The problematic release of The Callisto Protocol hurt the company Krafton, which published the game. According to the GameMeca website, the publisher has dropped to second place in capitalization among Korean gaming companies.

Gamers were not thrilled with the horror of The Callisto Protocol — they complain massively about poor optimization, bugs and other technical problems. Against this background and the average ratings of critics, the shares of the company Krafton, which published the game, fell by 8.41%.

Top managers said they believe in the potential of Krafton.

Krafton mentioned the purchase as part of its third quarter financial report. She did not disclose the amount and terms of the transaction.

Anuj Tandon became the second executive in a year who decided to leave Krafton India. In February, the head of the publishing division, Aneesh Aravind, resigned from the company.

A new day is a new financial report. South Korean Krafton shared the results of the first half of 2022, reporting record net profit and success of PUBG.

Reuters sources in the Indian government explained why the country decided to block B attlegrounds Mobile India. According to their information, officials considered that the game illegally transfers gamers’ data to China. Earlier, for this reason, the Indian authorities banned over 300 applications.

Krafton is facing another ban in India. Yesterday, her game Battlegrounds Mobile India — the Indian version of PUBG Mobile — was removed from the local Google Play and Apple Store.

The Indian market has seriously attracted the attention of PUBG developers. In an interview with TechCrunch, the head of Krafton India mentioned that since 2020, the South Korean company has managed to invest $ 100 million in the region. She is going to invest the same amount or more before the end of this year. She also has plans to release several new games.

Krafton reported for fiscal year 2021 (ended December 31). During this period, the company earned more than $1.5 billion. Most of this amount fell on mobile. Speaking about future plans, the owner of PUBG announced his intention to develop in the field of VR and NFT.Indicators for the year

Summoners Arena is a Vietnamese RPG based on blockchain, which managed to attract the attention of investors. As part of the seed round, its authors raised $3 million. The general director of Krafton also invested his funds in the project.The developers announced the completion of the round in their blog on February 11.

Korean Krafton demanded to remove Free Fire from mobile stores. She is unhappy with the excessive similarity of this battle royale and her PUBG game. The company has already filed a lawsuit, in which it also mentioned Apple and Google, for not preventing the distribution of the “fake”.

The Jordanian publisher Tamatem Games, specializing in mobile games, has conducted a new round of financing. The company received $11 million from investors, including Krafton.

PUBG Mobile continues to hold the title of the highest-grossing mobile battle royale. Sensor Tower analysts estimate that the game has earned over $7 billion in three and a half years since its release.

The PUBG developer reported the results of the quarter for the first time since going public. In July-September 2021, South Korean Krafton earned a record 521.9 billion rubles ($442 million). At the same time, almost the entire amount fell on the foreign market.

Today, a full-fledged release of PUBG: New State took place on mobile platforms. It turned out to be problematic. Many players were unable to log into the game as a result of a server malfunction. There were also a lot of bugs in the project, some of which have already been recognized by the developers themselves.

At the end of last week, Krafton announced a new deal. The South Korean company that owns PUBG has acquired the Unknown Worlds studio. She is known for the successful game Subnautica. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.Subnautica: Below Zero

At the beginning of August, the premiere of the film Biubiubiu (硬汉枪神) took place in China, the events of which unfolded around a game in the battle royale genre. Although the audience warmly welcomed the movie, it was not without incidents. The fact is that the battle royale shown is too similar to PUBG. The Krafton company said that it is thinking about going to court.

South Korean gaming companies are increasingly looking towards the West. But they are prevented from achieving international success by the “clan” way of the legal system in the country, believes Chang Byung-gyu, the founder of Krafton.