SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s leading game companies are changing the direction of the business from game development to game publishing. As large game companies focus more on supporting smaller game developers or fostering subsidiaries, the games developed on their own are beginning to represent a rapidly decreasing share of total revenue. WeMade [...]
LOS GATOS, Calif., May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Zepp Labs, a leader in sports sensor technology and new leader in tennis data, today released the first ever consumer technology that enables tennis players and coaches to capture and analyze serves in 3D on their smartphone or tablet. Simply attach the Zepp™ multi-sport sensor to the handle of any racket, serve [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – NCSoft is determined to recruit investment specialists. The company’s investment target is a non-game industry which can have a synergy with the game industry. Nexon and NHN Entertainments are also vying to make investments in non-game industries. Such moves by Korea’s most respectable game companies are interpreted as attempts to [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – “Most game makers that succeeded in the world market analyze data on each national market’s users and their live time value constantly. Domestic game publishers and developers must do the same to raise their winning possibilities in the global market.” This is what Lee Chang-soo, president of 5Rocks, Korea’s mobile [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – “FIFA Online 3M” has become the first mobile-dedicated game application to surpass the million-download mark on Naver App Store. “FIFA Online 3M,” the mobile version of famous online game “FIFA Online 3,” is a football game which features all the real players and clubs in major football leagues all around the world and [...]
BURLINGAME, Calif. & LAS VEGAS, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — PLAYSTUDIOS, a game development company focusing on free-to-play casino games, announced that its myVEGAS mobile app achieved the most popular download ranking in the Casino Games category, for both phone and tablet devices, across all three major app stores – iTunes for iOS, Google Play [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean game companies are eyeing the Chinese market as they experience a limited growth in the domestic market due to cutthroat competition. The volume of the Chinese mobile game market is estimated to reach about 3.9 trillion won (23 billion yuan) this year, an 80-percent increase from 1.85 trillion [...]
NEW YORK, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Nickelodeon and Lima Sky launched Doodle Jump SpongeBob SquarePants – a brand-new global mobile app inspired by the award-winning Doodle Jump app. In this 2D level-based jumper game, players take the role of SpongeBob, jumping up and through Bikini Bottom locales while trying to avoid infamous villains, including [...]
ARLINGTON, Va., May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – PBS KIDS has launched a new, free app designed specifically for parents that will give them the “super power” to engage with their kids in the digital medium as never before: PBS KIDS Super Vision. The new app is a first-of-its-kind tool that parents can access conveniently from their [...]
LOS ANGELES, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – What is the best way to spark your children’s creativity by taking advantage of the ubiquitous digital tools? Legacy Games, a global game developer and publisher from the US has partnered with Crayola for the development of a series of apps designed to engage children in the creative process, [...]