SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Employees of companies in the video game industry work overtime an average of 2.6 days a week, a recent report showed. In particular, it has been found that workers in development, technology, game management and quality assurance (QA) do overtime on a regular basis. According to a survey of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major game publishers are scheduled to launch their indigenous games during the first half of the year, which will also boost their earnings down the road, industry sources said Sunday. Netmarble Games, a major mobile game developer and publisher, said its new mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Wednesday it aims to expand cooperation with Microsoft Corp. on console games. SKT said it plans to support the development of games for Xbox, a home video game console manufactured by Microsoft, by boosting investment and marketing activities. To initiate [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecommunication firm, said Friday it will start a 5G game streaming service on a subscription basis after partnering with a Taiwan-based cloud gaming solutions provider. KT said its service allows users to play high-end PC and console video games stored on remote servers via [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Female characters with revealing costumes and muscular men are what we commonly see in mobile game commercials. Recently, however, female characters are increasingly being replaced with handsome, feminine male characters resembling those from romance cartoons as the game industry is expanding to attract female players. NHN Entertainment Corp., a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Lineage 2M, a new mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by online game maker NCSOFT Corp., was launched in South Korea on Wednesday. The new mobile version of mega-hit game Lineage II was released at 12:00 a.m. on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS devices, becoming the top-grossing app [...]
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. [...]