Crazyracing Kartrider

Crazyracing KartRider (Korean: 크레이지레이싱 카트라이더) is an online multiplayer racing game developed by Nexon Korea Corporation. It is part of the Crazy Arcade franchise. It earns revenue by selling virtual items within the in-game shop, including different types of vehicles and spraypaints. KartRider features fictitious fantasy vehicles and branded game models based on real-life cars, developed in collaboration with companies such as BMW Korea.

Crazyracing KartRider
Developer(s)Nexon Korea Corporation
Publisher(s)Nexon Korea Corporation
Tiancity
Gamania
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • KOR: June 1, 2004
  • CHN: October 1, 2006
  • TW: December 19, 2006
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game offers a variety of game modes, primarily based around item races using power-ups (comparable to Mario Kart). Speed racing which requires the player to drift to gain boost items.[1]

Development

The initial South Korean version was released on June 1, 2004. Localized versions launched in China as PopKart (Chinese: 跑跑卡丁車) on March 18, 2006, and Taiwan on January 4, 2007. A closed beta for an English version of KartRider began in America on May 1, 2007 and ended on May 31, 2007. The open beta began on October 2, 2007 and ended on March 19, 2008. It was then closed without statement by Nexon America; all references to the game were subsequently removed from the company's website. Later versions were released in Thailand, Vietnam (as BoomSpeed), Russia, Indonesia, and Japan, which all closed eventually.

On March 11, 2011, Nexon America released a mobile version of KartRider for the Apple App Store under the name KartRider Rush.[2][3][4] This version closed later on as well. A KartRider client released for Facebook called KartRider Dash has been shut down as of April 15, 2014.

On May 12, 2020, KartRider Rush+ was released on Google Play and the iOS App Store, the latter already having provided a Chinese version the year before.[5][6][7] It surpassed 10 million downloads globally after its first two weeks of release.[8][9][10] It has also topped the Google Play ranking of South Korea.

Reception

By 2007, about 25% of South Koreans had played the game at least once.[11] As of May 2020, the game has reached a total of over 380 million registered users worldwide on the PC platform, including over half of the Korean population and over 45% of the Taiwanese population.[12] As of August 2020, the game has grossed over $700 million worldwide in lifetime revenue.[13]

KartRider: Drift
KartRider: Drift
Developer(s)Nexon Korea Corporation
Publisher(s)Nexon Korea Corporation
Nexon America Inc.
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Xbox One
Release
  • WW: 2021
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

On November 14, 2019, Nexon announced an updated global version under the name KartRider: Drift for PC and Xbox One at Microsoft's X019 which will be released worldwide in 2021.[14][15] This is the first time the franchise is released on console and have cross-platform capability.

A first closed beta test began on December 5, 2019 and ended on December 8, 2019.[16] A second closed beta lasted from June 3, 2020 to June 10, 2020.[17]

References
  1. "KartRider Game Modes Guide". Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110311005839/en/Nexons-KartRider-Rush-Races-iOS
  3. "App Store - KartRider Rush". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. "NEXON MOBILE, KartRiderRush". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. VGR (2020-05-30). "KartRider Rush+ Review and Giveaway Announcement". VGR. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  6. "KartRider Rush+ Is Live With Multiple Modes & 45+ Tracks". Android Headlines. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  7. "KartRider Rush+: A SuperParent First Look". SuperParent. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  8. "KartRider Rush+ Races Past 10 Million Global Downloads". Android Headlines. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  9. "KartRider Rush+ Downloaded Over 10 Million Times In Just Two Weeks". TheGamer. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  10. "Nexon's 'KartRider Rush+' gets a massive 10 Million download in two weeks". Micky. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  11. Kbs Global Archived 2007-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Investor Presentation Q1 2020" (PDF). Nexon. May 13, 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  13. "Investor Presentation Q2 2020" (PDF). Nexon. August 6, 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  14. "Grab the Wheel in the Newest Online Cross-Platform Kart Racing Game, KartRider: Drift!". www.businesswire.com. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  15. "X019: The Legendary PC Racing Game, KartRider: Drift, Coming Soon to Xbox One". Xbox Wire. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  16. "KartRider: Drift's Closed Beta, X019 And More! | Official KartRider: Drift Website". KartRider: Drift | Official Website. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  17. "Sign Up For Closed Beta 2! | Official KartRider: Drift Website". KartRider: Drift | Official Website. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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