Kakao Games Corporation – Black Desert publisher changing name again

Less than a year after the name change to NZIN Corporation, the gaming division of Kakao is gearing up for another corporate name change. Kakao, if you did not know, is famous for the popular South Korean chat app, KakaoTalk.…

Echo of Soul – New heavyweight publisher announced for Korea

Some months back, Echo of Soul closed in South Korea as then-publisher Hangame decided to cull PC online games and focus more on mobile games. Today, developer Npicsoft announced it has signed a deal with Nzin Corporation, with the latter…

Nzin Corporation – Daum Games and Nzin merger completed by Kakao

First announced last December, Kakao yesterday completed the merger of its 2 game subsidiaries, Nzin and Daum Games, now known as Nzin Corporation. If you did not know, Kakao is the operator of Korea’s most-used mobile messenger, KakaoTalk. The merger happened…

NZIN – Korean publisher aiming Southeast Asia as core market

Earlier this month, new Korean mobile games publisher NZIN revealed a brand identity trailer highlighting the major games it is publishing for the domestic Korean market next year. Today, it was announced the publisher will go multi-platform, including mobile, Smart TV,…

NZIN – New Korean mobile publisher aims to launch 17 titles next year

Founded this year by the former CEO of CJ E&M (Netmarble) and Wemade Entertainment, Namgoong Hun, NZIN is a new player in the mobile publishing market in South Korea. Who said the games market in Asia is too crowded? Even without an…