SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As generative artificial intelligence becomes mainstream in game development, a fierce debate is emerging over the use of AI-generated art, voice acting and other digital assets — with players and creators accusing studios of sacrificing quality and authenticity for efficiency. The controversy resurfaced sharply after Activision acknowledged using AI in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Krafton Inc. has claimed that former leadership of its U.S. subsidiary Unknown Worlds was negligent in developing the survival game Subnautica 2, leading to delays that triggered a legal dispute in the United States, company officials said Thursday. Krafton Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kim Chang-han filed such a claim [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court has sided with game developer NCSOFT in a lawsuit filed by a Lineage M player who refused to share valuable in-game items obtained through joint play, ruling that the company’s action to confiscate the items and suspend the user’s account was justified. The Seoul High [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Nexon’s Mabinogi Mobile was named the best Korean game of the year, winning the Presidential Award at the 2025 Korea Game Awards held Tuesday in Busan. Developed by Nexon’s internal studio DevCAT, Mabinogi Mobile is a mobile and PC MMORPG released on March 27. The title reimagines Mabinogi, Nexon’s 2004 [...]
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, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Developers from major South Korean game studios are voicing frustration over management practices that prioritize short-term profits over creativity, arguing that such behavior undermines the industry’s global competitiveness. At a meeting with Vice Culture Minister Kim Young-soo on Thursday, members of the IT division of the Korean Federation of Chemical, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Krafton Inc., the South Korean game developer behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), announced Thursday that it will invest 100 billion won (about US$72 million) to build a high-performance GPU cluster as part of its transformation into an “AI-first” company. The company unveiled its new long-term vision during an internal town hall [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — After decades as a gatekeeper of content, South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) is undergoing a transformation — from a censorship-era pre-screening body into a modern agency focused on post-release oversight and player protection. Under the reforms, GRAC will delegate most general game ratings to private organizations while [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean media scholars has called for the abandonment of the medical classification of gaming disorder, arguing that framing play as a disease reflects a long history of cultural repression cloaked in health concerns. In a report commissioned by the Korea Creative Content Agency and the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer, said Friday it has signed a content distribution collaboration deal with local animation streaming platform Laftel. Under the agreement, Laftel will distribute 3,800 titles of animation content to NCSOFT’s NC Family Zone (NCFZ) PC cafes, starting Sept. 18. NCSOFT plans to [...]