BUSAN, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –A young student in Busan has become the target of online abuse after being lauded for exposing a misleading video game that distorted the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the city of Gwangju, prompting a police investigation. The Yeonje Police Station in Busan said on June 3 that it was investigating [...]
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, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it had launched Samsung Space Tycoon, an experience-type virtual space, on the metaverse platform Roblox. Samsung Space Tycoon is a cyberspace using a management simulation game (tycoon) format, allowing users to produce and enjoy Samsung products and items in the universe. Under the background [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily active users (DAU) for U.S.-based Roblox, a platform of user-created games and a metaverse leader, shot up to a one-year high this month in South Korea. According to the data by mobile big data platform IGAWorks, Roblox saw its DAU reach 422,378 in the February [...]