He was also chief executive officer of Garena, a Singaporean game developer and publisher of free online titles such as Free Fire, a free-to-play battle royal game.“The appointment was a move to strengthen the competitiveness of overseas businesses through discovering intellectual property, expanding our publishing businesses,” said a Krafton official.“The new CGPO’s leadership will help us when we are securing IP with active mergers and acquisitions.”APPLE, SAMSUNG Oh was the latest in a string of high-profile global information technology (IT) experts to join Krafton, which is rapidly expanding its business worldwide to become an international game publisher.
Krafton’s crosstown rivals joined the move.NCSOFT Corp.last month invested 4.8 billion won in Swedish Moon Rover Games and 37 billion won in smaller South Korean game developer Vic Game Studios on Monday.Com2us Corp.launched BTS Cooking On: TinyTan Restaurant, a cooking simulation game featuring K-pop sensation BTS developed by Grampus.
Krafton said on Tuesday it has appointed Jin Oh, ex-president of Riot Games Inc., the US game developer of the popular online battle arena video game League of Legends, as chief global publishing officer (CGPO).
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