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South Korean game developer Krafton announced on Wednesday that it has signed a licensing agreement with Japanese game developer Pocketpair for the IP (intellectual property rights) of its games. friend world game. Through the contract, Krafton will expand the game’s IP to mobile platforms.
Krafton said there are plans to adapt the game’s original elements and apply them to an action setting. Krafton’s PUBG Studio will be responsible for the development of the project.
Krafton is the owner of PUBG Studios, the developer of the popular battle royale shooter PUBG: BattlefieldCrafton also published. Posted by Crafton Callisto Protocoloriginally intended to be PUBG: Battlefield. Krafton acquires Tango Gameworks game studio (inner evil, Ghost Line: Tokyo, Hi-Fi Audio Sprint), and the intellectual property rights of the studio Hi-Fi Audio Sprint game from Microsoft,August.
Pocketpair first launched friend world The multiplayer survival game will be available as a Steam Early Access game on January 19th. The game had 25 million users within a month of its release.
The purpose of this game is to game console 5 console will be available in 68 countries and regions (excluding Japan) on September 24th. game game console 5’s launch date in Japan is still to be confirmed.
Sony Music Entertainment Japan Announced in July that it and its subsidiaries Anne PraxA new joint venture was formed with Pocketpair called Palworld Entertainment.
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company On September 18, Pocketpair filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court, claiming that the game infringed Nintendo and The Pokémon Companypatent rights and seek an injunction and damages for infringement. Pocketpair responded that it “doesn’t know the specific patent.” [it is] is accused of infringement, and [it has] No notification of these details has been received.
Players and critics initially noted the design differences between many of the game’s “Pal” creatures. Pokemon franchiseThe titular Pokémon. The Pokémon Company A statement will be issued soon friend world The release states that the unnamed gaming company is being investigated for possible copyright infringement.
Source: Krafton via Gematsu, Gamebiz, Famitsu.com
