NCSoft's James Bae Details Cinder City Pre-Alpha Test And Winter Alpha Plans
NCSoft vice president James Bae discussed Cinder City in a 4Gamer interview, describing the open-world MMO tactical shooter set in a collapsed Seoul modeled on Samseong-dong and Nonhyeon-dong. A three-day pre-alpha test ran in North America in August 2026 with about 7,000 players, and an alpha test is planned for the end of the year across North America, Europe, and Asia, including Japan.