Mintrocket, the studio behind 2023’s breakout hit Dave the Diver, has been transformed right into a full company by dad or mum firm Nexon.
This “new” firm will exist as a subsidiary of Nexon Korea, and Dave director Jaeho Hwang has been nominated as its CEO. Nexon is trying to develop Mintrocket as a studio with a “status for speedy growth of extremely progressive video games.”
It additionally hopes Mintrocket can construct its unbiased tradition via “quicker resolution making and simplified enterprise procedures.”
Dave the Diver was a crucial and business darling for Nexon final yr, and managed to promote 1 million copies over every week after launch. The press launch notes it is now bought 4 million copies, following on from the 3 million milestone in January.
Mintrocket has saved the sport going with free post-launch packs that characteristic new fish to catch and climate impacts, together with crossovers with fellow indie hits Dredge and Balatro, and Godzilla.
The sport is a far cry from Nexon’s typical MMO or live-service wheelhouse. Nexon admitted as such, and mentioned Mintrocket’s new construction displays its “contemporary method to growing highly-engaging small-scale video games” for world audiences.
Final yr, Sport Developer spoke with Hwang about mixing fishing and cooking right into a single sport, which you’ll learn right here.