SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — About six out of 10 South Korean parents enjoy playing video games with their children, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted last year by the Korea Creative Content Agency, 59.3 percent of the 1,028 respondents with school-age children said they play video games with their children [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. said Thursday it will introduce the nation’s first game-themed gas station. Hyundai Oilbank, gaming giant Nexon Co. and local fashion brand Peaches collaborated on opening a PARTS Oilbank gas station in Hannam-dong, Seoul using the intellectual property from Nexon’s hit online game “KartRider.” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Video games specially developed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are capable of increasing the blood flow that is lacking in certain parts of the brain, a study showed Thursday. A research team from Chung-Ang University Hospital created a game co-developed by public agencies and private companies and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game developers are increasingly turning to Taiwan as a ‘forward base’ before hitting the global markets in China and Southeast Asia. Kakao Games, the game developing unit of South Korean mobile giant Kakao, decided to launch “Odin: Valhalla Rising,” the company’s newest mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s media regulator has approved a South Korean video game for the first time in nearly four years in what could be a relaxation of economic retaliation. China’s National Press and Publication Administration issued a license for “Summoners War” on Wednesday, paving the way for Com2uS Corp. to officially [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Lineage 2M, a mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by South Korean online game maker NCSOFT Corp., was the highest grossing app on the Google Play Store during the first quarter of the year, industry data showed Monday. The mobile version of the mega-hit game “Lineage 2″ was [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A Meister High School which will train talented students to become leaders in South Korea’s gaming industry has been established. Opening its doors Thursday in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, the Gyeonggi Game Meister High School is the first Meister High School in the country dedicating to the gaming sector. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Wednesday it aims to expand cooperation with Microsoft Corp. on console games. SKT said it plans to support the development of games for Xbox, a home video game console manufactured by Microsoft, by boosting investment and marketing activities. To initiate [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — GMO Internet, Inc. (hereinafter “GMO Internet”) has started opening pre-registration for “Captain Tsubasa ZERO -Miracle Shot-” today, August 8 on App Store and Google Play. “Captain Tsubasa ZERO -Miracle Shot-” is the global version of a real-time football simulation RPG for smartphones “Captain Tsubasa ZERO” (hereinafter “Captain Tsubasa ZERO”) currently [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it will launch a virtual reality (VR) racing game for 5G smartphones in the first half of this year. SK Telecom said it has signed a licensing agreement with the nation’s leading game developer, Nexon Co., to use [...]