Korean Studios Roll Out Anniversary Updates Across Major Titles
Netmarble, NCSoft, Smilegate and others released anniversary patches, new characters and a pair of anime crossovers.
Korean game companies released a batch of large-scale updates across their titles on October 24, 2026, ranging from anniversary patches to new characters and anime collaborations, according to techm.kr.
Netmarble shipped the "BEYOND" update for Solo Leveling: Arise to mark the game's 2.5-year anniversary, adding a new SSR hunter, Goh Gun-hee, Wall of Protection. The company also added the 5-star fighter Chloe to MonGirl: Star Dive.
NCSoft ran a "MORE & MORE" update for Blade & Soul NEO for its second service anniversary, including a new side story, a new raid dungeon, a martial arts PvP event, clan content, new growth elements and class balance changes. Smilegate updated Chaos Zero Nightmare with the season "Promise Held on Snow" for its first anniversary, adding the seasonal combatant Rosvise, a card skin system, special-grade costumes and a partner exploration passive feature. Smilegate also released a large-scale Lord Nine update with new hunting grounds and equipment, including the top-tier field Ervanok.
Dream Age held a first-anniversary event for Architect and updated the game with a Dual Class system and Transcendence Skills. Kakao Games issued the first large-scale update for Dokkaebi's World, adding the PvE content Mangwibi-gyeong and the Nameplate Market, and opened the new server Yuhui. LINE Games added the new character Beta to Genesis Mobile, obtainable for free.
Nexon ran an Inuyasha collaboration update for Dungeon & Fighter Mobile. Devsisters is running an Amazing Digital Circus collaboration in CookieRun: Kingdom until the 18th of next month and in CookieRun: Crumbly until the 19th of next month.
Quick answers
What did the Solo Leveling: Arise anniversary update add?
The "BEYOND" update marks the game's 2.5-year anniversary and adds the SSR hunter Goh Gun-hee, Wall of Protection.
When does the CookieRun: Kingdom Amazing Digital Circus collaboration end?
It runs until the 18th of next month. The CookieRun: Crumbly collaboration runs until the 19th of next month.
What is the new character in Genesis Mobile?
LINE Games added the character Beta, who can be obtained for free.