SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it has launched a mobility-themed game on popular global online platform Roblox to showcase the company’s future vision to young gamers. Titled “Hyundai Future Adventure,” the game consists of six jump-action challenges themed around future mobility. Players take their journey exploring a future-themed park [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) is gearing up for the implementation of mandatory loot box probability disclosure requirements set to begin this March. However, concerns have been raised about the committee’s capacity to conduct thorough investigations due to its plan to fill the 24-member monitoring team with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, brimmed with excitement from early afternoon on November 19th for the culmination of the League of Legends World Championship, the globe’s premier esports event. The 18,000-seat arena filled rapidly, while Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul mirrored the fervor. Despite the biting winds, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – At the upcoming G-STAR, Korea’s prime gaming exhibition, the industry will unveil new titles focused on delivering inherent fun and leveraging intellectual property (IP). These submissions and booth plans highlight a forecast: console platforms and subculture games, specifically the Japanese anime-style, are set to become pivotal in 2024′s gaming landscape. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Smilegate Hope Studio announced the launch of Korea’s first gamified donation platform, Hope Studio, on Tuesday. Hope Studio stands as an interactive platform that brings together partners, donors, and gamers in a collective effort to address societal challenges. This platform seamlessly merges the realms of donation and volunteer activities with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) –LG Electronics introduced a special version of their LG UltraGear Gaming Monitor, known as the LoL Edition. This monitor is designed and optimized specifically for the popular online game “League of Legends” (LoL). League of Legends is the world’s most popular game, boasting 200 million monthly active users. It has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Since the latter part of last year, South Korean gaming industry has encountered challenges, marked by a decline in performance resulting from the easing of social distancing measures and the increasing popularity of foreign games. This downturn has led to a flurry of legal battles centered on intellectual property [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Netmarble Corp. continues its “select and focus” program, actively discontinuing unprofitable existing game services. The South Korean game developer and publisher officially announced through its online cafe on Thursday that it will pull the plug on its mobile game ‘Monster Taming’ on Nov. 30, initiating the process of blocking [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday sided with NCsoft Corp., one of the country’s leading online game developers, over allegations that a smaller game company had plagiarized its leading game Lineage M. NCsoft Corp. filed the intellectual property suit against the video game developer Webzen in June 2021, claiming it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-made mobile games are facing challenges in the Chinese market following a recent attempt to expand. Smilegate Holdings Inc.’s “Epic Seven,” which entered the Chinese market last June, held the 67th position on the Apple Store’s sales chart in the second week of August, according to mobile app market [...]