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Blizzard is publically shaming over 18,000 toxic South Korean Overwatch players News Jan 3rd, 2019

Blizzard is publically shaming over 18,000 toxic South Korean Overwatch players

Banned players have been named and shamed on the region’s Overwatch forums

“Boosting” multiplayer game accounts is now a crime in South Korea News Dec 13th, 2018

“Boosting” multiplayer game accounts is now a crime in South Korea

Playing on someone else’s account to up their rank could land you in prison with an $18,000 fine

Outworld Battlegrounds is the last game standing at The PC Indie Pitch at G-STAR 18 News Nov 23rd, 2018

Outworld Battlegrounds is the last game standing at The PC Indie Pitch at G-STAR 18

We check out the top 3 prize winners at this years PC Indie Pitch at G-STAR 2018

How Nexon brought MMO MapleStory 2 from Korea to the West Success Story Nov 20th, 2018

How Nexon brought MMO MapleStory 2 from Korea to the West

Lead designer Miyoung Oh shares how the project attracted one million users within a week of this launch

Blizzard issues apology after South Korean Overwatch streamer dons blackface News Nov 13th, 2018

Blizzard issues apology after South Korean Overwatch streamer dons blackface

Official South Korean Overwatch channel took Doomfist cosplay a step too far

Fortnite’s South Korean launch accompanies an 8.3 million concurrent player peak News Nov 9th, 2018

Fortnite’s South Korean launch accompanies an 8.3 million concurrent player peak

Internet cafe challenges encouraged new Korean players to log in at PC Bang stores

The Big Indie Awards are next week at G-STAR News Nov 5th, 2018

The Big Indie Awards are next week at G-STAR

Join us at G-STAR in Korea to find out the winners, plus two Indie Pitches and one sweet party

Behind the massive rise of Busan Indie Connect Festival Interviews & Opinion Oct 19th, 2018

Behind the massive rise of Busan Indie Connect Festival

Event director Dustin Lee gives us the lowdown on the show

Region Focus: Everything you need to know about the opportunities and challenges facing the South Korean games market Feature Oct 19th, 2018

Region Focus: Everything you need to know about the opportunities and challenges facing the South Korean games market

In-depth analysis of the sector with comment from executives at Netmarble, Com2uS and Pearl Abyss

More than one million people have played Nexon's MapleStory 2 News Oct 19th, 2018

More than one million people have played Nexon's MapleStory 2

MMO attracted this audience in just one week

Just what's up with the South Korean games market? Feature Oct 18th, 2018

Just what's up with the South Korean games market?

Mobile and PC MMOs rule the roost in a sector-defining part of the world

Ad sales house Venatus expands to Seoul News Jul 3rd, 2018

Ad sales house Venatus expands to Seoul

Expansion brings the European agency into the heart of Southeast Asia

South Korean hacker to spent a year in jail for Overwatch cheats News Jun 26th, 2018

South Korean hacker to spent a year in jail for Overwatch cheats

New national laws against online cheats have led to harsh punishments for offenders

South Korean Overwatch hacker fined $9,300, another faces two years on probation News May 3rd, 2018

South Korean Overwatch hacker fined $9,300, another faces two years on probation

Just two of 13 arrested on suspicion of building hacks for the online shooter

Sign up now to take part in the G-STAR Big Indie Pitch News Nov 13th, 2017

Sign up now to take part in the G-STAR Big Indie Pitch

Last chance to sign up for the Big Indie Pitch competition! It takes place in South Korea with G-STAR for the first time this coming weekend, building on incredible international success in San Francisco, Helsinki and London

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