Pepper Games Secures Series A Investment from Stonebridge Ventures and Horizon

Pepper Games announced on the 6th that it has secured Series A funding from Stonebridge Ventures and Horizon Investment. Stonebridge Ventures served as the lead investor, with Horizon Investment participating.

Founded in 2021, Pepper Games is a studio formerly known as Agesoft. It brings together industry veterans with 10 to 20 years of experience spanning planning, launching, and live servicing major domestic action and collectible titles, including Elsword and CookieRun: Tower of Adventures.

The studio's core development focus is mid-core action RPGs combining a casual art style with deep action gameplay. The art team is led by the former art director of CookieRun: Tower of Adventures.

The game currently being prepared for a global release is a casual MMORPG under a publishing contract with Com2uS. Development of follow-up projects is also underway, including Project K, an isometric action RPG, and Lost in a Fairytale, a PC survival action RPG.

Lee Jung-jin, CEO of Pepper Games, said, "Our goal is to create action RPGs that are easy to pick up and offer deep, long-lasting engagement."

Originally written in Korean, this article was translated with AI assistance and edited by a native English-speaking editor. Every translation is reviewed by our editorial team before publication. [Read Original]

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