BUSAN, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest game expo kicked off in Busan on Thursday, showcasing a wide range of new games that utilize cutting-edge technology such as cloud computing. A record number of 691 game developers and distributors from 36 countries are taking part in the G-Star Global Game Exhibition in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. game developer Riot Games said Wednesday that its massively popular e-sports game “League of Legends” will be available on both mobile devices and consoles. It marks the first time since the game’s launch in 2009 that the new version, called “League of Legends: Wild Rift,” is coming to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, said Friday that its esports joint venture with U.S. sports and entertainment company Comcast Spectator has been officially launched as it looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing gaming market. SK telecom CS T1 Co.’s global headquarters office will be [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Webtoons are evolving as they expand their market reach mobile games and dramas. Recently, mobile games and dramas using Naver Webtoon IP are gaining popularity. Thanks to the popularity and recent trends, it is estimated that the size of South Korea’s webtoon market will surpass US$1 billion by 2020. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are raising concerns as South Korean game developers continue to stick with massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG). Google Play’s top sales in the first week of September showed that seven out of top ten games were MMORPGs. IGAWorks, a South Korean marketing solutions company, reported that MMORPG [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With Apple Inc. introducing an adult certification procedure to its app store in South Korea, it seems that games for adults that had not been released until now are now being launched en masse. According to the gaming industry, so-called web board games such as go-stop and poker were [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. said Tuesday it will release a cloud-based virtual reality (VR) gaming service later this year, taking advantage of its low-latency 5G network. The nation’s No. 3 mobile carrier said it will launch a wide range of VR games for head-mounted displays connected to its 5G network [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The fourth-biggest market for digital games in the world and an aspiring leader in the emerging VR technology, South Korea is at odds with the World Health Organization’s recent decision to put excessive gaming in the official list of disorders. The World Health Assembly, the WHO’s decision-making body, unanimously [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Netmarble Games, a South Korean mobile game developer and publisher, said Wednesday that its new, highly anticipated mobile game inspired by K-pop boy band sensation BTS will be launched later this month. “BTS World,” a simulation game built around the idea of grooming BTS members to become global superstars, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., Netmarble Corp., and three private equity firms submitted final bids for the parent of South Korean gaming firm Nexon, in possibly one of the biggest gaming deals worldwide, financial sources said Sunday. In an auction that closed on May 31, mobile messaging app Kakao, Korea’s No. 2 [...]