{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8ded42fe7137d98c43bc57ea","clusterId":"c_ff3a5fa37fdddfbc3f96c7da","slug":"voxel-shooter-world-war-v-last-call-shows-at-bic-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Voxel Shooter World War V: Last Call Shows at BIC 2026","summary":"Studio HORANG's World War V: Last Call was playable at Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026. The voxel shooter features four weapons, destructible terrain, and a high difficulty. Creator HORANG, known for horror webtoons, said development is over 80 percent complete, with release planned for the first half of next year.","whyItMatters":"The demo at BIC 2026 shows a webtoon artist's pivot to a hardcore voxel shooter, with a release window now set for the first half of next year.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe BIC 2026 demo of World War V: Last Call runs through two stages, a village and a snowfield, with a boss fight against Colonel Freak in a mech called Unit Kreisel 1. The game uses roughly 11 million dynamic voxels that can be destroyed in real time, a system HORANG called the hardest part of development.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORANG, who debuted as a webtoon artist in 2007 and worked at a game company before that, said the title\u0026#39;s V stands for V Empire, voxel, and World War V. The full game will add difficulty settings and an in-game map with hints, responding to demo feedback. Release is set for the first half of next year on PC via Steam.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"World War V: Last Call's creator HORANG built a reputation on horror webtoons, so the cute voxel look reads as a trap. The high difficulty is the point, and the webtoon background explains it.","twitterPost":"World War V: Last Call's cute voxel look hides a high difficulty, and its creator HORANG is a horror webtoon artist. The mismatch is deliberate.","threadsPost":"World War V: Last Call's cute voxel art is a bait-and-switch. The shooter is high-difficulty, and its creator HORANG is known for horror webtoons. The cute surface reads as a trap when you know the background. Development is over 80 percent complete, with release planned for the first half of next year.","newsletterBlurb":"Studio HORANG's voxel shooter World War V: Last Call was playable at BIC 2026. The demo covers two stages with a boss fight, and the creator says development is over 80 percent complete. Release is planned for the first half of next year on Steam.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/034/G103422/20260818046/\",\"title\":\"ウェブトゥーン作家が手掛けるボクセルシューティング「ワールドウォーV：ラストコール」を紹介。かわいい見た目とは裏腹の高難度［BIC2026］\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6260,"outputTokens":624,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787101309,"createdAt":"2026-08-19T00:52:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-19T00:56:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-19T00:52:51.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ff3a5fa37fdddfbc3f96c7da","canonicalTitle":"ウェブトゥーン作家が手掛けるボクセルシューティング「ワールドウォーV：ラストコール」を紹介。かわいい見た目とは裏腹の高難度［BIC2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_4dd2165b506c3982d8aa8055","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"World War V: Last Call\"],\"studios\":[\"Studio HORANG\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-19T00:56:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/034/G103422/20260818046/","title":"ウェブトゥーン作家が手掛けるボクセルシューティング「ワールドウォーV：ラストコール」を紹介。かわいい見た目とは裏腹の高難度［BIC2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["World War V: Last Call"],"studios":["Studio HORANG"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}