NCSoft is expanding the service region for its MMORPG “Throne and Liberty (TL)” to 11 countries across Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the company said on Wednesday. TL is set to launch on May 19. Five Eastern European countries and five Central Asian countries are included. NCSoft previously ran a closed beta test from April 21 to 28 to check technical metrics and server optimisation and plans to reflect user feedback with local publisher Astrum Entertainment.

Uzbekistan plans to set up a special crypto mining zone in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic and give tenant companies tax exemptions until Jan. 1, 2035. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree establishing the Beskala Mining Valley near the Kazakhstan border. Tenant miners will have unrestricted access to Uzbekistan’s unified power grid, with additional power supplied by a hydrogen power plant to be built in Karakalpakstan. Companies must obtain a licence from the National Agency for Perspective Projects.