The metal band, KoRn, performed a live virtual concert ins AdventureQuest 3D and AdventureQuest Worlds as a part of the games' August 20 Battle Concert Arena event. The band used the show to promote their upcoming album, The Nothing, gifting players with a special in-game concert ticket.
Promising monsters, loot, and new KoRn music, Artix Entertainment's fantasy role player collaborated with the band to promote the event in hopes of bringing in players who would otherwise not attend.
Inspired by 2002's original single-player flash-based role-playing game of the same name, Adventure Quest 3D and AdventureQuest Worlds are best known for being some of the few MMORPGs that are accessible on PC, mobile, and tablet, giving fans a chance to play the games both at home and on the go through their cross-platform capabilities. The series was created by developer Artix Bahn, better known as Artix Krieger, and continued with the release of AdventureQuest Worlds in 2008 and AdventureQuest 3D in 2016.
KoRn is an American nu-metal band from Bakersfield, CA that is best known for innovating the metal music scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Most recognizable for songs like 1998's Freak On A Leash and 2005's Coming Undone, the band became iconic through its signature ultra-low, heavy basslines, and Jonathan Davis' unique vocal performances. Throughout its twenty-five-year run, KoRn has won two Grammy awards and has sold 40 million albums worldwide. Its fourteenth album, The Nothing, is slated to release on September 13.
The collaboration between AdventureQuest and KoRn makes sense to a certain extent, as both the band and the game have experienced a greater height in popularity in the past, and have both have been working to find new ways to stay relevant since then. Whether you were a KoRn fan playing AdventureQuest for the first time or an AdventureQuest fan listening to KoRn for the first time, the event had something for everyone and proved to be a fun way to bring fans from both worlds together. Hopefully, this won't be the last in-game concert we see.