King's Raid is a free-to-playside-scrolling RPG mobile game developed by South Koreanindie game developer Vespa and initially published by Thailand-based company GloHow, before Vespa took over the rights in June 2017. It was first released on September 19, 2016 for operating systems Android and iOS in Thailand. The global version consists of 3 servers was later released on February 16, 2017, and supports South Korean and English language. The game is described as "character collection SRPG" that allows players to create their party with characters of their own choice without the gacha system, real time PVP arena, and various type of raid battles. It features real-time battles with 3D graphics. As of September 22, 2017, the game also supports other languages such as French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. The game also supports voice dubs in English and Korean. The Japanese server, voice, and language was added to the game on March 23, 2018. In the game, players follows a story of knight-in-training named Kasel, who seeks to uncover the mystery behind his brother's disappearance. Along the way, he meets his priest childhood friend Frey, magician Cleo and her bodyguard Roi, and later encounters other playable heroes. There are several playable characters called "heroes" that players can acquire through in-app purchase, hero tickets, or building a friendship at the inn. These heroes are divided into 7 classes, 2 types of attacks, and initial grades that can be increased. Players can assemble a party made of 4 heroes who are able to cover the front line, middle line, and/or the back line. On September 18, 2019, as a formal collaboration with South Korean girl bandDreamcatcher, soundtrack 'Deja Vu' with their new EP Raid of Dream was released.
Anime
In April 2020, an anime television series adaptation titled King's Raid: Heirs of the Will was announced, and is scheduled to premiere in October 2020. The series is animated by OLM and Sunrise Beyond, with Makato Hoshino serving as director, Megumi Shimizu serving as series composer, and Tatsuya Arai designing the characters. Masahiro Tokuda is composing the series' music. The cast members of the Japanese version of the game will reprise their roles.
