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Company Profile
Shift Up
Website
shiftup.co.kr/
About
Based on original illustration and solid planning and programming skills, Shift Up is a multidisciplinary company that crosses various fields from game production to promotional video and music production.
We are an all-in-one game design and development studio.
Accolades
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Nikke Numbers
Goddess of Victory: Nikke celebrates second anniversary and nearly $900m on mobile
Shift Up’s popular gacha game is celebrating its second anniversary from a past antagonist’s perspective
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Anime Appeal
Goddess of Victory: Nikke shifts up Japanese charts with Evangelion crossover
The crossover event generated $1.35 million on mobile on its first day
Financial Outlook
Goddess of Victory: Nikke propels developer Shift Up to $2.5 billion valuation
The Seoul-based company has just issued and sold nearly 7.3 million shares at 60,000 won each
Collab Cometh
Goddess of Victory: Nikke is delivering its "biggest minigame ever" via Dave the Diver collab
Shift Up’s shooter is going retro with a neew pixel-graphics game mode starting July 4th
Vibrant Victory
Goddess of Victory: Nikke reaches $750 million in 1.5 years
Shift Up is celebrating Goddess of Victory: Nikke’s latest milestone with new characters and free gacha pulls
Shifting Shares
Shift Up’s projected valuation up to $2.3 billion after Goddess of Victory: Nikke’s success
Tencent is currently Shift Up’s biggest investor with a 24% stake
Gacha Giants
Genshin Impact is top for gacha earnings while Honkai: Star Rail slides
Three of the top five gacha games have had a great start to 2024, but who's moving up and who's moving down in the earnings charts?
Gacha Glimpse
Genshin Impact, Fate/Grand Order, Goddess of Victory: Nikke… How would the big gachas fare with a China ban?
As Chinese regulations scrutinise gacha mechanics, are the genre’s biggest players making enough elsewhere?
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A Happy Birthday
Goddess of Victory: Nikke celebrates an incredibly lucrative first anniversary
After a year on the market Shift Up’s star performer comes out victorious despite complaints and controversy
Stock Purchase
Tencent acquires two million shares in Goddess of Victory: Nikke makers Shift Up
Subsidiary Aceville spent ₩79.9 billion on the purchase following Wemade divesting itself of all Shift Up shares
Gaming In Korea
RPGs account for 60% of Korea’s mobile game sales
MMORPG's proved particularly successful, while squad-based RPGs showed strong growth
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