Bluehole
Bluehole Studio is a game development studio within KRAFTON known for the MMORPG TERA.
Last updated September 11, 2026
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Overview
Bluehole Studio (블루홀스튜디오) is a game development studio within KRAFTON that describes itself as aiming to be a studio representing the MMORPG genre. Its flagship title TERA (The Exiled Realm of Arborea) is described as a flagship MMORPG with true action, and as the first in the genre to implement a non-targeting combat system. The studio states it works based on talent exchange and collaboration within KRAFTON.
History
Bluehole Studio is presented on KRAFTON's site as a game development studio within KRAFTON. It states that it aims to be a game production studio representing the MMORPG genre, and that it works based on talent exchange and collaboration within KRAFTON. KRAFTON's history page lists a 2020 entry: '블루홀스튜디오 독립 법인 설립' (establishment of Bluehole Studio as an independent corporation), and a 2021 entry: '블루홀스튜디오 <엘리온> 일본 출시' and '블루홀스튜디오 <엘리온> 북미/유럽 출시'.
Products and positioning
A game development studio aiming to represent the MMORPG genre.
TERA
A flagship MMORPG with true action; described as the first in the genre to implement a non-targeting combat system.
ELYON
A Bluehole Studio title launched in Japan and North America/Europe in 2021.
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