Juhwan Kim, Yullip Lee, published October 17, 2025
Search warrant executed in February over allegations of stealing unreleased game assets upon resignation
Dynamis One counters, “Many parts of the allegations differ from the facts”
Representatives of domestic game company Dynamis One, formed primarily by developers who participated in creating the popular mobile game ‘Blue Archive,’ have been referred to prosecutors.
According to a comprehensive report by Yonhap News on the 17th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Industrial Technology Security Investigation Unit recently referred Dynamis One CEO Park Byeong-rim and related individuals to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office without detention.
Park and others are suspected of illegally removing assets (development materials) from an unannounced new game under development when they resigned from Nexon Games [225570] prior to founding the company, violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and other laws.
Park, who served as the PD for the globally popular game ‘Blue Archive’ at Nexon Games, resigned last April along with key developers including the scenario director and art director to establish Dynamis One.
Dynamis One unveiled ‘Project KV’ as its first game in September of the same year. However, it sparked plagiarism controversy due to its overall art style, musical atmosphere, setting, and character designs being excessively similar to ‘Blue Archive’.
Upon learning of these circumstances, police raided the Dynamis One headquarters in February, seized development-related materials, and booked CEO Park Byeong-rim and other personnel for investigation.
Immediately after the raid, Nexon Games stated, “We confirmed that certain individuals at Dynamis One, prior to their resignation and under a long-term plan, had unlawfully leaked core information from the confidential new project ‘MX BLADE’ they were participating in, and conspired to use it for game development at the newly established company.”
In response, Dynamis One later released a brief statement refuting the allegations, stating, “Many parts of the allegations are not factual.”
However, the police determined that violations of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act were substantiated and referred CEO Park and others to the prosecution.
