- CEO
- Tae-Young Kim
- Full Time Employees
- 474
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Internet software/Services
- Address
- 242, Pangyo-ro Seongnam-si South Korea 463-400
- IPO Date
- May 23, 2003
- Business
- Webzen Inc. (KOSDAQ: 069080) develops, publishes and services PC, online and mobile games worldwide, with a focus on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and related titles. The company offers core products including the flagship MU Online, Korea's first full 3D MMORPG; MU franchise mobile games such as MU Origin, MU Origin 2, MU Origin 3 and MU Pocket Knights; PC MMORPGs like MU Monarch, MU Monarch2, MU Archangel, MU Archangel2, R2M, SUN Classic and Shot Online; and additional titles spanning mobile, web-based, sports and indie games such as Ragnador, The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden, Remore: Infested Kingdom, MU Ignition, MU Legend, Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9), Huxley, Archlord and ELOA: Elite Lord of Alliance. Webzen operates global game portals Webzen.com and Webzen.co.kr, serving over 60 million registered players across North America, Europe, Asia and other regions; it was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, South Korea. Recent developments include the launch of MU Monarch2 in Korea in August 2024; strategic investments becoming a shareholder in Panana Studio in March 2024 and Hound13 in January 2024 with publishing rights; major updates to MU Pocket Knights in November 2025 featuring 6th and 7th class advancements, PC version release, Tower of Jewel content and Battle Chapters expansion to 150; a 10% stake acquisition in GPUN completed in February 2025; an equity buyback program announced in March 2025; and the first major 2025 update for Shot Online introducing a new course and features.