Major South Korean publisher Netmarble bought a 25.71% stake in local record label Big Hit Entertainment (BHE) for $190 million. Thanks to the deal, Netmarble became the second largest shareholder of the music company.

The mobile role-playing MMO Lineage 2: Revolution by the South Korean publisher Netmarble generated $924 million in the first 11 months after launch. The game earned most of this amount on the local market.

On February 6, the Korean gaming giant Netmarble published a report for the fourth quarter of 2017. It ended very well for the company. She earned $565 million. The commercial success of Lineage 2: Revolution played a big role in this. It accounted for 39% of the company’s revenue.

Netmarble US CEO Simon Sim commented on the western release of Lineage 2: Revolution. According to him, especially a lot of organics came from Europe and Russia.

One of the highest-grossing mobile games of 2017 has finally become available outside of Asia. Lineage 2: Revolution has appeared in mobile stores in 54 countries, including Russia and the USA.

More than 1 million users from the USA and Europe have pre-registered in the mobile role-playing MMO Lineage 2: Revolution. The release of the game in the West will take place on November 11.

The mobile role-playing MMO Lineage M came out on top in downloads and sales in the App Store of South Korea 7 hours after the official launch in the country.

South Korean publisher Netmarble has conducted an initial public offering (IPO). The company’s market capitalization was $12.2 billion.

South Korean Netmarble Games Corp announced the preparation of a target budget of 5 trillion won ($ 4.4 billion) for the acquisition of new studios and intellectual property.

The largest South Korean mobile gaming company will enter the stock market. Netmarble expects to get up to 2.7 trillion won ($2.4 billion) as part of the initial public offering.