Netmarble

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Netmarble
Type Internet
Industry Internet
Headquarters South Korea
Website www.netmarble.net
www.netmarble.jp
global.netmarble.com
www.netmarble.in.th

Netmarble (Korean: 넷마블 Japanese: ネットマーブル), a subsidiary of CJ Corporation, is a developer, publisher, and sponsor of free online games. You can only create an account if you have a South Korean citizenship registration number. The most popular game on Netmarble is Sudden Attack, a military first-person shooter that is similar to Counter-Strike. Netmarble is also notable for the first two DJMAX PC games. Netmarble has established global services on July 2009 for English-speaking players in North America and another one on June 2012 for Thai players.

Incidents

In March 2010, a couple in Suwon, South Korea were arrested for allegedly neglecting their three-month-old premature daughter, resulting in her death by starvation. South Korean police said the couple fed her once a day between twelve hour sessions at an Internet cafe at which they played Netmarble's Prius Online. According to police, the couple became obsessed with nurturing and caring for a virtual girl within the game named Anima while their daughter starved to death.[1]

Notable games available

Notes

  1. "S Korea child 'starves while parents raise virtual baby'". BBC News. 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
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