Korean game publisher is now US-based game studio SGN's largest shareholder, and the two plan to help each other break into their respective markets.

Mobile game publisher Netmarble Games agreed yesterday to invest $130m in US-based mobile game studio SGN in a deal that will make it SGN’s largest shareholder.

Founded in 2010, SGN develops casual puzzle games for the Facebook, iOS, Android and Amazon platforms. Its portfolio includes Panda Pop, Book of Life: Sugar Smash and Cookie Jam, which won Facebook’s Game of the Year award in 2014.

The two companies will form a strategic partnership through the investment that will enable SGN…

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