The South Korean developer and publisher of Kakao Games reported on financial results for the second quarter of 2025. Once again it became known about the transfer of the release time of several projects. Moreover, we are talking about different temporary delays: from several months to a year.
Let us take as a basis the data from the report for the first quarter of 2025 and compare them with the report for the second quarter of the same year:
- The most noticeable event was the transfer of the release date of the MMORPG Chrono Odyssey – from the fourth quarter of 2025 to the fourth quarter of 2026. This is a very serious period, given that the game has been in development for more than five years and according to the initial plan was supposed to be released back in 2022. You can read more about this in our news.
- Archeage Chronicles, another expected Mmorpg, was moved for several months – from the first half of 2026 to the third quarter of the same year. The project is also a long -term construction and has repeatedly changed to new company standards.
- Mmorpg Project Q. and collection RPG Project C.which are created by the authors of MMORPG Odin: Valhalla Rising, were moved to six months – from the fourth quarter of 2025 to the second quarter of 2026.
- Zombie-Zhizhizhach God Save Birmingham will unexpectedly linger for almost a year. It was previously believed that the project is at the final stage of development, and the show at the Gamescom 2025 will become a large -scale start of the advertising campaign before the release in the fourth quarter of 2025. However, the exit of the game was moved to the third quarter of 2026.
- Releases of Luther Shuther Project S. and action-RPG The Swordmaster’s Youngest Son Now they are not even planned for 2026.
Explaining a series of transfers, Khan San-U, CEO of KAKAO Games, noted that competition in the global market is growing, and at the same time the demands of players are increasing. Because of this, it is necessary to devote more time to the development of games in order to eventually succeed.
In financial terms, the company remains stably negative: the profit is falling, net loss is growing, and in the company they continue to reduce expenses. For the second quarter of 2025, the revenue of the KAKAO Games amounted to $ 83.6 million, which is 24.2 % lower than for the same period last year, and 5.7 % lower than in the first quarter of 2025. The operational loss amounted to 6.2 million dollars, and a net loss – $ 24.2 million.
