Writer Nexon has revealed that its recently-released motion RPG, The First Berserker: Khazan, missed inside gross sales forecasts. Throughout its current earnings name (by way of Yahoo Finance), the corporate mentioned that Q1 income for the sport was underneath what the corporate was anticipating of it. Nevertheless, Nexon isn’t too dissatisfied with this, because the sport did handle to get a good bit of economic success, and finally, helped in bringing extra consideration to the Dungeon & Fighter IP.
“The sport made its world debut on March 28 with sturdy scores from each gamers and critics,” mentioned the corporate in its earnings name. “Whereas Q1 income was beneath our outlook, the sport achieved our goal as a strategic first step in a multi-year plan to introduce Dungeon & Fighter IP to a world viewers.”
The Dungeon & Fighter franchise is round a decade outdated at this level. Nevertheless, it has solely actually been identified in east-Asian markets, due to MMO beat ‘em up sport Dungeon Fighter On-line. Nexon has beforehand tried to deliver extra world consideration to the franchise with the discharge of video games like DNF Duel, however had did not spark curiosity within the IP till the discharge of The First Berserker: Khazan.
Dungeon Fighter On-line revolves round gamers taking up the function of characters dubbed Dungeon Fighters as they participate in varied adventures the world over of Arad. The core gameplay revolves round fast-paced actions and dungeon crawling, the place gamers can tackle harmful enemies and progress their character by degree ups in addition to by discovering new gear.
The First Berserker: Khazan takes place in the identical setting, and expands on one of many key time intervals of the backstory. The motion RPG revolves across the eponymous Khazan, who’s saved from the brink of dying by the Blade Phantom. A deal is struck between them, and so they set off to research a mysterious drive that’s inflicting disruptions within the movement of souls from the northern components of Arad.
Developer Neople has continued to help The First Berserker: Khazan by post-launch replace since its launch. The newest one, out earlier this week, introduced with it two Boss Rush modes. Described as modes that supply the “Final Problem”, gamers can participate in what is actually meant to be post-game content material as soon as they’ve completed the primary story. The 2 Boss Rush modes are dubbed the Nice Basic’s Crucible and Berserker’s Bloodshed.
The First Berserker: Khazan is offered on PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. For extra particulars in regards to the motion RPG, take a look at our overview. And in case you’re caught on some components, take a look at our guides for all bosses and their places, a number of the strongest gear units, and how one can degree mastery and earn talent factors shortly.
Whereas The First Berserker: Khazan has been a essential and business success, Nexon additionally has one other sport within the Dungeon & Fighter world within the works. Dubbed Dungeon and Fighter: ARAD, the sport is presently in growth for PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. It doesn’t but have a launch date, nonetheless.
