SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Lineage 2M, a mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by South Korean online game maker NCSOFT Corp., was the highest grossing app on the Google Play Store during the first quarter of the year, industry data showed Monday. The mobile version of the mega-hit game “Lineage 2″ was [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has signed a partnership with a global esports organization to boost its presence in the gaming monitor market. Samsung said it will sponsor its latest display products at T1 Entertainment & Sports (T1), a joint venture between South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — South Korean mobile games have gained huge popularity in overseas markets partly on the back of the coronavirus pandemic that has confined more people to their homes, industry data showed Tuesday. Global mobile game usage shot up 20 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with a [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A Meister High School which will train talented students to become leaders in South Korea’s gaming industry has been established. Opening its doors Thursday in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, the Gyeonggi Game Meister High School is the first Meister High School in the country dedicating to the gaming sector. The [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday its esports joint venture (JV) with a U.S. entertainment giant has secured a sponsorship from global automotive giant BMW Group. T1 Entertainment & Sports (T1), a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor LLC, will be sponsored by [...]
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 [...]