SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Games Corp., the game unit under Kakao Corp., which operates South Korea’s most-used mobile messenger Kakao Talk, said Monday that it will publish mega-hit computer game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” in South Korea. Under an agreement with Bluehole Inc., Kakao Games will launch the multiplayer online battle video game in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s longtime online game giant Nexon Korea Co. is finding itself threatened by its smaller local rival Netmarble Games Corp. partly as mobile has become a more popular platform than desktops, market watchers said Monday. Netmarble, South Korea’s No. 1 mobile game developer and publisher, announced on Friday [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is set to implement a new gaming law amendment which will scrap the limit on the height of barricades for virtual reality arcade machines and remove restrictions on internet gaming centers, widely known in Korea as PC bangs, that serve food. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Netmarble Games, South Korea’s top mobile game developer, said the number of pre-registrations for its mega-hit title, “Lineage 2: Revolution,” in Japan surpassed the 1 million mark Tuesday. Netmarble started accepting the preorders for the mobile role-playing game from the official website for Japanese players on April 28 before [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the popularity of “binge-watching” TV is steadily rising in Korea, a study published by a research team at Hanshin University highlights parallels between watching TV shows and playing video games. Netflix, the video streaming industry giant, is one of the most popular options for binge-watching, especially considering a season’s [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Games Corp., a game company under Kakao Corp., which operates South Korea’s most-used mobile messenger KakaoTalk, unveiled the highly anticipated mobile game “Onmyoji for kakao” on Tuesday, with the official launch date set for August. The Korean version of the role-playing game — with over 200 million downloads [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – NCsoft Corp., a South Korean online gamemaker, unveiled the mobile version of its mega-hit “Lineage,” “Lineage M,” on Tuesday, with the official launch date set for next month. “Lineage M” will be officially available on both Android and iOS on June 21, bringing the original “Lineage” title to the [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Netmarble Games Corp., South Korea’s largest mobile games maker, was listed on the country’s main bourse on Friday, in what was the biggest market debut by a local game company. Netmarble Games opened trade at 165,000 won (US$146), above the top of its marketed range at 157,000 won. Its [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Pokémon GO players in South Korea has plummeted to a third of the initial count, data by WiseApp showed Monday, fewer than three months after the AR game’s launch on January 24. The mobile analytics company, based on a sample study of local Android users, estimated [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The newfound political awareness of South Koreans, after a months-long scandal that ended with the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, has given rise to mobile games that let players be the kingmaker, running a virtual presidential election, or be the president themselves. Developed by Goormsoft Corp., Raising President (title [...]