Line Games to launch The Play of Genesis in Taiwan, Hong Kong

Line Games to launch The Play of Genesis in Taiwan, Hong Kong

South Korea's Line Games Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnam's tech giant VNG for the mobile game The Play ...

Pearl Abyss, Tencent to release Black Desert in China

Pearl Abyss, Tencent to release Black Desert in China

South Korea's game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss Corp. announced on Wednesday that it's preparing to launch its cross-platform MMORPG Black De...

Tencent-backed Shift Up seeks June IPO at $2.6 bn value

Tencent-backed Shift Up seeks June IPO at $2.6 bn value

South Korean gaming firm Shift Up Corp. is eyeing an initial public offering on the main Kospi in June, with an enterprise value of 3.48 trillion wo...

Netmarble leverages existing IPs, M&As to keep growth

Netmarble leverages existing IPs, M&As to keep growth

Expectations are growing high that Netmarble Corp., South Korea’s second-largest game developer and publisher, will extend its growth streak t...

Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE for $161 mn

Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE for $161 mn

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is selling a stake in HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS, for 219.9 billion won ($161...

Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it achieved the number one sales position in the global OLED monitor market one year after enter...

POSCO Future M publishes responsible minerals report

POSCO Future M publishes responsible minerals report

South Korea's POSCO Future M Co. announced on Tuesday that it released a responsible minerals report detailing establishing a sustainable supply cha...

Samsung holds Odyssey event with T1 in Chengdu

Samsung holds Odyssey event with T1 in Chengdu

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it held an Odyssey gaming monitor experience event with the T1, the top-tier League of Legends team...

Starfield launches 4th annual balloon festival with iconic character displays

Starfield launches 4th annual balloon festival with iconic character displays

Starfield, a chain of large shopping malls owned by Shinsegae, a South Korean retail company, announced on Friday that its 4th annual balloon festiv...

Krafton shares sink as SK Square taps 2.2% block trade

Krafton shares sink as SK Square taps 2.2% block trade

Shares of Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, lost about 8% on Tuesday on news that SK Square Co., an investment arm of the country&r...

Daesung PE tops Korean venture funds by return in 2018-2023

Daesung PE tops Korean venture funds by return in 2018-2023

Daesung Private Equity Inc. in South Korea has become the top local venture capital manager in terms of realized capital gain between 2018 and 2023,...

S.Korean game developers to utilize idol group IPs

S.Korean game developers to utilize idol group IPs

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., signed a licensing deal with SM Entertainment Co. to utilize idol ...

Nexon's Dave the Diver wins BAFTA Games Awards

Nexon's Dave the Diver wins BAFTA Games Awards

South Korea’s game developer Nexon Co. announced on Friday that its PC RPG game Dave the Diver won the Game Design award at the British Academ...

RVs, SUVs sweep top 4 spots in South Korea’s first-quarter auto sales

RVs, SUVs sweep top 4 spots in South Korea’s first-quarter auto sales

Recreational vehicles (RVs) and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) achieved an unprecedented feat by claiming the top four spots on the list of best-sell...

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...

Krafton makes local soft launch of mobile game 'Bullet Echo India'

Krafton makes local soft launch of mobile game 'Bullet Echo India'

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Friday that it soft-launched "Bullet Echo India," developed by global game developer ZeptoLab, ...

SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in SE Asia

SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in SE Asia

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with CelcomDigi Berhad, the leading telecom company in Malays...

Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures

Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures

South Korea’s casual multiplayer game developer Sandy Floor Games announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investment from Kakao Ventur...

LG Uplus, Mobirix to jointly develop car infotainment

LG Uplus, Mobirix to jointly develop car infotainment

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic mobile game developer Mobir...

LG Electronics unveils UltraGear OLED gaming monitors

LG Electronics unveils UltraGear OLED gaming monitors

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it unveiled LG UltraGear gaming monitors that can switch resolution and refresh rate according to conte...

Netmarble Arthdal Chronicles pre-registration surpasses 1 mn

Netmarble Arthdal Chronicles pre-registration surpasses 1 mn

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday that the pre-registration of its upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing ga...

Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE

Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. opened its corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of last year to str...

Krafton eyes mega M&A, PUBG franchise deals: Krafton chair

Krafton eyes mega M&A, PUBG franchise deals: Krafton chair

Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, is gearing up for the second chapter of its business through “mega” M&A deals and...

Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround

Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it is set to launch “Solo Leveling: Arise” — a new title based on a po...

Burger Please!, world’s third-most downloaded app in 2023

Burger Please!, world’s third-most downloaded app in 2023

A hyper-casual game developed by South Korea’s fledgling gaming publisher Supercent was the world’s third-most downloaded newly launched...

PUBG’s Krafton expands in India with localized games

PUBG’s Krafton expands in India with localized games

South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc., renowned for its global mega-hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), aims to expand its market share...

Samsung’s Odyssey Neo G9 redefines gaming monitors

Samsung’s Odyssey Neo G9 redefines gaming monitors

Samsung Electronics Co. is redefining the scope of gaming monitors with its latest model, the Odyssey Neo G9, which the South Korean tech giant says...

DevSisters, Krafton sign Cookie Run India publishing deal

DevSisters, Krafton sign Cookie Run India publishing deal

South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a publishing agreement in India for the mobile game "Cookie R...

SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer

SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer

BARCELONA – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, sees the emergence of personal artificial intelligence assistants as a gam...

Netmarble bets on new games for turnaround in 2024

Netmarble bets on new games for turnaround in 2024

Netmarble Corp. expects a turnaround this year driven by new games after successfully snapping its seven consecutive quarter losing streak in the fi...

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