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Netmarble Posts $1.8 Billion Sales In 2019 Fiscal Year
Why make millions when we can make…billions?
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Mobility: Netmarble Releases Magic: ManaStrike
Netmarble this week launched Magic: ManaStrike, the first in the franchise to be released on iOS and Android. The game takes place in a timeline where the Planeswalkers defeat Nicol Bolas. Bolas creates a parralel universe to find the Planeswalker’s weakness. ManaStrike offers fast paced and easy to learn gameplay in real time battles in three minute matches with players around the world.
“Netmarble and Wizards of the Coast worked closely for a long time to ensure Magic: ManaStrike is a new gameplay style that will be enjoyable for all players, but stays true to Magic: The Gathering’s roots and is authentic and enjoyable to fans,” said Joe Lee, Executive Producer at Netmarble. “Thanks to our partnership, we are excited to deliver a Magic: The Gathering experience that introduces real-time battles for mobile players, yet maintains core features from the original IP for fans.”
Players can expect a slew of events to celebrate ManaStrike’s launch. ManaStrike is available on iOS and Android in English, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Russian and Portuguese.
“With Magic: ManaStrike, we were impressed with Netmarble’s ability to encapsulate Magic: The Gathering‘s 25-year history into a mobile game that stays true to what Magic fans want in other mediums,” said Eugene Evans, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Wizards of the Coast. “Seeing our cards and Planeswalkers stepping into the 3D battlefield, along with our card effects translated from strategic turn-based gameplay into real-time combat, is a delight to see and we can’t wait to see how Magic: ManaStrike develops over time.”
Mad World MMO Isn’t Dead, Actually
All around me are familiar faces…
Mad World is still alive and kicking, and this week the developers over at Jandi Soft broke a small stretch of silence to announce that release is still on schedule for 2020. The full post goes into all sorts of details on coming features including the renovation of chapter one, your companion character Dawn, pets, travel, facial expressions, and more!
“Lunar New Year-year of the rat-has come and we want to take this opportunity to shed some light on our current progress, giving you a sneak-peek of what we’ve been working on. We plan to post this sort of dev letter more often so stay around!”
More information as well as new years messages from the team can be found at the link below.
Source: Mad World
Video: Netmarble Announces Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross With Trailer
Netmarble has officially announced its next title: Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, coming to mobile in 2020 with pre-registration now available.
Seven Deadly Sins emphasizes combining cards and characters for special moves, as well as extensive interaction with the main Seven Deadly Sins crew. Netmarble also boasts the return of original Japanese voice actors to once again play their characters.
“It is an honor to be a part of brand’s history of The Seven Deadly Sins franchise that made global success with the upcoming launch of The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. The game made the initial success with taking the #1 spot in the App Store and Google Play charts in Japan, and we are eager to see how fans across the globe take to traveling with Meliodas and his team when we launch the game this year,” said Young Jae Park, Executive Producer of Netmarble Corp.
Players who pre-register will receive:
- 1x Meliodas in-game character, the main hero of The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross
- 1x in-game costume and weapon for Meliodas
- 30 Diamonds (The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross’ premium currency, 10 Draws value)
- 100,000 Gold (The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross’s in-game currency)
- An exclusive box that offers in-game items, including a special costume for Elizabeth, a the main heroine of The Seven Deadly Sins
Netmarble To Appoint Seungwon Lee As New Co-CEO
Netmarble today officially announced the nomination of Seungwon Lee, currently Chief Global Officer, as new co-CEO of the company. His official appointment is scheduled for next month, February 2020. Lee will share his position with Young-sig Kwon with Kwon taking care of game business while Lee focuses on overall management and global operations.
Lee, a graduate of Seoul National University and a Master of Business Administration at INSEAD, previously served as Head of Korea Marketing for Yahoo from 2005 to 2006. Since 2007, he served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Netmarble Games (formerly CJ Internet) and as Senior Vice President of Global Strategy at Netmarble Games (formerly CJ ENM Game Division). As Chief Global Officer, Lee has been leading Netmarble’s overall global business since 2014, contributing to Netmarble’s successful expansion to global market.
Source: Press Release
Netmarble Posts $72.9 Million In Quarterly Profit
Netmarble; you know them from Lineage II Revolution and Marvel Future Fight among other things.
