BUSAN, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The sale of illicit computer programs designed to cheat in online video games has morphed into a sophisticated organized crime operation involving separate development and distribution networks, according to South Korea’s game industry watchdog. Compounding concerns, some youths are even engaging in the promotion and sale of these “hacks” as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The gaming environment is one of the most rapidly changing fields in the information technology industry, and it took less than a decade for mobile phones to replace personal computers as the main access channel for online gaming. The new landscape moved the South Korean government to abolish the [...]
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 [...]