2 weeks Ago By Jung So-yeon
Netmarble announced on April 14 that it has successfully concluded the first global official tournament, "Solo Leveling: Arise Championship 2025," for its action game "Solo Leveling: Arise," developed by Netmarble Neo. The "Solo Leveling: Arise Championship" showcased players competing in the popular game mode "Battle of Time" on April 12 at the Gwangmyeong Ibex Studio. Tickets for the preliminary round sold out within a minute during the first sale on April 4, and the second sale on April 8 also sold out in just seconds, attracting significant attention even before the event.
The tournament featured 16 players from diverse regions, including Europe, South America, North America, and Asia, who qualified to participate in the finals in Korea. Among them, the four players with the best records competed in the championship. The championship title was won by "OhReung" from the guild "NahoneLevelGallery," who cleared the four battlefields in an impressive time of 2 minutes and 57 seconds.
The champion "OhReung" expressed gratitude, stating, "Thank you for sharing this brilliant moment of becoming a world champion. I plan to donate half of the prize money to support those affected by wildfires." The champion received a prize of 10 million won along with an "LG Gram Pro 360.
" Additionally, the runners-up were awarded 7 million won and 3 million won along with various prizes, including "LG UltraGear Gaming Monitors." Moreover, several offline events were held for attendees at the venue, which was bustling with spectators. Various giveaways, such as the "ASUS ROG ALLY X" and the "COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 4070 Vulcan OC D6X 12GB Graphics Card," were distributed through different events.
Meanwhile, "Solo Leveling: Arise" is the first game from the "Solo Leveling" IP, which has garnered a global total of 14.3 billion views. Within approximately 10 months of its official launch, it achieved 60 million global users and won the Grand Prize at the 2024 Korea Game Awards.
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