SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arcade industry is seeing a resurgence in spending as venues grow larger and attract an older, more affluent clientele, according to new data from KB Kookmin Card. An analysis of card transactions at about 400 entertainment and leisure merchants nationwide found that average per-person spending at arcades reached [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Daejeon police are considering arresting two men in their 20s, because they are too good at claw machines. It was early morning on February 6 when “A” (undisclosed) showed up at his claw machine arcade in Daejeon, only to find that all five machines were empty, and 210 dolls, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Whether it’s the poor economy provoking childhood nostalgia, or people looking for simple gambling fun, claw machines are back in Korea, and they are everywhere. Over the past two years, the number of claw machine arcades in the country jumped by 2,400 percent to an estimated 500 – and [...]
JEONJU, South Korea, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Claw machines are back, and arcades offering a dozen, or dozens, of the machines are found on almost every corner of busy neighborhoods in Korean cities. Jeonju, a small city in North Jeolla Province with a little over 650,000 residents, is no exception. Famous for its Hanok [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Google Play Arcade finally opened at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Friday, with an 8,900m2 space offering visitors access to around 30 top-ranking mobiles games, such as Despicable Me: Minion Rush, Infinite Stairs, and Stone Age. The month-long exhibition was arranged to provide a different approach to conventional mobile games, [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Tired of playing your favorite games on a tiny 5-inch screen? Google Korea announced on July 12 that it will temporarily operate a Google Play Arcade at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul from July 29 to August 24. Game lovers will be able to enjoy playing thirty popular mobile games [...]