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Games & Commerce
G-Star expands content to AI, webtoons and mobility, reduces reliance on game studios
G-Star, South Korea\'s largest game exhibition, plans to broaden its scope to AI, webtoons and mobility while expanding organiser-led in-house content to reduce dependence on participating game studios. The organisers named expansion of industry and audience reach and increased in-house content as key strategies for G-Star 2026, to be held in Busan in November. AI story platform Crack will be main sponsor, and Hyundai Motor will run a special programme.
Games & Commerce
Webzen unveils first details, images of new game \'Project D1\'
Webzen on Monday released directing images and key information for \'Project D1\', a new game being developed at its subsidiary Webzen Crevice. The title is a command strategy RPG based on the intellectual property of the Naver Webtoon \'Becoming the Tyrant of a Defense Game\'. Webzen said it applied a \'diorama pixel art\' technique combining 2D pixel art with Unreal Engine 5-based 3D staging.
Games & Commerce
Court rejects Webzen injunction bid against \'Dragonsword\'; Steam release to proceed as planned
Hound13 said on Wednesday that the Seoul Central District Court rejected Webzen\'s request for a provisional injunction to block the release of \'Dragonsword: Awakening\'. The dispute arose after Webzen failed to pay a minimum guarantee under a publishing contract, after which Hound13 terminated the deal. The court found the termination valid and rejected claims of unauthorised use of translations. The game is set for release on Steam as planned.
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Games & Commerce
Webzen to show \'Terbis\' at Japan\'s Comiket for fifth straight time
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Games & Commerce
Nexthrus unveils 9 new titles joining ONE onchain platform for rollout this year
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Games & Commerce
Korean games secure seven China foreign game licenses in first half, boosting earnings hopes
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Finance
Game industry expands dividends, share cancellations, seeking to lift \'relatively neglected\' stocks
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Games & Commerce
Kakao union presses ahead with first headquarters strike, warns of second walkout on June 29 logoff day
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Games & Commerce
Retail shareholders unite amid weak game stocks, press for meetings and treasury share cancellations
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Games & Commerce
Webzen Q1 operating profit falls 39.6 percent, seeks rebound through genre diversification
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Games & Commerce
South Korea\'s top court rules Webzen unpaid wage rise and incentives for union branch head was unfair labor practice
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Games & Commerce
Webzen launches indie game Memoris on Steam and Epic Games Store
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Games & Commerce
Hound13 rejects Webzen \'Dragon Sword\' lawsuit, says contract terminated over unpaid MG
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Games & Commerce
Small game developers in South Korea falter as weak launches shake survival model
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Games & Commerce
77 percent of game workers fear AI job insecurity; only 37 percent expect tax credit benefits to reach workplaces
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Games & Commerce
Webzen to release indie game \'Memories\' on Steam on April 28
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People & Appointments
Webzen to run youth coding workshop in 2026, support patent filings by Seongnam high school students
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Games & Commerce
Webzen fined for hiding game shutdown while selling items