- Business
- Netmarble Corporation (KRX: 251270) develops and publishes mobile, PC and console games worldwide, with a focus on role-playing games (RPGs), strategy titles, action games, casual games, simulation games and social casino games; key products include Marvel Future Fight, Lineage 2: Revolution, Seven Knights and its sequel Seven Knights 2, Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, Solo Leveling: Arise, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, Jackpot World from its SpinX Games subsidiary, and upcoming titles such as RF Project and Shangri-La Frontier. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates globally across more than 120 countries through subsidiaries including North American studios Jam City and Kabam, Netmarble Japan, Netmarble Joybomb in Taiwan, Netmarble Thailand and SpinX Games in Hong Kong. Netmarble Neo, Netmarble Monster, Netmarble Nexus and Netmarble F&C serve as primary internal development studios, while major shareholders include founder Bang Jun-hyuk, CJ ENM and Tencent. Recent developments include the 2021 acquisition of SpinX Games for approximately KRW 2 trillion to expand its social casino portfolio, which prompted debt repayment efforts using its HYBE stake; in 2025, the company canceled a planned KRW 2.5 trillion exchangeable bond issuance backed by HYBE shares amid stock volatility from an owner risk scandal, after reducing SpinX-related debt from KRW 1.6 trillion to the mid-KRW 200 billion range, and announced plans for seven new title launches in the second half of 2025 alongside a global release of its dark fantasy MMORPG Raven 2 on October 22.