AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – July 3, 2024 – KRAFTON Inc. has announced its participation in gamescom 2024, one of the largest global gaming events in Cologne, Germany. From August 21 to 25, KRAFTON will showcase extraction RPG Dark and Darker Mobile, PC life sim inZOI and new content for iconic battle royale shooter PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, offering visitors a firsthand experience of its upcoming titles and updates.
In anticipation of the global event, KRAFTON has launched a dedicated gamescom 2024 landing page on its official website and released a teaser trailer on YouTube. The trailer provides a sneak peek at KRAFTON's booth concept, themed around the "Scale-up the Creative" strategy, which aims to discover new excitement in games and effectively expand into the global market. Visitors to KRAFTON's booths will have the opportunity to experience hands-on demos of the featured games, including Dark and Darker Mobile and inZOI, as well as participate in various events.
Featured Titles:
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Dark and Darker Mobile: The upcoming extraction RPG mobile game Dark and Darker Mobile challenges players to escape from dungeons where they’ll face fearsome threats and try to escape with their treasure. The game combines the “survival” aspect of the battle royale genre, the “exploration” of dungeon crawlers and various elements of RPGs. A global test is set for early August in key markets including Korea, the United States, Japan, and Türkiye, with a planned global launch later this year.
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inZOI: inZOI is a life simulation game where the player takes on the role of a god, creating anything they desire to live out their ideal life while engaging in different stories. “Comprehensive public simulation” of every character in the city, who all act of their own free will, allows events like sickness, trends, and gossip to occur, giving the player a realistic experience. Recently, inZOI highlighted upcoming features such as ‘Cars’, ‘Group Activities’, ‘Karma’, ‘City Edit’, ‘Studio’, and ‘Photo Mode’.
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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: Celebrating its 7th Anniversary, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS continues to captivate players worldwide. Since its Steam Early Access release in 2017, the game has achieved remarkable milestones, including a daily peak of 760,000 concurrent users on Steam, surpassing the numbers at the time of its transition to free-to-play in 2022, and maintaining Platinum rating in the Steam categories for best-selling and most-played games for seven consecutive years.
For more details, please visit KRAFTON's official gamescom 2024 webpage at https://www.krafton.com/gamescom2024.
Headquartered in South Korea, KRAFTON, Inc. is dedicated to discovering and publishing captivating games that offer fun and unique experiences. Established in 2007, KRAFTON is home to globally renowned developers that include PUBG STUDIOS, Striking Distance Studios, Unknown Worlds, VECTOR NORTH, Neon Giant, KRAFTON Montréal Studio, Bluehole Studio, RisingWings, 5minlab, Dreamotion, ReLU Games and Flyway Games. Each studio strives to continuously take on new challenges and leverage innovative technologies. Their goal is to win over more fans by broadening KRAFTON’s platforms and services.
KRAFTON is responsible for premier entertainment properties, including PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, PUBG MOBILE, The Callisto Protocol, NEW STATE MOBILE, Moonbreaker, Defense Derby and TERA. With a passionate and driven team across the globe, KRAFTON is a tech-forward company that possesses world-class capabilities and is set on expanding its business horizons to encompass multimedia entertainment and deep learning. For more information, visit www.krafton.com.