Delabs is making Web3 games.

South Korea’s 4:33 Creative Lab launches Delabs Web3 game studio

South Korean game developer 4:33 Creative Lab, which has amassed more than 250 million downloads across its games globally, announced Delabs, a new Web3-focused venture.

Delabs will focus on developing and publishing blockchain-native games in the Polygon blockchain ecosystem. It’s another sign that the South Korean game companies — which were the first to dive into free-to-play games — are going all-in with Web3 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.