South Korean online game firm and the makers of Battlegrounds Cell India (BGMI), Krafton has introduced the discharge of three webtoons based mostly on BGMI. This is available in partnership with Pratilipi, India’s largest digital storytelling platform. The webtoons that can go reside embody the primary six episodes of Night time of Silence, Retreats and 100, every portrayed in numerous genres: thriller, fantasy, and motion, respectively.
The webtoons every inform totally different tales surrounding the world based mostly on the well-renowned battle royale recreation, BGMI, permitting Krafton to supply its followers with an immersive expertise past the sport. The webtoons will likely be launched in a number of Indian languages together with Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Marathi. Customers will have the ability to entry this localized content material on Pratilipi Comics App.
Krafton’s webtoons are garnering anticipation from BGMI followers previous to its launch in India. The discharge is according to Krafton and Pratilipi’s partnership to supply thrilling and authentic content material in a variety of regional languages to Pratilipi’s viewers of 30 million month-to-month readers together with India’s largest BGMI followers.
Sean Hyunil Sohn, CEO, KRAFTON, Inc. India says, “At KRAFTON, our core focus lies in giving our followers an fascinating and unique gaming expertise by our characters, storytelling, and varied in-games practices. We now have an especially devoted fan base that takes deep curiosity in following the worlds we create. Our affiliation with Pratilipi is an extension of our imaginative and prescient of offering stimulating experiences to the followers. We’re completely satisfied to accomplice with Pratilipi and sit up for reaching these readers with fascinating content material that permits them to remain linked with our universe.”
‘One of many first issues that excited me concerning the webtoons is the writer’s potential to create huge new universes a reader may get misplaced in. We’re delighted to have the ability to supply BGMI IP based mostly universe content material completely on Pratilipi and allow Indian players to discover the lore and historical past of the BGMI Universe. Webtoons are a artistic approach of storytelling and are gaining immense curiosity however by localizing content material for Indian audiences, we’re happy to supply this huge universe of content material to regional language audiences.’ Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Founder, Pratilipi
The Night time of Silence is a thriller thriller revolving across the story of Leah who suspects the sudden demise of her father is the results of foul intentions and digs deeper to unravel the thriller. 100 is a survival-action webtoon that begins with a Nationwide Intelligence Service agent looking for a lacking lawmaker collaborating in a survival recreation on an deserted island the place the possibility of survival is only one %. The Retreats – The Prince and the Pauper is a fantasy webtoon a couple of Retreat resident who loses his identification and the way he overcomes a wide range of struggles to struggle again and get better all that he has misplaced by the best way.
Previous to the launch of its webtoons, KRAFTON, Inc. additionally unveiled eight localized movies in partnership with Pratilipi together with Floor Zero, a live-action brief movie; Mysteries Unknown, an investigative “docu-series” providing conversations with insiders and consultants to discover the backstory behind the Battlegrounds; and movies providing players lore of the islands of Erangel and Miramar. Alongside video content material, Pratilipi additionally hosts comedian sequence and brief tales together with the Sanhok Saga and The Ghosts of Miramar.
Supply: Live Mint