Crazyracing Kartrider
Crazyracing KartRider () 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. 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. Development. The  initial South Korean version was released on June 1, 2004. Localized versions launched in China as "PopKart" () 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". 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. Reception. By 2007, about 25% of South Koreans had played the game at least once. , the game has reached a total of over registered  users worldwide on the PC platform, including over half of the Korean population and over 45% of the Taiwanese population. The mobile version "KartRider Rush+" surpassed 10 million downloads globally after its first two weeks of release. It has also topped the Google Play ranking of South Korea. By 2020, the franchise had grossed over worldwide in lifetime revenue. , it has grossed over worldwide. Section::::"KartRider: Drift". On November 14, 2019, Nexon announced an updated global version under the name "KartRider: Drift" for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at Microsoft's X019 which will be released worldwide in 2022. This  is the first time the franchise is released on console and have cross-platform capability. A first closed beta test began on December 6, 2019, and ended on December 9, 2019. A second closed beta lasted from June 4, 2020, to June 10, 2020. After an extended period of development, a third closed beta test was held between December 9, 2021, and December 15, 2021.