Netmarble brings its San Francisco export ChronoBlade from South Korea to the U.S.

Made in San Francisco; played in South Korea — that sums up ChronoBlade, and the mobile gaming circle of life is bringing this beat-’em-up action-role-playing game back to its birthplace: the U.S.

South Korean publisher Netmarble announced the global debut of ChronoBlade today. The company made this beat-’em-up with nWay of San Francisco, showing that the U.S. can export more than just StarCraft to South Korea. With the mobile gaming market in the $36 billion neighborhood and fierce competition an issue in home markets, Asian publishers are looking to North America, South America, and other regions to build their brands — and player bases (as we’ll examine tomorrow in a breakout panel at our GamesBeat 2016 conference).