WeMade accuses Shengqu Games of withholding $600 mn in royalties

WeMade accuses Shengqu Games of withholding $600 mn in royalties

WeMade Co. on Monday asked the South Korean government to intervene in its ongoing copyright dispute with China’s Shengqu Games, accusing the ...

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...

WeMade to build WEMIX Play Center in Dubai

WeMade to build WEMIX Play Center in Dubai

South Korea’s game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Dubai International Financial Center's...

WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit

WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit

South Korean game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Thursday that its cryptocurrency WEMIX will be listed on the US cryptocurrency exchange Tapbit.&...

WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding

WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding

South Korea's game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Friday that it has signed onboarding agreements with several domestic and interna...

S.Korea’s popular MMORPGs go abroad for profitability

S.Korea’s popular MMORPGs go abroad for profitability

South Korean game developers target overseas markets for their locally hit massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) to increase pro...

S.Korea's game companies wage intense war in MMORPG sector

S.Korea's game companies wage intense war in MMORPG sector

South Korea's massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG), a mainstream genre in domestic games, is showing signs of an increasingly he...

WeMade discusses first console game with Microsoft

WeMade discusses first console game with Microsoft

South Korea's video game developer WeMade Co. on Monday said it is discussing cooperation with Microsoft in areas like WeMade's release of a console...

Will Night Crows be Korean game developer WeMade’s savior?

Will Night Crows be Korean game developer WeMade’s savior?

WeMade Co. on Thursday officially launched Night Crows, a new massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), in South Korea as the major do...

WeMade signs MOU with Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia

WeMade signs MOU with Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia

South Korea's game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Investment ...

WeMade sets up blockchain corporation in UAE

WeMade sets up blockchain corporation in UAE

WeMade Co., South Korea's game developer and publisher and the issuer of cryptocurrency WeMix, set up WeMix MENA Ltd. in the United Arab Emirates (U...

WeMade signs partnership deal with global fintech Hashkey

WeMade signs partnership deal with global fintech Hashkey

South Korea's game publisher WeMade Co. said on Friday that it had signed a strategic alliance with Hashkey Group, a Hong Kong-based global fintech ...

WeMade signs partnership with Chinese digital asset exchange

WeMade signs partnership with Chinese digital asset exchange

WeMade said on Wednesday that it would sign a non-fungible token (NFT) partnership with Zhongchuanyuezhong Cultural Development Co. which operates a...

Korea cryptocurrency WEMIX to be delisted on court ruling

Korea cryptocurrency WEMIX to be delisted on court ruling

WEMIX, a South Korean cryptocurrency issued by WeMade Co., will be delisted on Thursday after a court ruled in favor of four local crypto exchanges’ d...

Upbit's decision to delist WEMIX ridiculous, WeMade CEO says

Upbit's decision to delist WEMIX ridiculous, WeMade CEO says

South Korea’s five major cryptocurrency exchanges said on Nov. 24 they will delist WEMIX, Kosdaq-listed game developer WeMade Co.’s cryp...

Korea's WeMade shakes off crisis, secures new investment

Korea's WeMade shakes off crisis, secures new investment

Korea's game development company WeMade has secured new investment worth 66 billion won ($46.4 million), breathing a sigh of relief after receiving ...

Blockchain game developer Planetarium Labs raises $32 mn 

Blockchain game developer Planetarium Labs raises $32 mn 

Planetarium Labs raised $32 million in a Series A funding round, led by Animoca Brands, and joined by Samsung Next, WeMade, and Krust Universe.The s...

Korean game developers scurry to launch P2E versions in 2022

Korean game developers scurry to launch P2E versions in 2022

South Korean game developers are scurrying to release their versions of play-to-earn (P2E) games, which have been growing at a rapid pace despite be...

WeMade revises 2021 results to exclude crypto earnings

WeMade revises 2021 results to exclude crypto earnings

WeMade Co., a pioneer in South Korea's play-to-earn (P2E) game industry, revised its 2021 operating profit downward by 70% after excluding 220 billi...

WeMade to retire WEMIX cryptocurrency for investor value

WeMade to retire WEMIX cryptocurrency for investor value

WeMade Co., a South Korean game developer, plans to retire 2% of its cryptocurrency WEMIX in the next two weeks to bolster its value for investors, ...

Gaming stocks tumble after disappointing Q4 results

Gaming stocks tumble after disappointing Q4 results

Shares in South Korean gaming companies have been on a losing run since the start of the year, giving up about half of the gains they enjoyed late l...

WeMade under fire for massive clandestine WEMIX cryptocurrency sale

WeMade under fire for massive clandestine WEMIX cryptocurrency sale

WeMade Co., a South Korean video game developer, has come under criticism for the massive unnoticed selling of its cryptocurrency WEMIX, allegedly i...

WeMade buys $100 mn stake in social casino game developer

WeMade buys $100 mn stake in social casino game developer

WeMade Co., a pioneer in South Korea's play-to-earn (P2E) game industry, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in smaller rival SundayToz Corp., bet...

Korea's first game NFT exchange to open next month

Korea's first game NFT exchange to open next month

Come next month, Korea will see its first online game-based non-fungible token exchange. Seoul-based video game developer WeMade Co., Ltd will ...

Korea’s WeMade, ten bagger with play-to-earn game

Korea’s WeMade, ten bagger with play-to-earn game

When Vincent Gallarte was fired in July, the Manila IT analyst found an unusual financial lifeline – an online game that rewards players in cr...

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