SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 in 10 South Koreans play video games, and more people are playing games with their children, a poll showed Thursday. The Korea Creative Content Agency conducted a survey of 6,000 people between the ages of 10 and 65, in which 74.4 percent had played video games [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s video game powerhouses are eyeing new grounds, from K-pop to TV shows, in search for new audiences as they become increasingly outshined by a new generation of game companies. Earlier this year, NCSOFT Corp., the creator of the hit fantasy series “Lineage,” launched a K-pop fan platform [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Competition in South Korea’s mobile video game market is set to intensify in the coming months with the launches of new titles, analysts said Friday. Video game giant NCSOFT Corp. is set to release “Blade & Soul 2,” the sequel to its popular massively multiplayer online role playing game [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A man who sued his video game opponent for trash talk that reportedly left him depressed and stressed may not have won the battle, but he has at least partially won the war. On September 11, a Gwangju district court partly ruled in favor of the plaintiff who was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Overwork is once again in the headlines thanks to a former employee of Netmarble Neo, a subsidiary of the video game company, who spoke at a press conference held in Yeouido on August 8 decrying the dangers of the excessive work culture at his former job. The man in question joined [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Online live video game streaming is taking the world by storm, as the idea of sharing and enjoying the experience of playing and watching games becomes increasingly popular, and the impact is being also felt in South Korea where eSports have a huge following. As demand for video game streaming [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Research has revealed that children that have a healthy relationship with their parent of the same sex are at a reduced risk of video game addiction. A son’s relationship with his father, and a daughter’s with her mother can determine how an overindulgence in video games affects academic activities. [...]
SEOUL, Korea, August 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Why are children so into petty, simple video games, when they are not rewarded with anything but useless virtual coins for playing them? It’s quite a show to watch little ones so obsessed with their cute characters obtaining an equally cute alien spaceship. We adore these little beings but we [...]