{"id":7416,"date":"2026-05-02T08:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/kakao-games-to-shut-down-eversoul-after-three-years-of-service\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:38:33","slug":"kakao-games-to-shut-down-eversoul-after-three-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/kakao-games-to-shut-down-eversoul-after-three-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Kakao Games to shut down Eversoul after three years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"highlights\">\n<li>Player data and community channels set for full deletion in June.<\/li>\n<li>Closure comes amid major shareholder shifts and global expansion plans.<\/li>\n<li>Kakao Games pivots strategy following $198m investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<strong class=\"qual\">Stay Informed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get Industry News In Your Inbox\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sign Up Today<\/p>\n<p>Kakao Games has announced that its mobile RPG Eversoul will shut down on June 30th 2026, bringing an end to the title after three years of live service.<\/p>\n<p>In an official notice, the company said the decision followed an internal review of \u201cvarious circumstances,\u201d despite efforts to maintain service quality since the game\u2019s launch in January 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All in-game data will be permanently deleted once servers go offline, with access to downloads and official community channels also ending on the same day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service wind-down begins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monetisation has already been halted, with in-app purchases disabled from April 29th, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Players who made recent purchases between March 29th and April 29th may request refunds, provided items remain unused. Refund requests will be accepted until the shutdown date.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kakao Games<\/span><\/span> recently announced a strategic investment from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">LY Corporation<\/span><\/span>, which became its largest shareholder following a $198 million investment.<\/p>\n<p>Kakao Games said the funding will support global expansion efforts, particularly in Japan, as it looks to scale publishing operations and strengthen its position in international markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Player data and community channels set for full deletion in June. Closure comes amid major shareholder shifts and global expansion plans. Kakao Games pivots strategy following $198m investment. Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox\u2026 Sign Up Today Kakao Games has announced that its mobile RPG Eversoul will shut down on June 30th 2026,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[7290,77,7289,5603,4606,4311],"class_list":{"0":"post-7416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile-games","8":"tag-eversoul","9":"tag-games","10":"tag-kakao","11":"tag-service","12":"tag-shut","13":"tag-years"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}