This week Netmarble posted their third quarter financial documents and the results are pretty good. Company sales amounted to $533.5 million resulting in $72.6 million in operating profit and $72.9 million in net profit over the quarter spanning July to September. Quarterly sales increased 17% over last year while net profit increased 53.7% compared to the same time in 2018.
“Netmarble had significant increases in both sales and operating profit in Q3, reflecting both domestic and overseas performances of new games launched in Q2”, said Young-sig Kwon, CEO of Netmarble. He added, “At G-Star 2019, we unveiled the highly anticipated new game titles ‘Seven Knights Revolution’ and ‘Ni no Kuni: CROSS WORLDS’ for the first time and introduced ‘A3: STILL ALIVE’ and ‘Magic: ManaStrike”
Netmarble’s big revenue machines are Marvel Contest of Champions and Lineage II Revolution each pulling 14% of the company’s total sales. Upcoming titles include Magic: ManaStrike, A3: STILL ALIVE, Seven Knights Revolution, and Ni no Kuni: CROSS WORLDS.
Source: Press Release
Mobility: Lineage II Revolution Update Adds New Race
Lineage II Revolution, the popular spinoff of the equally popular MMO, revealed its latest update today. The update includes the brand new Kamael class which starts on the Soul Island territory and has access to three classes; Warrior/Rogue/Mystic, along with exclusive weapons for the class. This update also introduces a new dual class system allowing players to do just that, and experience a second class on the same character.
Other features included in the update are:
- New Server Addition – The Gunter and Lancer servers will be added to Lineage 2: Revolution in the western region starting from August 29 (specific time will be notified to players via the official game forum). Players who make new characters on these servers will receive Adena, Red Diamond, and three types of daily benefits for seven days.
- Level-up has become 3x faster for players, with easier gameplay routes.
- In Game Events – Celebrate the launch of the Kamael race with these fun-filled events, including:
- o Kamael Welcome Race – Pan’s A-Maze-ing Event is back to commemorate the arrival of the Kamael race.
- o Dual Class Check-In Event – Log-in into Lineage 2: Revolution for 14 days to receive rewards, including a Scooter Mount.
- o [New Server Only] Discount Event – Equipment Level-up and Upgrade costs are discounted for players on new servers.
- o [New Server Only] Lucky Box Event – Test your luck after getting some Lucky Tickets’ for a chance to receive the 1st place prize.
For more information on Lineage II Revolution, check out the official website.
Netmarble Posts Q2 2019 Fiscal Results
Netmarble has posted its Q2 2019 financials and the results are a mixed bag. Company sales rose 10.2% over last year to $459.2 million while operating profit plummeted 46.6% to $29 million and net profit dropped 42% to $33.2 million.
“We have been focusing on enhancing our competitiveness by successfully launching new games of various genres in the global market,” said Young-sig Kwon, CEO of Netmarble. He added, “We expect a turnaround in Q3 as new successful titles launched in Q2 will be reflected in full Q3 sales. We also expect the proportion of sales outside of South Korea to continue to increase to 70% in the second half of the year with the launch of Blade & Soul Revolution in Japan, The King of Fighters Allstar in North America, and new games based on our popular franchise games.”
Netmarble’s top performing games include MARVEL Contest of Champions (15%), Lineage 2: Revolution (14%), Blade & Soul Revolution (10%), MARVEL Future Fight (8%), and Seven Deadly Sins: GRAND CROSS (8%) among others. Sales outside of South Korea made up 64% of total revenues and the second half is expected to bring in a number of new titles from YOKAI WATCH: Medal Wars in Japan and Koongya Catchmind in Korea, Blade & Soul Revolution in Japan and THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR in North America, along with the Korean launches of its proprietary franchise games, Seven Knights 2, and A3: STILL ALIVE.
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[Mobility] Knights Chronicle Offers New Awakening, New Heroes
Netmarble Corp has announced a new awakening and additional heroes being added into mobile MMO Knights Chronicle in the latest update. Support hero Karen will be able to awaken, receiving a number of passive skills. Karen’s pre-awakening character buffs water/light allies HP recovery while also granting 10% healing over time to the lowest HP ally. No word on stat advantages when dealing with retail store managers.
In addition to Karen, new heroes Eurora and Baskerville have also entered the game along with the following two updates:
- Auto Repeat – Players can now set the number of rounds when auto-repeating cleared stages
- Guild Shop – New changes have been added, granting players access to the SSR Hero Ticket
More information on Knights Chronicle can be found at the official website.
Source: Netmarble Press Release
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