Netmarble, Kakao Games, Com2uS and Smilegate plan to launch new massively multiplayer online role-playing games in the second half. Their four titles aim to address structural constraints in the genre through different approaches, including handing operating authority to users, directly inheriting a proven intellectual property, differentiating myth-based worldbuilding and reducing the burden of logging in. With launches clustered in the same period, the market will test which approach works in live service.

Major South Korean game companies are mobilising AI detection, criminal complaints and user clean campaigns to eradicate illegal programs known as hacks, but results remain limited. As countermeasures become more advanced, illegal tools also grow more sophisticated, and gaps in current laws are cited as a structural constraint. Companies report millions of account sanctions, while users have even formed vigilante-style responses in some games. Lawmakers have proposed tougher penalties and user punishment rules, but debate continues.