PUBG, Battlegrounds Mobile India maker Krafton expects up to $5 bn in Korea’s biggest IPO

Krafton Inc, the South Korean company behind blockbuster video game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”, said on Wednesday its IPO would raise up to 5.6 trillion won ($5 billion) at the top of an indicative range, which would be a record for the country.

Krafton said in a regulatory filing it expected to offer 10 million shares, including 7 million new shares and 3 million existing shares, at an indicative range of 458,000-557,000 won per share.

At the top of the range, this would be South Korea’s largest listing, beating Samsung Life Insurance’s 4.9 trillion won IPO in 2010.

The pricing is expected to be decided in the coming weeks.

Krafton’s online multiplayer war-fighting game PUBG has sold 25 million copies on PC and game consoles, becoming one of the fastest-selling games since its launch in 2017.