SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The mobile game market in South Korea logged sharp growth of over 5 trillion won (US$4.5 billion) last year amid the pandemic, data showed Thursday. Total mobile game transactions in the country were estimated at 5.3 trillion won in 2020, up 24.3 percent from the previous year, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean mobile gamers rose sharply in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but their per-capita spending on mobile games declined, Facebook said Tuesday. According to a report released by the U.S. social networking giant, the number of domestic mobile gamers stood at 9.4 million in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it has signed a partnership with the global esports organization Gen.G to better target young consumers amid the pandemic. Under the deal, the two sides agreed to seek various business opportunities in the global esports industry and cooperate in promoting LG UltraGear gaming [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Lineage 2M, a mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), will land in Japan and Taiwan during the first quarter of this year, South Korean online game maker NCSOFT Corp. said Monday. The mobile version of the mega-hit game Lineage 2 will be simultaneously available on Google’s Android and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s video game market was the fifth largest in the world in 2019, falling one position from the previous year, a report showed Monday. The country’s video game market reached sales of 15.6 trillion won (US$14.2 billion) last year, up 9 percent from the previous year, according to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game developer Pearl Abyss said Tuesday that it will roll out its first open-world game “Crimson Desert” globally in the fourth quarter of next year. The upcoming role-playing action adventure game will come out on PC and console platforms, allowing single-player narrative with online multiplayers, the company [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game developers are increasingly turning to Taiwan as a ‘forward base’ before hitting the global markets in China and Southeast Asia. Kakao Games, the game developing unit of South Korean mobile giant Kakao, decided to launch “Odin: Valhalla Rising,” the company’s newest mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s media regulator has approved a South Korean video game for the first time in nearly four years in what could be a relaxation of economic retaliation. China’s National Press and Publication Administration issued a license for “Summoners War” on Wednesday, paving the way for Com2uS Corp. to officially [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom operators are targeting wider market penetration of cloud gaming services by expanding availability, industry officials said Thursday, amid strong demand from mobile gamers. The country’s three major carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — have in recent months opened up their [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean gaming developers and publishers have been unveiling their latest titles featuring cutting-edge graphics and technology at an ongoing game expo. This year’s G-Star Global Game Exhibition is not operating offline booths due to concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak, and fans must participate in the Thursday-Sunday event through [...]