SNK Leisure was formally dissolved as of August 20, as reported in Japan’s authorities gazette (supply: GameBiz).
SNK Leisure was a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNK Company based in 2016. The corporate operated as a contract developer, primarily for video games and video and graphic manufacturing. It additionally engaged in licensing enterprise surrounding SNK’s library of mental properties, in addition to different associated on-line and digital leisure companies. Based on Game Industry Biz, the subsidiary was launched in an effort to “deliver again SNK’s dormant IPs and function a place to begin for growth of recent SNK digital content material, collaborations, and merchandise.”
Nonetheless, in June 2022, a good portion of SNK Leisure’s sport and content material growth, gross sales, advertising and marketing, and licensing companies was transferred to SNK via an absorption-type company cut up.
Apparently, the corporate has been successfully dormant because the absorption-type cut up, so the newly introduced dissolution isn’t anticipated to have a lot impression on SNK’s enterprise.
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