SNK Subsidiary SNK Entertainment Dissolves After Licensing Run
The dissolution formalizes the end of SNK Entertainment, whose licensing and development duties had already moved back to parent SNK in 2022, leaving the subsidiary with no active operations.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
SNK's wholly owned subsidiary SNK Entertainment has dissolved, according to a public notice in the Official Gazette on August 20. The company, which restarted in 2016 after a dormant period, ran contract development and licensing for properties like The King of Fighters and Metal Slug. Its game and digital content operations transferred to parent SNK in July 2022.
SNK Entertainment, the wholly owned subsidiary that handled licensing for The King of Fighters and Metal Slug, has dissolved. The move was disclosed through a public notice in the Official Gazette on August 20, about ten years after the company restarted in 2016.
The subsidiary was established in 2009, went dormant, then resumed operations in 2016. It ran contract development focused on video and graphic production, licensing for over 200 properties, and internet and digital entertainment business. In July 2022, its game and digital content development, sales, marketing, and licensing operations were transferred to parent SNK through an absorption-type split.
SNK Entertainment's old official X account, SNK Freak, ceased operations at the end of April 2025.
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