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15:30 KST 15°C Cloudy
KOSPI 5,282.65 −1.12%
KOSDAQ 699.18 +0.38%
Samsung Elec. 206,500 −0.72%
SK Hynix 1,213,000 −3.27%
USD/KRW 1,335.37 −0.07%
New Korean Mobile Games: 6 Hits From Cookie Run to Lineage M
New How to Learn Kpop Dance: 6 Steps From Mirror Video to Cover
New Korean New Year (설날): Sebae, Tteokguk and 3 Days of Seollal
New North Korean Defectors: How 30,000+ Got Out and Start Over
New Korean Pronunciation Rules: 7 Final Sounds, 6 Sound Shifts

Korean Game Companies: 4 Giants Behind MapleStory and PUBG

November 13, 2026 K-Games & Esports 13 min read

Esplanade cafe and gaming centre, Herne Bay - geograph.org.uk - 5601875 (korean game companies)

The Korean game companies you need to know start with 4 names: Nexon, NCSoft, Krafton and Netmarble. Between them they make MapleStory, Lineage, PUBG and some of the most-played mobile games in Asia. A second tier (Smilegate, Pearl Abyss, Shift Up, Com2uS, Neowiz, Devsisters) gives you Lost Ark, Black Desert, Stellar Blade, Summoners War, Lies of P and Cookie Run.