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Xbox has officially announced Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVEan enhanced action RPG based on the hit webtoon Solo Leveling. The game will launch in two phases:
- Fall 2025 on Xbox for PC
- 2026 on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud
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Netmarble is the developer of the Solo Leveling: ARISE game, which was first released in March 2024. We had the opportunity to interview the lead developer, Seong-Keon Jin and talk about the behind-the-scenes and future plans.
About Solo Leveling
The story began as a web novel titled Only I Level Up (I only level up alone), written by Chugong (a pseudonym). It was serialized digitally starting in 2016 on the Korean platform KakaoPage.
In 2018, the novel was adapted into a webtoon (a digital comic format optimized for mobile reading) by REDICE Studio, a South Korean studio known for high-quality manhwa (Korean comics). The webtoon’s art was drawn by Jang Sung-rak, better known by his pen name DUBU. The script was initially adapted to the webtoon format by Gi So-Ryeong (2018–2019)​, while h-goon took over from 2019 up until its end in 2023. Tragically, DUBU passed away in July 2022 due to chronic health issues.
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The Solo Leveling anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures is based on the webtoon. Season 1 ran for 12 episodes from January to April 2024, with the main staff consisting of Shunsuke Nakashige as the director, Tomoko Sudo as the character designer, Hiroyuki Sawano as the music composer, and Noboru Kimura in charge on the series composition.
Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise From the Shadow then ran for 13 episodes from January to March 2025, overtaking ONE PIECE to become the most-rated anime on Crunchyroll along the way.
Source: XBox Games Showcase via YouTube
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