Krafton Pearl Abyss

Krafton Pearl Abyss is a South Korean video game developer and publisher, based in Gwacheon, South Korea, and mostly owned by Styhon Entertainment through Styhon Games.

They have satellite studios in the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and Russia, their mobile division NC Plarium residing in Israel, and their publishing division En Masse residing in Venice Beach. Their portfolio includes games such as Black Desert Online, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, War Thunder, Raid: Shadow Legends, Eve Online and Guild Wars 2.

Their rivals include, , ,  and Tencent's own game studios  and.

History
Krafton Pearl Abyss was born in November 2020, out of a merger between South Korean video game publishers Krafton Game Union, NCSoft and Pearl Abyss, and Russian video game developer Gaijin Entertainment, under Styhon Games & Interactive Ventures. With these, Styhon Games also integrated newly-acquired studios BlitWorks, Demiurge Studios, Abstraction Games, Grinding Gear Games and Klei Entertainment.

In December 2020, Kakao Games arranged a deal with Styhon Games & Interactive Ventures to distribute their PC games within South Korea, with the exception of some Krafton Pearl Abyss games.

Studios
The company is divided into three internal divisions: North Division (located in Moscow), West Division (located in Anyang) and East Division (located in Seongnam), with their publishing division NC En Masse being the fourth.

NC En Masse
NC En Masse is an American video game publisher founded and owned by Krafton Pearl Abyss. They are headquartered in, with satellite offices in Austin and Seattle, and a customer service office in Aliso Veijo. They release all Krafton Pearl Abyss titles in North America, mainly the United States.

NC En Masse was formed, when, during the merger of Krafton Pearl Abyss, the following were merged into one: En Masse Entertainnment, NC West, Pearl Abyss America and PUBG Global Publishing. The new company retained the offices, except for the Manhattan Beach (Pearl Abyss) and Santa Monica (PUBG) offices, as the staff from those offices were moved into the new headquarters in Venice Beach.

Gaijin Entertainment (North Division)

 * Gaijin Entertainment's studio in St. Petersburg
 * Dagor Technologies - Moscow

Pearl Abyss (West Division)

 * - Reykjavik, London and Shanghai
 * Pearl Abyss Capital - South Korea; investment and management consulting
 * Pearl Abyss Iceland hf - investment and management consulting
 * RedFox Games - San Jose, unknown stake acquired by Pearl Abyss in June 2017
 * Grinding Gear Games - Auckland; 80/20 joint venture with the company founders

NC Krafton (East Division)
NC Krafton itself is formed out of a merger between NCSoft and Krafton Game Union, with the brand styling adapted from Krafton. It consists out of NC, NC Plarium, PUBG Corporation, four development studios and three support studios. In addition to these studios, NC Krafton also owns PUBG Corporation, with offices in Seoul, South Korea and Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
 * PUBG Corporation
 * PUBG MadGlory
 * Striking Distance Studios
 * PlayerUnknown Productions - Amsterdam