Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has as soon as once more given bonuses and items price round $4,000 to its complete workforce.
In response to the South Economic Daily, the South Korean studio gifted every of its 300-ish employees a pair of Apple AirPods Max, an Apple Watch, and a money bonus of round $3,400.
The studio has beforehand mentioned that it gives these bonuses to retain and encourage present expertise on the firm (thanks, VGC).
This is not the primary time Shift Up has lavished items upon its employees, both. This time final 12 months, the studio gifted all employees a PS5 Professional in addition to a money bonus of 5 million gained, which can be round $3,400. Staff additionally secured a Nintendo Change 2 every in June when Stellar Blade hit the three million copies offered milestone. In 2024, employees got pre-paid bank cards price round $6,800, and in 2023, employees got iPhone 14s, amongst different bonuses.
The CEO of Shift Up just lately acquired the Presidential Commendation at this 12 months’s Korean Content material Awards for his work within the video games business. Hyung-tae Kim was acknowledged for his contribution to the Korean video games business with the video games Goddess of Victory: Nikke and Stellar Blade.
“This Presidential Quotation is due to the builders and followers who believed in and supported Shift Up,” Kim mentioned on the time. “We’ll proceed to do our greatest to additional promote the competitiveness of Korean video games on the worldwide stage.”
Remember that a sequel, Stellar Blade 2, can be on the best way. Shift Up can be engaged on Undertaking Spirits, to be revealed by Stage Infinite.
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