- Business
- Com2uS Corporation (KRX: 078340) develops and publishes mobile and online games worldwide. The company offers a diverse portfolio of titles including the flagship Summoners War franchise with Sky Arena (turn-based RPG), Lost Centuria (gacha RPG), and Chronicles (MMORPG); sports simulations such as MLB 9 Innings series, Golf Star 2, and 9 Innings: Pro Baseball; idle RPG Soul Strike; action RPGs like Heir of Light: Eclipse and Third Blade; puzzle games including Slice It! and Color Sweeper (upcoming); fishing simulator Ace Fishing: Paradise Blue; and emerging titles such as Zenonia: ChronoBreak (MMORPG), Starseed: Asnia Trigger (subculture RPG), TOUGEN ANKI Crimson Inferno (based on Dowonamgwi IP), Project ES (MMORPG by subsidiary A.Verton), Guidus Zero (roguelike on Steam), Spirit Tales (MMORPG), Pow Pop Match (puzzle), Ares: Rise of Guardians (sci-fi MMORPG), Fatal Claw and Lone Chef (Metroidvania for PC/console), My Floriography Diary (cozy), and Project Sailor (collection RPG); through its Com2uS Platform subsidiary, it provides Hive, a game-backend-as-a-service (GBaaS) platform supporting authentication, payments, analytics, multiplayer features, customer support, and Web3 integration for over 200 games from 65+ studios in 170+ countries. Operations span South Korea, the United States (Los Angeles), Europe (Berlin), Japan, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia (Singapore), and other international markets; founded in 1998 and headquartered at 131 Gasan Digital 1-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, South Korea, it employs around 1,337 people and maintains subsidiaries including Day7, Nova Factory, Mana Core, Com2uS Tygem, Tikitaka Studio, Out of the Park Developments (OOTP), FunFlow, and overseas entities like Com2uS USA Inc., Com2uS Europe GmbH, and Com2uS Japan Inc., under parent Com2uS Holdings (formerly Gamevil, which acquired majority stake in 2013). Recent developments include the global launch of Soul Strike in January 2024 with ongoing IP collaborations (e.g., Fullmetal Alchemist: BROTHERHOOD in April 2025, boosting DAU by 76% and Taiwan revenue share to 22%); Zenonia: ChronoBreak expansion to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau in 2024; large-scale Summoners War: Sky Arena update "TOMORROW" in November 2025 following its World Arena Championship in Paris; unveilings of Dowonamgwi: Crimson Inferno at Tokyo Game Show 2025 and partnerships for Gachiakuta (Kodansha) and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint IP adaptations; expansion of AI organization AX HUB to six departments for development automation and user analysis; Hive platform growth to 112 games and 86 partners as of Q1 2025 with 50% YoY external sales target via partnerships like Xsolla, MyCard, AWS, Tencent Cloud, Glohow, and HAPPYTUK; and a multi-platform strategy targeting eight+ new titles by 2026 across mobile, PC, and console to diversify genres and markets.