Polestar Games (CEO Dong-kyu Lee), which is developing the PC and console platform-based cooperative action RPG 'Project Thanatos', announced on the 10th that it has attracted a pre-A bridge investment from Union Investment Partners.
With this investment, Polestar Games plans to accelerate the development of new titles led by its veteran development team and lay the foundation for entering the global market.
Project Thanatos combines the global extraction genre's game structure with Polestar Games' unique combat philosophy. Set in an apocalyptic world that blends cosmic horror and medieval fantasy, players work with their allies to secure resources, survive, and escape.
The game's key feature is its close-quarters combat-focused action system. Unlike traditional extraction games, which often feature long-range gunfights, the game prioritizes weighty close-quarters combat, with single attacks and defenses dictating the flow of battle. This strategy aims to enhance the genre's signature tension, horror, and survival elements, while also enhancing immersion.
Polestar Games is a game development company comprised of core personnel with experience developing numerous MMORPGs, including Dekaron, Lost Kingdoms, Superstring, and Hellgate London. Drawing on their extensive experience in large-scale content production and live service operations, they have refined the entire production process, encompassing planning, art, and development. They are recognized for their development capabilities, enabling them to create high-quality games even with a small, elite team.
Yang Tae-won, a senior auditor at Union Investment Partners, said that although Polestar Games is a small organization, it possesses the development capabilities to achieve a level of completion comparable to that of large game companies, and that it is highly likely to secure competitiveness in the global market based on its development system and content quality.
Polestar Games CEO Lee Dong-gyu explained that this investment is a recognition of the company's development efficiency and project vision, and that he will develop Project Thanatos into a game that meets the expectations of global users by completing the differentiated fun of Project Thanatos based on the know-how of the veteran development team.
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