Smilegate announced on the 8th (Tuesday) that it has made a strategic investment of about $3.5 million (about 4.2 billion won) in ‘ Postcard Game Studio’, a new North American developer.
Postcard is a new development company established in January this year by veteran developers who have accumulated many years of experience in leading game companies such as Naughty Dog, Microsoft, Bungie, Square Enix, Blizzard, and Guerrilla Games.
In particular, Ray Almaden, the founder of Postcard, played a major role in developing titles such as Halo 4/5, Uncharted 4, Horizon Forbidden West, etc. in Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, and Microsoft’s 343 Industries for 17 years. has a history of being in charge of Besides Ray Almaden, the five founding members are all veteran developers who have played lead roles in large projects in global game companies.
Postcard Game Studio plans to develop an open world first-person shooter RPG title based on the development capabilities it has developed over the years.
Last year, Smilegate made a strategic investment of 120 billion won in That’s No Moon, founded by global star developers Taylor Kurosaki and Jacob Minkoff. It continues to discover and invest in global game companies.
Smilegate, which is already making a success story in the global market with great games such as ‘Lost Ark’ and ‘Cross Fire’, plans to further spur the challenge toward the global game market by actively investing in overseas local developers in addition to its own development capabilities. to be.
Kim Yong-il, director of Smilegate Mega Lab, who is discovering global developers for the challenge of ‘GOTY’, said, “We highly appreciate the excellent development power of the founding members, including Ray Almaden, the CEO of Postcard, and the potential to produce masterpieces, and make this investment. “Smilegate will continue to discover and invest in excellent domestic and foreign developers to develop IP that will be loved by game fans around the world.”
