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DragonSword: Awakening is the buy-to-play release of a previously free-to-play Korean game. All 19 Heroes and equipment come from the story; only cosmetic costumes, Familiars, the Deluxe Pack, and future expansions are sold.
Hound13 is the South Korean studio behind DragonSword: Awakening, founded in 2014 by former Dragon Nest developers. Park Jung-sik is chief executive and game director; Jang Yun-jin is producer.
The Webzen publishing dispute pivoted DragonSword from a Korean free-to-play launch into the self-published buy-to-play DragonSword: Awakening. A Seoul court dismissed Webzen's injunction on July 22, 2026; no appeal has been reported since, and the main lawsuit remains pending.
