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Wed, September 18, 2019 | 06:29

Game firms struggle with increasingly aggressive unions

Major game companies such as Nexon and Smilegate have come into conflict with their unions that are claiming an increasing number of game developers have experienced employment instability following management decisions to halt several development projects.

Jun Ji-hye | 2019-09-11 15:40

'More Koreans will be connected via Logitech products'

Four months ago, PC and mobile peripherals titan Logitech appointed Yoon Jae-young as the company's head of Korea, a country crowded with avid tech enthusiasts thus being one of the company's most important markets.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2019-09-11 10:00

Nexon desperate to reorganize business structure

Nexon is scrambling to reorganize its business structure to prop up its worsening bottom line and inject vigor into its workforce following founder Kim Jung-ju's failed bid to sell the game company, company officials said Tuesday.

Jun Ji-hye | 2019-09-10 17:36

'Lineage 2M to bring big growth to NCSOFT'

Expectations are growing that NCSOFT will accomplish a big growth in sales next year with the launch of its much-anticipated “Lineage 2M” in this year's fourth quarter, according to securities analysts, Monday.

Jun Ji-hye | 2019-09-09 17:55

NCSOFT takes preorders for 'Lineage 2M'

NCSOFT began taking preorders for its long-awaited “Lineage 2M,” Thursday, with the aim of officially launching the new mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in this year's fourth quarter.

Jun Ji-hye | 2019-09-05 17:11

G-Star 2019 vows to shine despite Nexon's absence

This year's G-Star global game exhibition will take place on a larger scale compared to previous years, despite the absence of the nation's top game company Nexon, and will offer a variety of new experiences to visitors including fifth-generation (5G) network-powered games, an organizer of the exhibition said Wednesday.

Jun Ji-hye | 2019-09-04 17:18

Esports event for disabled students

A student plays a mobile game, while Netmarble Cultural Foundation head Seo Jang-won, back row center, and other officials look on during the 2019 National e Festival Competitions for Students with Disabilities that kicked off at the K Hotel Seoul, Tuesday. The two-day event, co-hosted by Netmarble, aims to develop self-esteem and a sense of achievement in disabled students. ...

Jun Ji-hye2019-09-03 17:36

LG Uplus to launch Nvidia's cloud gaming service on 5G

LG Uplus will launch Nvidia's GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform on its fifth-generation (5G) networks here, the mobile carrier said Tuesday, noting that it will begin offering a free trial for users of its 5G plans at the beginning of next month.

Jun Ji-hye | 2019-08-27 17:17

Wemade waging war against Chinese knockoff games

Wemade has filed a number of lawsuits against Chinese game makers that have copied its products in a bid to protect its intellectual property rights and increase sales in the world's largest game market, company officials said Friday.

Baek Byung-yeul | 2019-08-26 17:06

Game firms eye console games to lure global users

Pearl Abyss, Smilegate and other companies here are rushing to develop and release games for console devices such as PlayStation, to diversify their game publishing platforms and better reach out to global users amid stagnation of the domestic mobile game market, company officials said Sunday.

Jun Ji-hye | 2019-08-25 18:08

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