Golden Holiday as a Rebound Opportunity... Competition to Secure Mobile Game Users

NC adds new cross-play feature to Lineage 2M
Nexon hosts special Family Month event for 'Counter Side'
Netmarble prepares large-scale event for 'A3: Still Alive'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] The gaming industry is competing to secure mobile game users with large-scale updates and events during the golden holiday season.

According to the industry on the 30th, NCSoft's mobile blockbuster 'Lineage 2M' has updated new features for the cross-play service 'Purple,' which allows simultaneous play on PC and mobile. NCSoft added the 'Purple On (Purpleon)' feature, developed based on the technology of the existing mobile streaming service 'Yeti.' Game users can check Lineage 2M running on PC in real-time through the mobile Purple app. If the game is closed, it can be remotely launched. Character control is also possible depending on situations such as the character dying or being attacked by other users.

The chat feature 'Purple Talk (Purpletalk)' was also updated. Users can invite others to chat rooms by clan units. Communication is possible through alliance and coalition chats during core Lineage 2M content such as player versus player (PvP) and boss raids. NCSoft plans to add more mobile games to Purple and update new features such as live broadcasting in the future.

NCSoft is also conducting a conquest event for the recently added world server dungeon 'Beora's Ruins.' Game users can collect 'Sealed Orbs' by defeating monsters in Beora's Ruins until May 13. The 'Message from the Magic Laboratory' event has also started. Users can collect 'Clues of Secret Messages' items across the world, register them in a collection, and increase stats such as defense and skill resistance. Item collection is available until May 13, and the collection effects last until May 27.

Nexon has conducted a special update for the urban fantasy role-playing game (RPG) 'CounterSide.' First, it released Children's Day commemorative skins for four characters: 'Eddie,' 'Lee Yumi,' 'Sylvia,' and 'Jane Doe.' Eddie, a wandering mercenary grieving the loss of his young daughter, showcases a special skin recreating happy memories with his daughter.

Additionally, the 'Family Month Attendance Check' event runs until May 21, providing premium items daily. Users can obtain character growth and ship enhancement materials such as 'Aptitude Core Boxes' and 'Advanced Ship Materials' depending on their login dates. Nexon also added new counter units 'Nanahara Chinatsu' and 'Oogami Masaki.' Nanahara Chinatsu is a supporter class who heals allies while repelling enemies, and Oogami Masaki is a defender class who deals area damage to enemies with special skills.

Netmarble is conducting a large-scale event for the battle royale massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) 'A3: Still Alive,' which was successfully launched last month. Users can receive rewards such as one hero accessory, 555 Blue Diamonds, 5 million Mana Stones, and one top-grade Magic Stone Box simply by logging in for seven days. Additionally, a Super Hot Time event runs daily until the 14th. During specific time slots, experience gain, equipment drop rates, gold acquisition, and monster card drop rates increase, allowing users to earn more rewards than usual. An event is also held where users can earn up to double the usual amount of various currencies when using specific content. During the event period, users receive double rewards for participating in world bosses, and the 'Essence of Heiren' obtained from battle royale participation is also doubled. Furthermore, the difficulty of the main quest's 15th chapter has been lowered to make story progression easier, and the difficulty of 'Adrasil's Trial' has been slightly reduced, allowing more users to enjoy the game more easily.

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