SuperStar SMTOWN | |
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Developer(s) | Dalcomsoft Inc. |
Platform(s) | iOS, Android |
Release | August 26, 2014 |
Genre(s) | Music |
SuperStar SMTOWN is a South Korean rhythm game developed by Dalcomsoft Inc. which was first launched on Google Play in August 2014. The game features songs by artists of the entertainment company, S.M. Entertainment, such as BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior and Girls' Generation. 'SMTOWN' is the umbrella name for S.M. Entertainment's recording artists. The game is available in South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines and just recently Indonesia, Vietnam and Kazakh market and is in English and Korean.
SuperStar SMTOWN is a score-based, note-matching music game. The goal is to complete a song and unlock the following song in three levels: Easy, Normal and Hard. As of November 30, 2016, the game features more than 270 songs from 29 solo artists, groups and units of SM Entertainment.
In July 2016, Pulse News reported that the game has over 8 million downloads and has raised ₩10 billion ($8.8 million) in cumulative revenue since its release.
S.M. Entertainment, one of the top entertainment companies in South Korea, launched the game in August 2014 and said they wanted K-pop fans to enjoy both the game and their favorite celebrities. It was first released on Google Play, but was made available for the iOS in the next month.
On March 4, 2015, Daum Kakao announced that it will jointly publish the game with China's mobile game publisher, Chukong.
Months after the departure of former Girls' Generation member Jessica Jung and former EXO member Lu Han from the company and their respective groups, S.M. Entertainment announced that the artists' 'Star Cards' will be removed from the game and gave the players the option to trade their cards for other artists' cards. On April 8, 2015, both cards were removed from the game.