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Korean game, webtoon providers cruise in Japan

Digital entertainment content providers including Netmarble Games, Nexon, LINE, NHN Entertainment and Kakao are flourishing in the Japanese market where conventional Korean firms have struggled. As software content and service providers, they have pushed a more agile strategy to meet the specific demands of Japanese consumers so that they can avoid less-successful past experi...

Game | 2017-08-31 14:07

StarCraft returns as broadcasting league

StarCraft will return through a broadcasting league in Korea, with record prize money offered for the upcoming competition champion. The nation’s leading internet broadcasting television, AfreecaTV, said Monday it will host the “StarCraft: Remastered” league whose champion wins 60 million won ($52,600) in prize money. The total prize money exceeds 100 million won. This is the first time in the world that the face-lift version of the mega-hit strategy game is broadcast in a professional league, since the game hit shelves last week on the global market.

Game | 2017-08-21 16:49

Battle royal between two game companies

Netmarble Games is fiercely chasing down Nexon in sales performance, aiming to become Korea’s largest game company. According to a regulatory filing Aug. 11, Netmarble said it posted about 1.23 trillion won ($1.07 billion) in sales in the first half alone. This is about 82 percent of the company’s total annual sales last year.

Game | 2017-08-21 15:56

Nexon's new mobile game 'AxE' faces tough competition

Nexon unveiled its new mobile game “Alliance x Empire” (AxE), Thursday, seeking to boost its presence in the mobile game market here this year. By genre, the new title is classified as a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). In this type of game, all users interact with one another in a single world to train their characters, carry out given missions and en...

Game | 2017-08-17 16:43

'StarCraft' regaining popularity

The 19-year-old computer online strategy game “StarCraft” is recovering its popularity with the exclusive pre-launch of its upgraded version in Korea, according to industry sources, Tuesday. According to its developer and distributor Blizzard Entertainment, about 28,000 copies of a special “StarCraft: Remastered” package have been sold so far. The special package has been exc...

Game | 2017-08-15 17:02

StarCraft maker hit for 'unfair practices'

Two “Lineage” mobile games to be released overseas

Netmarble Games and NCSOFT are pushing to launch their “Lineage” series of mobile games in overseas markets, seeking to expand their domestic mega-hits globally, according to the companies, Wednesday. Netmarble said Monday it has decided to roll out its mobile role-playing game (RPG) “Lineage 2: Revolution” in Japan, Aug. 23. Japan is one of the world’s largest mobile game ma...

Game | 2017-08-14 17:02

Nexon posts record sales in first half

Nexon posted record sales of 1.23 trillion won ($1.07 billion) in the first half of 2017, backed by strong performances in global markets in the second quarter, the company said Friday. According to its regulatory filing, Thursday, Nexon’s sales reached 477.8 billion won in the second quarter, up 17 percent from 409.9 billion won the same period a year ago. Its operating prof...

Game | 2017-08-11 16:25

'Big 4' mobile RPGs hit domestic market

Korea’s mobile game market is heating up with four major role-playing game (RPG) titles vying for the attention of gamers here, according to industry sources, Wednesday. With NCSOFT’s “Lineage M” and Netmarble Games’ “Lineage 2: Revolution” remaining at the highest positions in the top-grossing charts of Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store, Nexon’s “Dark Avenger 3” and “Onmyoji,” domestically published by Kakao, are newly drawing attention.

Game | 2017-08-06 17:01

English e-sports commentator highlights globalization

BUSAN - Nicolas Plott, who is better known by his nickname “Tasteless,” is a veteran e-sports commentator. He has delivered commentary for worldwide e-sports competitions happening in Korea in English for almost a decade. As one of Korea’s most experienced English e-sports shoutcasters, Plott said Korea’s e-sports industry should push to globalize its brand.

Game | 2017-08-06 17:00

Understanding Korea key to developing StarCraft's facelift

BUSAN - Robert Bridenbecker, Blizzard Entertainment’s vice president of technology strategy and planning, introduced himself as a big fan of Korea. Visiting Korea more than 70 times during the last 15 years, the U.S. game company executive said Korea and its vibrant gaming culture have taught him great lessons in developing and redesigning games.

Game | 2017-08-06 16:57

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