SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Monday that it had set up a virtual space within a game to allow the MZ generation in China to experience what it’s like to travel to South Korea. “Audition,” a popular mobile game in China, is a rhythm game with more [...]
LOS ANGELES, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Firefly Games Inc. announced today that they have partnered with MGA Entertainment to launch a global L.O.L Surprise!™ Room Makeover mobile game coming this summer on all iOS and Android devices. This partnership was established through the multiple brand licensing deal between MGA Entertainment and Riva Technology and [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — At the start of the year, Devsisters Corp. was a minor mobile game publisher struggling to turn around, crossing its fingers over the launch of its latest installment of the casual endless runner series Cookie Run. Three months later, “Cookie Run: Kingdom” has dominated South Korea’s mobile app store [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The mobile game market in South Korea logged sharp growth of over 5 trillion won (US$4.5 billion) last year amid the pandemic, data showed Thursday. Total mobile game transactions in the country were estimated at 5.3 trillion won in 2020, up 24.3 percent from the previous year, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean mobile gamers rose sharply in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but their per-capita spending on mobile games declined, Facebook said Tuesday. According to a report released by the U.S. social networking giant, the number of domestic mobile gamers stood at 9.4 million in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Netmarble Games, a South Korean mobile game developer and publisher, said Thursday its new highly anticipated mobile game inspired by K-pop boy band sensation BTS will be launched later this month. BTS Universe Story, an interactive mobile game featuring 3-D characters of the seven members, will be available both [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Netmarble Games, a South Korean mobile game developer and publisher, said Wednesday that its new, highly anticipated mobile game inspired by K-pop boy band sensation BTS will be launched later this month. “BTS World,” a simulation game built around the idea of grooming BTS members to become global superstars, [...]
SUWON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A court said Friday it has ordered the South Korean unit of Google Inc. to repay a mother half of the money her son spent on mobile game items using her credit card without her permission. In a suit filed by the mother, the Suwon District Court found the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile gamers on average play games for 46 minutes per day, data showed Tuesday, spending more time on such applications than instant messengers or video-sharing programs. According to the data compiled by industry tracker Wiseapp, South Koreans played mobile games 10.2 times a day last month, which [...]
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 [...]