Overview
- Kim accepted the Presidential Commendation at the 2025 Korea Content Awards in Seoul, an event run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism through the Korea Creative Content Agency.
- The citation recognizes his role in boosting the global competitiveness of Korean game IP through Shift Up’s Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke.
- In remarks, Kim credited Shift Up’s developers and fans and pledged to keep elevating Korean games on the world stage.
- Stellar Blade has surpassed three million combined PS5 and PC sales and set the Steam concurrent-player peak for PlayStation-published single-player titles.
- Shift Up is developing a Stellar Blade sequel targeted in company guidance for release by the end of 2027, alongside Project Spirits, a cross-platform title to be published globally by Tencent’s Level Infinite.