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K-game makers extend console titles\' life with DLC

South Korean game companies are expanding downloadable content for PC and console package games as they move beyond mobile and online titles, seeking to sustain revenue after release. Unlike mobile and online games, where updates can generate ongoing sales, package games typically see sales concentrated early and then slow. Firms are using DLC to create additional sales, revive interest and extend the life of intellectual property, with recent examples from Pearl Abyss, Neowiz, Mintrocket and Shift Up.

People & Appointments

LG Electronics volunteers for second straight year to improve education environment in Myanmar

LG Electronics employees are volunteering in Myanmar for a second consecutive year to help improve education conditions for young people. The company’s Life’s Good volunteer group is carrying out activities from Sept. 7 to 11 at the Takeda Education Center in Yangon. Volunteers are building a youth vocational training facility and rest area, painting and drawing murals, and working on an outer wall. They also plan to deliver 400 kits of daily necessities to nearby low-income households.

Industry

Google reuses DDR4 from retired servers for AI equipment amid memory shortage

Google is reusing older DDR4 memory recovered from decommissioned servers in newer AI equipment as a worsening supply crunch hits memory chips, driven by the spread of AI data centres. Google said it remains hard to secure enough chips and called faster capacity expansion by manufacturers the most sustainable solution. Meta and others are also extending older memory use via CXL, though performance limits remain. Researchers and companies forecast further price rises and prolonged shortages.