Netmarble New Media Achieves Four Crowns for Two Consecutive Years at 'Social i Award 2022'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Netmarble announced on the 14th that it won four awards for the second consecutive year at the 'Social i-Awards 2022 (i-AWARDS)' hosted by the Korea Internet Professionals Association.

The 'Social i-Awards' is an event that selects and awards the most innovative and excellent services in terms of service, design, brand, and content through a judging process involving over 4,000 evaluators. It targets internet brand promotion services utilizing social networking service (SNS) media platforms such as blogs, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

At this awards ceremony, Netmarble won the grand prize in the gaming category across four major platforms: Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and blogs.

Since winning the grand prize at the 'Korea Blog Awards' in 2015?the first in the gaming industry?Netmarble has consistently been recognized for its new media activities. In addition to this year's 'Social i-Awards,' it has ranked first in the gaming category and been recognized as an excellent SNS company for five consecutive years in the 'Digital Customer Satisfaction' awards. At the 12th Korea Communication Awards held in 2019, it won two awards: the 'Korea Social Media Award' and the 'Korea Content Award.'

Furthermore, Netmarble's official TikTok channel achieved 300,000 followers within one year of its launch, the highest number among domestic gaming companies' own brand channels, marking a successful entry into the short-form content domain. Through various platforms such as Facebook and YouTube, it has serialized the 'Netmarble is ESGing' series, introducing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) activities.

Im Hyunseop, head of the New Media Team, stated, "Netmarble is expanding communication channels beyond existing platforms to include Discord and TikTok. As communication through new media becomes increasingly important worldwide, we will strengthen communication with users around the globe by utilizing various platforms."