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Krafton shuts down PUBG spin-off Black Budget nine months after closed alpha test

GamesIndustry.biz reports Krafton has ended development on PUBG spin-off Black Budget, just nine months after its closed alpha on Steam. The extraction shooter’s time-loop premise and team-escape structure never reached …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 4 days, 16 hours ago
Subnautica 2 and PUBG bolster Krafton's Q2 revenue

Krafton’s Q2 revenue jumped 94.9% year over year to $889.1 million, with PUBG and Subnautica 2 doing the heavy lifting. For developers, it’s another reminder that live-service scale and strong …

News Game Developer · 2 months, 1 week ago
Subnautica and PUBG franchises drive Krafton Q2 revenue up 94.9% to $889.1m

Krafton posted a record Q2, with revenue up 94.9% to ₩1.29 trillion ($889.1 million) and operating profit up 67% to ₩410.9 billion ($283.1 million). The biggest drivers were Subnautica 2’s …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 2 months, 1 week ago
Q&A;: How KRAFTON Built PUBG Ally, a Co-Playable Character Powered by NVIDIA ACE

KRAFTON has put PUBG Ally into public beta, bringing a real-time AI squadmate to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS through NVIDIA ACE. The system runs locally with ASR, a 2B SLM, and TTS, …

Official NVIDIA Graphics · 3 months, 1 week ago
Krafton Q1 revenue up 56.9% to $931m, driven by mobile content

Krafton’s Q1 numbers are being carried hard by mobile, which brought in ₩702.7 billion of the company’s ₩1.37 trillion total. PUBG remains the core engine: Battlegrounds Mobile India grew paying …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 5 months ago
PUBG Blindspot shuts down after 2 months in early access

Krafton's recent decision to shut down PUBG Blindspot after just two months in early access highlights the challenges of launching new titles in a competitive market. This closure may particularly …

News Game Developer · 6 months ago
Krafton shutters free-to-play PUBG spin-off after two months, in line with policy of using Early Access to "quickly validate a game’s potential"

Krafton has decided to shut down PUBG Blindspot after just two months in Early Access, despite the franchise's strong revenue performance. This move reflects their strategy of using Early Access …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 6 months ago