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Netmarble Corporate Profile

2020.11.10

About Netmarble 

  • Date of Establishment: March, 2000 
  • Headquarters: Seoul, Korea 
  • Co-CEOs: Young-sig Kwon, Byung Kyu Kim 
  • Vision: Great Game Culture Company 
  • Mission: We entertain the world with fun games 
  • Global Networks: Jam City / Kabam (North America), Netmarble Japan (Japan), Netmarble Joybomb (Taiwan), Netmarble Thailand (Thailand), SpinX Games (Hong Kong)


Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a leading developer and publisher of top-grossing mobile games worldwide. Through powerful franchises and collaborations with acclaimed IP holders, Netmarble strives to elevate the gaming experience and entertain audiences globally. As a parent company of Kabam and SpinX Games, and a major shareholder of Jam City and HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), Netmarble's diverse portfolio includes Solo Leveling: ARISE, Seven Knights Idle Adventure, Tower of God: New World, Lineage 2: Revolution, MARVEL Future Fight, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com.

Driving forward for its global expansion as a 'Global Pioneer': 

In the process of becoming a leading mobile game company, there have been big changes in the business.

  • October 2014: Received an investment of USD 503 million from Tencent and becomes independent from CJ 
  • July 2015: Acquired Jam City (previously SGN), a mobile game developer based in the U.S., for USD 130 million and becomes the biggest shareholder 
  • February 2017: Completed the acquisition of Kabam’s Vancouver Studio, which makes MARVEL Contest of Champions, a consistent performer on the App Store and Google Play’s top grossing charts
  • May 2017: Netmarble Games listed on the stock market (KOSPI)
  • August 2021: Netmarble entered into a share purchase agreement of acquisition of SpinX Games, a global No.3 mobile social casino game company
  • April 2022: Netmarble ranked 10th among global mobile publishers (data.ai)
  • December 2022: Netmarble joined UN Global Compact (UNGC) to bolster its ESG sector
  • June 2023: Netmarble ranked 9th among global mobile game publishers (data.ai)

 

Debuts on the securities market: 

Netmarble officially went public, listing on Korea’s main bourse KOSPI in May 2017. With the new funds raised by the IPO, Netmarble is planning to make investment in larger strategic mergers and acquisitions to drive forward its global expansion and widen its business portfolio.

Netmarble's growth is continuous. The company is leaping to become a global game company based on its unique development and operating capabilities that distinguishes from the competitors. Performance from overseas markets are on the rise every year, with over 80% of the total revenues being generated from overseas markets in 2023. 



Major Global Titles

Solo Leveling: ARISE

  ㆍ Genre: Action Game
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble Neo
  ㆍ Release Date: May 2024 (Global)

About Solo Leveling: ARISE
Solo Leveling: ARISE is an action game adaptation of Solo Leveling, based on the hit Webtoon. Taking on the role of Jinwoo, players can experience his level-ups and progress through the beloved webtoon tale firsthand, taking on dynamic battles and creating their own combat styles, relying on various combinations of skills and weapons. Not only can players team up with hunters from the Webtoon, they can summon their own “Army of Shadows” just like Jinwoo brought his army with the famous line “Arise.” in the webtoon.

Achievement
  ㆍ May 2024: Scored #1 in popularity for Google Play and Apple Appstore just in a day after global launch; featured in “Top 10 Free Apps” Charts in 79 countries. Solo Leveling: ARISE exceeded 15 million global downloads on Google Play within a week after the launch

 

Seven Knights Idle Adventure

  ㆍ Genre: Idle RPG
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble Nexus
  ㆍ Release Date: September 2023 (Global)

About Seven Knights Idle Adventure
Based on their flagship franchise and the successor to the original Seven Knights game, Seven Knights Idle Adventure has been reimagined as an idle RPG, developed with low capacity and low specification devices in mind with a guiding principle of easy playability, players will experience an expanded storyline with previously untold episodes of the original Seven Knights heroes. Collect and nurture returning fan-favorites who have been reborn as cute SD characters.

Achievement
  ㆍ September 2023: Scored top 5 in popularity throughout TW, TH, JP’s app store
  ㆍ September 2023: Reached #8 and #3 top grossing games for each TH’s Google Play Store and Apple App store

 

Tower of God: New World

  ㆍ Genre: Collectible Card Game RPG
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble N2
  ㆍ Release Date: July 2023 (Global)

About Tower of God: New World
In Tower of God: New World, players can take control of fan-favorite characters to ascend the Tower. Join Twenty-Fifth Bam – and more than 90 characters – as he fights his way through the Tower in gorgeous 3D animation that will make players feel like they have stepped into an anime world. Players will experience fast-paced battle mechanics while utilizing a unique Slot System that powers up a particular “slot” instead of a specific character.

