Kakao Games

Kakao Games
Division
Industry Video game industry
Headquarters Jeju, South Korea
Area served
 Worldwide
Parent Kakao
Subsidiaries Action Square (10.4%)[1]
Website www.kakaogames.com
game.kakao.com
game.daum.net

Kakao Games Corp. (Hangul: 카카오게임즈) is a South Korean video game company and a subsidiary of Kakao,[2] it specializes in developing and publishing game on PC, mobile, and VR platforms.[3] Each is represented by Namgoong Hoon and Cho Gye-hyun.[4]

Originally known as Daum Games before the acquisition of Daum, Kakao Games has grown from game distribution in Korea only to distributing its games outside the local including North America, Europe, and other parts of Asia thanks in part to its social aspect with KakaoTalk. Kakao uses the game portal of Daum and social network of KakaoTalk to connect players within their games.[5][6]

Games

Daum Games

Title Developer Genre Status
Black Desert Online Pearl Abyss MMORPG Active since July 14, 2015.

Kakao Games

PC Online

Title Developer Genre Notes
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PUBG Corporation Battle royale game Publishing deal since August 2017[7]

Mobile

Title Developer Genre Status
Lord of Dice Kakao Games RPG

References

  1. ↑ "Kakao Games acquires 10.4% stake in mobile game developer". Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kakao's game business to merge into Kakao Games". The Korea Herald. August 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kakao Games merger brings total registered users to 550 million". Pocket Gamer. November 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kakao Games brings Lord of Dice to America and Oceania". keengamer.com. January 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Daum Games Rebrands to Kakao Games". Black-Desert. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kakao Games Launching Mobile RPG Lord of Dice in NA Later This Month". mmos.com. January 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Tebay, Andy (August 14, 2017). "Kakao signs contract with Bluehole to publish Korean version of PUBG". VentureSquare.com. Retrieved March 20, 2018.


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