NCSoft is expanding its mobile casual game publishing business by teaming up with Gorilla Studio, the developer of 'Tang Tang Special Ops'.

NCSoft said on Tuesday it signed a global publishing agreement with Chinese mobile game developer Gorilla Studio.

Under the agreement, NCSoft secured global publishing rights, excluding China, for a new title based on the 'Tang Tang Special Ops' intellectual property that Gorilla Studio is developing.

Global service will be handled by NCSoft's mobile casual subsidiary Vero Play. Details and the release schedule will be disclosed later.

Gorilla Studio is a mobile casual game developer founded in 2018. It developed 'Tang Tang Special Ops', 'Archero' and 'Capybara Go!'.

'Tang Tang Special Ops' has recorded 100 million cumulative downloads globally. The 'Archero' series has surpassed 120 million cumulative downloads.

The deal was signed after NCSoft CEO Taek-jin Kim (김택진) and Gorilla Studio CEO Zhu Sinan (주쓰난) met in person.

NCSoft plans to use the partnership to expand its global publishing business for mobile casual games.

"Gorilla Studio is a game company that has proven its world-class development capabilities by producing multiple hit titles in the rapidly changing casual game market," Kim said. "Based on this partnership, we will strengthen our competitiveness in the global mobile casual market and continue to provide new game experiences to users around the world."

"NCSoft is a company with extensive service and operations experience in the global game market," Zhu said. "Through this partnership, we will be able to introduce our latest game to users in more countries and regions," he added.