SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea tops the world charts in monthly spending on mobile games, a survey showed Wednesday. Industry tracker App Annie reported that each smartphone user in Asia’s fourth-largest economy spends an average of US$7.20 every month on Apple’s App Store and $13 on Google Play. The country had the [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Transactions on mobile games in South Korea reached a record high in the first quarter of this year, data showed Wednesday, amid the pandemic-driven online gaming trend. Mobile game transactions stood at 1.66 trillion won (US$1.48 billion) in the January-March period this year, compared with 1.48 trillion won the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of mobile games in South Korea soared to a record high in the first half of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic that has confined more people to their homes, industry data showed Monday. Combined sales of three app markets — Google’s Play Store for Android devices, Apple’s [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A slew of highly-anticipated mobile games based on classic PC titles have been or are set to be launched during the second half of this year, as game publishers aim to attract more mobile game users. In the lineup is “The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon,” by major game [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A subsidiary of South Korean online game developer NCSOFT Corp. on Wednesday disclosed three highly anticipated mobile games under development. Ntreev Soft Co. is currently developing the three games — Trickster M, Pangya M and Pro Baseball H3. “Trickster M and Pangya M are scheduled to be rolled out [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — South Korean mobile games have gained huge popularity in overseas markets partly on the back of the coronavirus pandemic that has confined more people to their homes, industry data showed Tuesday. Global mobile game usage shot up 20 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Female characters with revealing costumes and muscular men are what we commonly see in mobile game commercials. Recently, however, female characters are increasingly being replaced with handsome, feminine male characters resembling those from romance cartoons as the game industry is expanding to attract female players. NHN Entertainment Corp., a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Webtoons are evolving as they expand their market reach mobile games and dramas. Recently, mobile games and dramas using Naver Webtoon IP are gaining popularity. Thanks to the popularity and recent trends, it is estimated that the size of South Korea’s webtoon market will surpass US$1 billion by 2020. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Revenue generated by mobile games surged this year, while traditional moneymakers like online games and “PC room” games – games played in South Korean internet cafes – stumbled. South Korean games have endured a series of ups and downs in the past decade. According to a government document published [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced on November 8 that it has drafted a standardized list of terms and conditions for the mobile gaming industry that has been passed into law. Mobile gaming is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds, but its steady rise has also been accompanied [...]