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South Korean messaging service Kakao Games hits 550 million users

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Kakao Games said today it has reached over 550 million registered users across its games portfolio and services. A newly formed division of South Korea’s Kakao, the group also reported more than 10 million daily active users across mobile, PC online, augmented reality, and virtual reality.

Whon Namkoong and Kyehyun Cho, joint CEOs of Kakao Games, said they want to grow the game service to 30 million daily active users, and they’re integrating Kakao’s game-related businesses under the umbrella of Kakao Games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.