Tag: KRAFTON India

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 22: KRAFTON India Esports today announced the onboarding of Cohort 2 of its Rising Stars Programme 2026, expanding the structured framework it has built to identify, support, and develop the next generation of esports creator talent in India. The nine creators onboarded under Cohort 2 are Chirag Dua (ESWanted), Tanmay Sipahiya (K9xKnighT), Rohit Saxena (NebulaKRATOS), Jatin Kumar (4TRxJatinOG), Aarush Sharma (InfinixTRHydrO), Jasleen Kaur (LExJasleen), Sohail Shaikh (Hector), Akshay Kumar (WELTwJusty06), and Mohit Kumavat (iQOORGExLevi11), representing a diverse cross-section of emerging talent within India’s esports creator ecosystem. Commenting on the announcement, Karan Pathak, Associate Director – Esports, KRAFTON In...

Shri Sujeet Kumar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha,  with CH Kim, Chief Executive Officer, KRAFTON Inc. and Sean Hyunil Sohn, Chief Executive Officer, KRAFTON India.” New Delhi [India], April 20:  CH Kim, Chief Executive Officer, KRAFTON Inc., met with Shri Sujeet Kumar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, to discuss the evolving role of gaming in India’s digital economy and the country’s growing importance in KRAFTON’s global strategy. The interaction focused on how India is emerging not only as one of the world’s largest gaming markets, but also as a potential hub for game development, innovation, and digital content creation.  Shri Sujeet Kumar serves on the Parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information Technology and is the youngest Memb...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 18: KRAFTON India today announced the third cohort of its KRAFTON India Gaming Incubator (KIGI) and marked a key milestone with the upcoming launch of Frontier Paladin, the first PC game to emerge from the incubator, set to release on April 24, 2026. Together, these developments underscore KIGI’s growing contribution to supporting India’s game development ecosystem and enabling studios to build globally competitive titles. New cohort introduces deeper hands-on support, functional experts, and user acquisition backing for selected studios Frontier Paladin, KIGI’s first PC title by Singular Scheme, launches April 24 with a blend of action RPG and tower defense gameplay Now in its third edition, KIGI welcomes four emerging game development studi...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 23:  KRAFTON, Inc. has announced the appointment of Kangwook Lee, Head of KRAFTON AI, as Chief AI Officer (CAIO), a newly established executive role designed to oversee the company’s AI R&D and mid-to-long-term innovation strategy. Established CAIO role to advance game AI R&D and strengthen mid-to-long-term innovation strategy. – Appointed Kangwook Lee, former Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to advance KRAFTON’s game AI and mid-to-long-term physical AI research The appointment was made in recognition of Lee’s extensive AI expertise, leadership, and accumulated research achievements gained from years of AI technology R&D and project execution experience. Lee received his PhD in 2016 from the Electrical En...