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Shift Up’s Hyung-tae Kim Receives Presidential Commendation at Korea Content Awards

The award underscores Korea’s intent to champion homegrown studios with rising global reach.

Overview

  • South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism honored Kim at the 2025 Korea Content Awards for strengthening the nation’s games industry.
  • Kim credited Shift Up’s developers and fans in brief remarks and pledged to keep advancing the global competitiveness of Korean games.
  • Stellar Blade’s June PC release became a Steam hit, setting a new concurrent-player record for PlayStation single‑player titles on PC.
  • Shift Up has confirmed a Stellar Blade sequel, with timing signals diverging between a reported 2026 target and a window listed as by the end of 2027.
  • The studio’s pipeline includes Project Spirits under a publishing deal with Tencent’s Level Infinite, while a Switch 2 port of Stellar Blade is reported and Nikke has topped $1 billion in revenue this year.