Achievement
  ㆍ July 2023: Ranked #1 in popularity and grossing chart on App Store (KR) / Ranked #1 in popularity chart on Google Play (KR)
  ㆍ August 2023: Reached Top 5 in popularity in TW, TH, ID, JP, MY, and HK on App Store

 

Arthdal Chronicles: Three Factions

  ㆍ Genre: MMORPG
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble F&C
  ㆍ Release Date: April 2024 (Korea / Taiwan / Macau / Hong Kong)

About Arthdal Chronicles: Three Factions
Arthdal Chronicles: Three Factions offers a massive power struggle between three factions: Arthdal, Ago, and Atlaga for control of the entire Continent of Arth. Players can enjoy the core fun of the MMORPG genre via realistic societal encounters within the Arthdal universe, featuring intense competition and intricate political and economic cooperation between factions. Beyond traditional gaming experiences, the game invites players to immerse themselves in the world of Arthdal with unique storylines, and various in-game features such as dynamic play changes based on weather conditions, resource gathering, construction, and cooking.

Achievement
  ㆍApril 2024: Ranked in top 10 for the grossing chart on Google Play in Korea and Taiwan

 

Lineage 2: Revolution

  ㆍ Genre: MMORPG
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble Neo
  ㆍ Release Date: December 2016 (Korea) / 2017 - 2018 (Global)

About Lineage 2: Revolution
Lineage 2: Revolution is a groundbreaking MMORPG bringing top-quality visuals, a massive open world and large-scale PvP to mobile devices. Powered by the Unreal Engine, the game features stunning visuals and large-scale open-world combat where up to 200 players can battle in real-time on a single screen – all in a gorgeous, fully featured, persistent world MMORPG that can be enjoyed alongside millions around the world and all within the palm of your hands..

Achievement
  ㆍ December 2016: Lineage 2 Revolution launched in Korea and became 1st on Apple App Store top grossing game in 8 hours. / Ranked 1st in the top grossing chart on both Google Play and Apple App Store.
  ㆍ June 2017: Launches in 11 countries across Asia and becomes the top grossing game on 6 of the Asian territories (Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, and Macau).
  ㆍ August 2017: Launches in Japan and becomes 1st on top grossing game on Apple App Store in Japan in just 18 hours. 
  ㆍ May 2018: Launches in 38 Latin American countries and becomes 3rd on top grossing game on App Store in Brazil in two weeks.

 

MARVEL Future Fight

  ㆍ Genre: Action RPG
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble Monster
  ㆍ Release Date: April 2015 (Global)

About MARVEL Future Fight
MARVEL Future Fight is an epic blockbuster action-RPG that invites the players to fight against enemies such as Loki, Dr. Octopus, Ultron by forming his or her own team with Marvel Super Hero such as Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man and Thor. Over 200 Marvel characters updated so far and evaluated as the best mobile game to bring Marvel Comics IP and MARVEL Cinematics to the gaming screen.

Achievement
  ㆍ April 2015: Simultaneously released in 148 nations around the world in April 2015 and ranked Top 10 in 118 nations, including KR, TW, US, and UK right after the release
  ㆍ December 2015: Awarded as the ‘Google’s Best Game of 2015’
  ㆍ April 2019: Surpassed 100 million downloads worldwide

 

Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds

  ㆍ Genre: MMORPG
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble Neo
  ㆍ Release Date: June 2021 (Korea / Japan / Taiwan / Hong Kong) / May 2022 (Global)

About Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds
Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds is a fantasy game, a collaboration between Level5 and “Studio Ghibli”. The game will be reborn based on the Unreal Engine 4 on the mobile platform through the developers of Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution. The game includes the entire universe of the original series of Ni No Kuni. The story of the game is based on the universe where the real world and the fantasy world coexist, and this will provide different gaming experiences to players. Netmarble’s Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds presents a world filled with Ghibli’s style and fairytale-like animations with colorful 3D graphics and high-quality cutscenes..

Achievement
  ㆍ June 2021: Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds reached #1 in popularity for the Korean and Japanese App Stores for pre-download, further reaching #1 in revenue in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

 

The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross

  ㆍ Genre: Turn-based Adventure Mobile RPG
  ㆍ Developer: Netmarble F&C
  ㆍ Release Date: June 2019 (Korea/Japan) / March 2020 (Global)

About The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross is a turn-based adventure mobile RPG based on a Japanese popular anime IP, The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki. The game features stunning, high-resolution 3D graphics and over 100 dramatic cut scenes, and is brought to life with the cast of the original Japanese voice actors reprising their characters. Players can select from a wide roster of heroes from the series to build their very own team and combine cards and characters for special moves and extensive interaction with the main The Seven Deadly Sins team.

Achievement
  ㆍ June 2019: The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross made a huge success in Korea and Japan since its first launch
  ㆍ March 2020: Recorded 3 million global downloads since March 3, and reached the top 10 of download charts on iOS platform in 62 countries in the first week
  ㆍ August 2020: Won Japan CEDEC Awards 2020 Visual Arts Category

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