Aju Business Daily

​Kia partners with Riot Games to sponsor new League of Legends championship

[LOL Esports YouTube channel] SEOUL -- South Korea's second-largest carmaker Kia Motors signed a spons…

2019-01-14 11:03:13

KakaoPage acquires Indonesian webtoon service company Neobazar

[Kakao Page] SEOUL -- KakaoPage, a monetized content platform optimized for mobile devices in South Korea, acquir…

2018-12-18 10:57:17

Shinsegae ventures into VR game market to promote eco-friendly campaign

Electric appliances brand Electromart's mascot Electro Man [Electromart's Facebook] SEOUL -- Chung Yong-j…

2018-11-14 10:48:07

Nexon makes strategic investment in new game studio in Sweden

[Nexon] SEOUL -- Nexon, a South Korean video game company based in Japan, made a strategic investment in Embark S…

2018-11-08 17:03:07

S. Korean game publisher acquires creator of world-popular online game

[Courtesy of CCP Games] SEOUL -- Pearl Abyss, a South Korean game publisher, has decided to acquire 100 percent o…

2018-09-06 18:02:38

Game publisher Netmarble prepares to launch BTS game

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL, Feb. 07 (Aju News) -- Netmarble, a top South Korean game maker, revealed a glimpse of "BTS …

2018-02-07 12:19:31

Singer Jung Joon-young starts new career as pro-gamer

[Courtesy of C9 Entertainment] SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Aju News) -- ​Singer Jung Joon-young started a new double career a…

2018-01-18 17:04:02

Chinese internet giant to publish mobile version of S. Korean PC game

[PewDiePie YouTube channel] Chinese internet giant Tencent will publish a mobile version of "Playerunknown…

2017-11-29 16:49:13

Kakao to service world-popular PC game 'Battlegrounds' in November

[Courtesy of PUBG] South Korea's web service giant Kakao will start servicing "PlayerUnknown's Bat…

2017-10-24 17:11:14

Kakao ventures into screen golf industry to produce new AI-based platform

[Kakao Games] The game developing subsidiary of South Korea's second-largest web service provider "Kakao" has…

2017-09-26 10:38:24

S. Korean game developers on guard against Chinese rival Yoozoo

President Moon Jae-in tests a mobile game. [Yonhap News Photo] South Korea's gaming industry is on alert agai…

2017-09-19 14:43:33

NCsoft unveils mobile title 'Lineage M': Yonhap

[Courtesy of NCsoft] NCsoft Corp., a South Korean online gamemaker, unveiled the mobile version of its mega-hit "…

2017-05-17 10:21:02

Netmarble plans release of Lineage 2: Revolution in China this year

[Courtesy of Netmarble] Netmarble, the world's third largest mobile game developer, vowed to release its new …

2017-04-18 15:48:20

S. Korea to invest $8.2 mil in developing next-gen game contents

[Courtesy of KINTEX] South Korea's culture ministry will invest 9.2 billion won (8.2 million US dollars) in…

2017-03-28 16:43:08

Netmarble becomes world's no.3 mobile game publisher

[Courtesy of Netmarble] Netmarble, a South Korean game maker and publisher, has risen to the No. 3 spot …

2017-03-21 10:59:23

S. Korean messenger app giant starts cross-platform gaming service

[Courtesy of Kakao] Kakao Talk is creating a new paradigm in South Korea's saturated mobile gaming industry…

2017-03-09 10:33:50

S. Korean police declare war on drivers playing Pokemon Go

[Aju News DB] A police officer has pulled over a car driving in zigzags, thinking the driver must be drunk, but s…

2017-02-08 14:15:58

Missing seven-year-old child found playing Pokémon GO

[Yonhap Photo] Pokémon GO has become a syndrome since it was launched in South Korea three weeks ago, causing m…

2017-02-06 16:12:31

Will Pokémon Go succeed in S. Korea?

[Yonhap / AP] Pokémon Go, an augmented reality game and global hit, was officially released in South Korea, but d…

2017-01-24 18:02:50

World-shaking 'Pokémon Go' finally available for play in S. Korea

[ Aju News DB] Pokémon Go, an augmented reality mobile game that brought a worldwide syndrome, is finally availab…

2017-01-24 10:05:21