NCSoft’s booth set up at the G-Star 2025 venue. The company is participating as the event’s main sponsor. (Image provided by NCSoft)
BUSAN, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s biggest annual gaming exhibition, G-Star 2025, is set to open Thursday in Busan, with the nation’s leading developers unveiling a wave of new titles aimed squarely at global audiences.
According to organizers, the four-day event at BEXCO will feature a record lineup of domestic and international game companies, underscoring Korea’s ambitions to expand its influence in the global gaming industry.
NCSoft, this year’s main sponsor, will anchor the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) hall with a massive 300-booth pavilion showcasing Aion 2, its new massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) due for release Nov. 19.
The company will also highlight several upcoming titles, including Cinder City from its subsidiary Big Fire Games, Time Takers from Mistil Games, and Limit Zero Breakers by Big Game Studio. In addition, NCSoft plans to reveal a major new global IP-based MMORPG for the first time at the show.
Netmarble, a regular participant in G-Star, has set up 112 booths with 145 demo stations to showcase four new titles: Project Evilbane, Solo Leveling: KARMA, The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, and Monster Guild: STAR DIVE. (Image provided by Netmarble)
Netmarble, another powerhouse in the Korean gaming sector, will introduce four new games across 145 demo stations, including Project Evilbane, Solo Leveling: KARMA, The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, and Monster Guild: Star Dive.
Two of these — the cooperative action title Project Evilbane and the roguelike Solo Leveling: KARMA — will make their world debut at G-Star. The company will also host an outdoor booth for its unreleased title SOL: Enchant.
Krafton, the studio behind PUBG, will unveil Palworld Mobile, an adaptation of the global hit developed by Japan’s Pocket Pair, while Webzen will premiere a cinematic trailer for Project G, based on its iconic MU franchise. Gravity, best known for the Ragnarok series, will showcase 18 titles, including Ragnarok Online Project 1.5, Ragnarok 3, and Ragnarok Abyss.
A rendering of Krafton’s booth at G-Star 2025 (Image provided by Krafton)
Meanwhile, Neowiz will reveal Sannabi: The Possessed Day, a sequel to its acclaimed indie title Sannabi, reflecting its continued investment in Korea’s indie ecosystem.
If the first exhibition hall belongs to Korean developers, the second is global in scope. International studios such as Sega, Bandai Namco, Warhorse, Unity, and Blizzard Entertainment will present exhibits and fan events, while Valve, maker of the handheld Steam Deck, returns with “Indie Showcase 2.0: Galaxy.”
The conference segment, G-CON, will focus on “narrative” as its central theme, exploring storytelling across games, film, and comics. Notable speakers include Yuji Horii, creator of Dragon Quest; Yoko Taro, director of Nier: Automata; and South Korean filmmaker Byun Sung-hyun, known for Good News.
G-Star 2025, opening in the wake of Korea’s renewed push to globalize its gaming industry, highlights how far the country’s developers have come — and how determined they are to keep playing on the world stage.
Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)
