Let the Monster Taming Commence: Kabam Launches Creature Academy for Mobile Devices

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Kabam, a world leader in free-to-play games for traditional players, in partnership with Netmarble Games Corp., the leading Korean digital entertainment company and number one mobile publisher in South Korea, announced Creature Academy, a fast-paced action RPG mobile game where fearsome monsters are captured, tamed, and unleashed in battle. Creature Academy is available today for free download on the App Store and Google Play.

"With its engaging gameplay, intense boss battles, hundreds of fascinating characters and convenient features like auto-play, it's no wonder Creature Academy is one of the biggest games in South Korea," said Kabam Publishing President Amit Ranade. "Kabam is excited to bring this next generation mobile RPG to the western market." 

Creature Academy invites players to Eloi Academy, a prestigious, fictional institution where they must learn to master the darkness and train creatures. Players will embark on an epic quest to explore dangerous dungeons and battle the most ferocious creatures while searching for new companions and epic loot. Immediately immersed into a vivid land of imagination, players must test their combat skills against other creature tamers, join forces with friends in battle and evolve captured creatures into awesome beasts with devastating powers. With a unique touch screen combat system, players control monsters and activate their skills in real time and work to assemble a monster dream team with over 200 creatures to strengthen and upgrade. 

The debut of Creature Academy stems from Kabam's previously announced partnership with Netmarble Games Corp. (Formerly CJ E&M Netmarble), to bring a new mobile title from Korea to western audiences. Creature Academy, known as Taming Monster in Korea, currently performs as one of Korea's most popular mobile games and continues to be one of the top five games on the Korean App Store and Google Play top grossing charts.

Creature Academy is the latest title from Kabam Publishing to join Kabam's roster of hit games adapted from Asian markets including: Wartune: Hall of Heroes, Blades of Excalibur and Kings of the Realm.

For more information on Creature Academy and Kabam, visit www.kabam.com.

ABOUT KABAM
Kabam is the leader in the western world for free-to-play games for traditional players with first and third party published titles. Kabam games are available on mobile devices via its own dedicated channel in the Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, and on the Web via Facebook, Yahoo, Kabam.com and other platforms. Kabam is the 6th fastest growing company overall in North America, according to Deloitte LLP. Kabam's 2013 revenues exceeded $360 million, a 100 percent increase over 2012. The company is valued at more than $1 billion, profitable, cash-flow positive, and has created four titles that have grossed more than $100 million each in their life. Kabam's Kingdoms of Camelot franchise has grossed more than $250 million in less than four years, making it one of the top 10 strategy franchises of all time. In 2012, Kabam Publishing was launched to provide third-party developers access to Kabam's technology platform, distribution channels, data analytics and best practices that Kabam's in-house development teams use to bring wildly successful games to players worldwide. Kabam has 800 employees around the world, with corporate headquarters in San Francisco. The company's investors include Alibaba, Canaan Partners, Google, MGM, Intel, Pinnacle Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Warner Brothers and others. More information about Kabam can be found at www.kabam.com.  

ABOUT NETMARBLE GAMES CORPORATION
Netmarble Games Corp. strives to enrich people's lives by providing great games to global audiences. The company rebranded in fall 2014 from CJ E&M Netmarble to Netmarble Games to reflect its new global gaming organization. Based in Seoul, Korea with North American operations in San Francisco through its newly formed division, Netmarble US, Netmarble Games Corp. services Netmarble, the largest game portal in Korea with over 35 million registered users. Netmarble has over 70 PC online games, including Korea's top sports/Baseball game Magu Magu, and has produced some of the most successful mobile games such as Monster Taming, Race Cha-cha-cha, Everyone's Marble, and the Magu Magu Series. Netmarble Games Corp. has more than 2,000 employees worldwide, numerous studios and consistently ranks as a top developer and publisher in Asia -and globally with more than 160 games released. Netmarble Games Corp. has a strategic partnership with Asia's largest Internet company, Tencent Holdings, who made a $500 million investment for 28% equity, and has launched several games under collaboration with Naver LINE. Also it is working with a mobile game company Kabam to publish the Action-RPG title, Creature Academy, on iOS and Android devices for the Western market. More information can be found at www.netmarble.com.

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