Source: NC
NC (co-CEOs Kim Taek-jin and Park Byung-moo) announced that its MMORPG ‘THRONE AND LIBERTY’ (developed by First Spark Games, CEO Choi Moon-young, hereafter TL) will officially launch in 11 countries, including Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, on May 19. The expansion includes five Eastern European countries—Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan—and five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
Ahead of the official launch, NC conducted a closed beta test (CBT) for users in these regions for eight days, from April 21 to 28. During the test, the company verified technical metrics for core content such as castle sieges and focused on server optimization. In collaboration with local publisher Astrum Entertainment, NC plans to incorporate feedback collected during the test to improve localization, sound optimization, and UI visibility.
Astrum Entertainment CEO Tony Watkins expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration with NC, while First Spark Games CEO Choi Moon-young stated that this launch marks a significant milestone for the game’s global service. TL previously launched in Asia in December 2023, followed by an expansion into North, Central, and South America, Europe, and Oceania in October 2024. During its global launch, the game achieved over 330,000 peak concurrent users on Steam and reached the number one spot in top-selling titles.
This article was originally written in Korean and translated with the help of NC AI. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
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