Player Preferences
South Korean mobile game user analysis for February 2017
A look at the most popular genres for men and women in South Korea
Industry Event
South Korea games show G-Star 2017 dated for November 16th to 19th
Key expo returns to Busan
South Korea Playtimes
Mobile gamers in South Korea spend 46 minutes a day playing games
Lineage 2: Revolution remains king of the market
Massively Multiplayer
What can we expect from the future of mobile MMORPGs?
And why are the current slate of titles in the genre so successful?
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Com2uS on the evolution of Summoners War
Lead Developer Min Young Jung on the game's life so far
Still Going Strong
Summoners War hits $780 million in lifetime revenue
Com2uS RPG generated $280 million in one year
Pokemon Go Forever
SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea
In exchange for 4,000 PokeStops and Gyms
Ipo A Go
Mobile games publishing giant Netmarble plots IPO worth up to $2.35 billion
Could be the largest public offering in South Korea for years
China Bans Korea
Updated: China bans all new games developed in South Korea from launching in the country
Existing games unaffected
Korean Insight
82% of Korean games companies have annual sales of less than US $87,000
The top 10 Korean games companies: market insight from our partners at This Is Game
Unleashed
Nexon soft-launches potential big hitter Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed for mobile
Brawl with hundreds of enemies on your mobile
Global Lineage
Netmarble reveals plans to launch Lineage 2: Revolution worldwide after huge South Korea success
Specially designed versions for China, Japan, and the West
Insert Coin
Retro style, modern medium: the making of Evil Factory
Lawrence Koh and Jaeho Hwang on updating the shmup for F2P
Nexon Investment
Nexon Korea makes strategic investment in Tree of Savior developer IMC Games
Helping developer on mobile adaptation of MMORPG
Office Closure
Report: King closes South Korea office
Publisher shuts down local operations after struggling to make a significant impact
Os Blocking
Google is being investigated in Korea for potentially obstructing Samsung mobile OS development
Deal from 2011 under scrutiny once again
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy16
Nexon pinning hopes on strong 2017 launch line-up as sales and profits fall in 2016
Dynasty Warriors and Final Fantasy could be huge
More Summoners War
Summoners War is getting an MMORPG spin-off, cartoon, movie, and more
Com2uS doubles down on its flagship title
Com2us Financials Q4 Fy16
Com2uS posts record year for sales and profits as it pushes further into the global market
86% of sales were generated outside of Korea
Netmarble Financials Q4 Fy16
Netmarble profits jump 81% thanks to hugely successful launch of Lineage 2
Also sees continued growth from its other long-running franchises
Super Mario Korea
Super Mario Run shoots to the top of App Store download charts in South Korea
Not doing as well in grossing ranks
Gotta Catch 'em All
Pokemon GO reaches 4.2 million players a day in South Korea
Success continues for Niantic's hit game
Pokemon Go Korea
Pokemon GO launches in South Korea and shoots straight to second in iOS top grossing chart
Jumps to 2nd place on top grossing charts
All About Export
A history of South Korea's tough anti-gambling laws and why devs are looking to crack overseas markets
Byung Hyuk Kim shares a legal history of social casino in South Korea
South Korea Vr
YJM Games becomes first South Korea developer to invest in Venture Reality Fund
Hopes to expand further into AR and VR
Rapid Revolution
Netmarble's Lineage 2: Revolution surpasses $176 million in revenues in its first month
Only launched in South Korea
Look To Korea
The state of the Korean mobile market in 2017
Sang-Ho Park explains all
Charitable Messenger
Mystic Messenger dev gives $100,000 of game's profits to charity
Word-of-mouth sensation helps out
The Real-time Is Now
Netmarble talks real-time multiplayer on mobile and its FPS Final Shot
Final Shot Game Director Jung Ho Lee reveals all
Twang
Angry Birds Action meets Korean RPG: The making of Knight Slinger
Behind the scenes with Gamevil's Danny Park
Everything Or Nothing
Why Samsung is giving $10,000 to every developer in the Tizen Store's top 100
Hokyu Choi on building the Tizen smartphone market and ecosystem
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy16
Nexon profits drop 60% despite strong performance of Heroes of Incredible Tales in Southeast Asia and the West
Planning on releasing even more games soon
Two Games, One Kingdom
NCsoft files lawsuit against Netmarble over alleged Lineage IP infringement
MMORPG Aden stood to benefit from Lineage likeness
Another Galaxy
Samsung offering half-price Galaxy Note 8 to Note 7 owners in South Korea
An apology for launching an exploding phone
Nexon Push
Nexon to bring Maple Story, Dungeon & Fighters and five other games to mobile by the end of 2016
Only reveals six
Going Public
South Korea games publisher Netmarble seeks approval for multi-billion dollar IPO
Netmarble readies itself for long-awaited initial public offering
Take Note
Samsung's "improved" Galaxy Note 7 is still overheating in South Korea
Sales delayed until October 1st
Ua In Asia
How to adapt your UA campaign for China, Japan and South Korea
They key cultural differences between the top Asian countries for mobile games
Key Frames
NCSOFT partners with IKinema to use cost-cutting procedural animation system in next title
Real-time inverse kinematics, they call it
Incredible Downloads
Heroes of Incredible Tales achieves five million downloads outside of South Korea
Still to land in Japan
Nexon Fy16 Q2 Financials
Nexon grows in South Korea with DomiNations and Heroes of Incredible Tales, but suffers losses overall
Takes biggest hit in North America
Scaling
Taptica partners with Adways to target Asian mobile gamers
Part of an Asian shift
Poker Face
Netmarble reportedly eyeing social casino with a $4.3 billion Playtika acquisition
New markets
Korea To Japan
Nexon aiming to launch one game per month in Japan, starting with Sansho Studios partnership
Startup of ex-Capcom devs the first of many Japanese partners for Nexon
Taking Games Seriously
Kakao rebrands Daum Games as Kakao Games Europe, opens US publishing office
Focused on console, mobile, and virtual reality
Different Strokes
Nexon to release international and China-only mobile versions of hit PC game Dungeon&Fighter
Know your audience
Rpg Cash Machine
Summoners War hits $500 million in lifetime revenues, boosting Com2uS to another sales record
From only 60 million downloads
Apply Now
Korean publisher Smilegate hiring Software Engineer and UI Artists
English or Korean speakers needed for MMO project
Hitting Big
Nexon invests in NAT Games as it preps Korean smash HIT for global launch
From Korea to the world
Luck Of The Roll
Netmarble combines Everyone's Marble with Disney characters, announcing its Disney Magical Dice virtual board game
Korean publisher steps up