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Webtoon buys majority stake in Korean game studio

Source
The Korea Herald - Business
Source link
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10837434
Published
2026-08-11 13:53:07
Discovered by ProcIntel
2026-08-11 06:22:17
Category
Procurement & Supply Chain News
Geography
South Korea
Organisations
Review status
Pending
Record type
REAL

Summary

Webtoon Entertainment is acquiring a 60 percent stake in Korean game developer RI Games Holdings for about $100 million, the company said Tuesday, deepening its push into games and animation as core growth shows signs of slowing. RI Games, founded in 2022 by Kevin Tail Han, operates GrayGames and Offbeat, the two studios that will handle the development of new titles. Under the deal, the companies plan to roll out a slate of games over the next four years, drawing on popular series such as "Over

Procurement Relevance Gate

FAIL — score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-11 06:22:17
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
  • geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"

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