-NCSoft reveals probabilities for all game paid items starting in the 3rd quarter
NCsoft discloses the probability of all paid content, including capsule type, enhanced type, and composite type, which includes not only paid items but also the probability of content that combines paid and free elements.
NC announced on the 27th that it will sequentially apply the ‘Revised Self-Regulatory Code for Creating a Healthy Gaming Culture’ announced by the Korea Game Industry Association to all games starting in the third quarter. NC plans to complete the reflection before December of this year, when the revised self-regulation code goes into effect.
On May 27, the Korea Game Industry Association announced a revision to its self-regulation code, with the main content being expansion of the scope of probability disclosure. The main contents of the amendment to the self-regulation code include ▲expansion and strengthening of the scope of application, ▲diversification of methods for displaying probability information, etc. The amendments to the self-regulation code will take effect from December 1.
-HME Healthcare selected as ‘Credit Guarantee Fund Investment Option Guarantee’ company
HME Co., Ltd. (CEO Park Tae-jin) Healthcare, a microbiome specialist company, announced on the 27th that it was recently selected as an ‘investment option guarantee’ company worth 600 million won through the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund’s Innovative Startup Support Program.
The investment option guarantee is an investment/loan complex financial product designed to provide smooth funding and improve financial structure for early-stage start-ups with excellent future growth potential.
HME Healthcare currently consists of two founders with doctoral degrees from the University of Hong Kong and three researchers, and is focusing on the development of artificial intelligence-based antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection prediction and the discovery and development of natural products derived from egg culture microorganisms based on microbiome big data analysis, a core technology. .
Taejin Park, CEO of HME Healthcare, said, “Based on our core technology, we are accelerating the development of innovative solutions for infection diagnosis and treatment.” He added, “We are working with research institutes in various fields such as medicine, livestock, marine, fermented food, and environment. “We are smoothly expanding our microbiome next-generation sequencing service business,” he said.
-Kakao establishes OTT platform… Acquired streaming company for 25 billion won
Kakao subsidiary Kakao Entertainment will acquire video streaming technology company I&I Soft for 25 billion won. Analysis suggests that this is a signal for Kakao to enter the online video service (OTT) business in earnest.
According to the investment banking (IB) industry on the 27th, Kakao Entertainment acquired a 100% stake in I&I Soft for 25 billion won. Starting with the development of ‘Dice Player’, a media player for Android, in 2009, we have been operating a video streaming server. In addition, I&I Soft is a video streaming platform development company established in 2001. It has a variety of experience in the video streaming field, including joint development of video platforms with overseas telecommunications companies and OTT operators. According to the information technology (IT) industry, Kakao Entertainment is preparing its own video platform targeting next year. Currently, Kakao Entertainment has been developing its content business only by uploading video content to Kakao TV, which is linked to KakaoTalk, or selling video content to existing OTT platforms such as Netflix Wave.
Kakao Entertainment is expected to quickly expand its influence in the OTT market by leveraging its original content production capabilities. Kakao Entertainment has strengthened its video production capabilities by continuously acquiring film and drama production companies such as Cross Pictures, Moonlight, Man Pictures, and Writing & Picture Media.
-Nexon invested 100 million won in coins -33%… Still, the reason why I shout ‘Gazua’
According to CoinMarketCap on the 26th, the Bitcoin that Nexon’s Japanese subsidiary purchased at an average unit price of $58,226 (about KRW 65.8 million at the time) on the 28th of last month was in the box range at about $390 million (about KRW 43.52 million) as of that day. is forming.
At that time, Nexon purchased a total of 1,717 units worth about $100 million. It became a hot topic as it was the first time among domestic game companies to directly invest a large amount of money, amounting to 100 billion won, in Bitcoin. As cryptocurrency prices were rising every day, many optimistic predictions were made regarding Nexon’s investment.
However, as negative news related to Bitcoin continued, such as China’s mining regulations and environmental issues, Nexon’s losses also snowballed. Nexon’s loss compared to its total investment in Bitcoin amounts to approximately 33%.
Nexon does not seem to be happy about this situation. It is not an investment aimed at short-term market profits, but rather a conviction of the value of Bitcoin from a long-term perspective. Since the proportion of Bitcoin is less than 2% of Nexon’s cash assets, the impact of the decline was not expected to be significant.
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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