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8 Sep 2010

[GI] News Corp publishes North Korean games

Author: Game Industry News Pipe | Filed under: ByDesign Games, Game Industry

News Corp subsidiary Fox Mobile published two games made in North Korea, it has been established.

In 2007, programmers at the North Korean government's General Federation of Science and Technology created Java-based mobile titles using the Big Lebowksi and Men in Black licenses, which were then distributed in the West by Nosotek Joint Venture Company.

Nosotek claims to be "the first western IT venture" to originate from Kim Jong Il's iron rule, and is prepared to launder invoices through a Hong Kong or China-based subsidiary, as well as "skills, secrecy, dedication."

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