SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Star, South Korea’s biggest annual gaming trade show, was set to kick off in the southeastern port city of Busan on Thursday, its organizer said. A total of 1,037 companies from 42 countries will operate more than 3,320 booths at BEXCO until Sunday, making this year’s G-Star the biggest [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – At the upcoming G-STAR, Korea’s prime gaming exhibition, the industry will unveil new titles focused on delivering inherent fun and leveraging intellectual property (IP). These submissions and booth plans highlight a forecast: console platforms and subculture games, specifically the Japanese anime-style, are set to become pivotal in 2024′s gaming landscape. [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Authorities are scrambling to ensure a safe game festival, which is expected to attract a massive number of visitors, following the Itaewon crowd crush. On the first day of the annual global game trade fair G-Star at the BEXCO exhibition center in the southeastern port city of Busan on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean gaming developers and publishers have been unveiling their latest titles featuring cutting-edge graphics and technology at an ongoing game expo. This year’s G-Star Global Game Exhibition is not operating offline booths due to concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak, and fans must participate in the Thursday-Sunday event through [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest game expo kicked off online Thursday for the first time amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, bringing together major gaming and tech firms from both home and abroad. This year’s G-star, the 16th of its kind, does not operate offline booths due to concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak, and fans are [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest game expo kicked off in Busan on Thursday, showcasing a wide range of new games that utilize cutting-edge technology such as cloud computing. A record number of 691 game developers and distributors from 36 countries are taking part in the G-Star Global Game Exhibition in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest computing game expo is slated to open in Busan this week featuring a wide range of new computer and mobile games with virtual reality technology taking the center stage, sources said Tuesday. Hundreds of game developers and distributors from scores of countries will take part in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Organized by KOTRA, the annually held “G-Star” gaming extravaganza in Busan will open on November 16. This year’s four-day event is expected to be the busiest yet, with 2,758 requests submitted for booths as of last September. Since it was founded in 2005, this year marks the first time [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The biggest videogame fair Korea has to offer, the G-Star Global Game Exhibition, kicked off in Busan Thursday, attended by 653 developers and distributors from 35 countries. Highlighting this year’s exhibition, themed “Play to the Next Step”, was virtual reality technology, which is expected to become the “next big [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – At the ongoing global game exhibition G-Star in Busan’s BEXCO, mobile games are emerging as a new growth engine in the gaming industry. Although the main booths of the exhibition hall showcase blockbuster online PC games, mobile games, despite their lack of mainstream status, are increasingly gaining prominence. NCSoft, [...]