the Apple App Store.

On the 12th at 11 a.m., Netmarble officially launched A3: Steel Alive, the first mobile battle royale massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Just five hours after starting pre-downloads, the game topped the popularity chart on the Apple App Store, and then also ranked number one on Google Play, dominating the popularity charts of the two major domestic app markets.

A3: Steel Alive is a mobile MMORPG reinterpretation of Netmarble's own intellectual property (IP), the PC online role-playing game (RPG) 'A3,' which was released as a PC game in 2002 and received much love.

This game is a fusion genre combining battle royale content with the mobile MMORPG genre, attracting attention from both inside and outside the industry even before its release.

Jang Joong-sun, head of Netmarble, said, "We will make it a game that can be loved for a long time with differentiated fun and content that users have never experienced before."

Meanwhile, to celebrate the launch of A3: Steel Alive, Netmarble has prepared various events until April 3. First, there is an attendance event that rewards the highest-grade in-game item, the '5-star Soul Star,' for logging in seven consecutive days. Additionally, through playing specific content such as the party content 'Dark Invasion' and the free PK in all regions 'Dark Appearance,' players can earn event currency and exchange it for various game currencies and items in the 'White Day Exchange Event.'

There is also a 'Guild Joining Event' that rewards guild leaders of guilds with 20 or more members with 500,000 diamonds and 1,000 guild experience points. Furthermore, weekly events provide game currency to top players by combat power and offer game items such as 'Soul Stars' based on the number of battle royale participations and levels.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.