Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Esports fans from around the world gather in Seoul for GES 2024

The Grand Peace Hall at Kyung Hee University in eastern Seoul was filled with excited fans wearing team jerseys and waving banners of the countries they were rooting for as they attended Game Esports Seoul (GES) 2024 on Sunday.

2024-09-09

Krafton under fire over unrestricted customization of NewJeans in PUBG

The unrestricted customization of avatars of girl group NewJeans in the game PUBG has produced inappropriate content.

2024-06-21

Korea wins first PUBG Nations Cup on home soil

Team Korea won the PUBG Nations Cup for the first time at Sangam Afreeca Colosseum in western Seoul on Sunday, claiming the title on home soil that they narrowly missed four years ago.

2023-09-18

Kakao Games takes shot at winning back gamers with new FPS survival game Dysterra

Kakao Games hopes to get back in the good graces of gamers with a new online first-person shooting (FPS) survival game Dysterra after a tumultuous year with Uma Musume. “We’ve held eight tests since March last year and gradually ...

2022-11-18

'Blackpink X PUBG Mobile 2022 In-Game Concert' with 3-D avatars to start end-July

Girl group Blackpink will hold a virtual in-game concert at the end of July, it announced Tuesday. "Blackpink X PUBG Mobile 2022 In-Game Concert: [The Virtual]" will showcase 3-D avatars of the group's four members — Jennie, Rosé Lisa and Jisoo...

2022-07-12

Krafton invests $5.4 million in Real Cricket developer Nautilus

Game publisher Krafton invested $5.4 million in Indian sports mobile game studio Nautilus Mobile for an unspecified stake, the company said on Thursday. The deal marks the first time that Krafton, the developer and publisher of the ...

2022-02-03

Krafton leads $11 million investment in Jordan's Tamatem Games

Game developer Krafton led a round of investment worth $11 million in Arab mobile game publisher Tamatem Games for an unspecified stake, the company said Tuesday. Seeking to expand its presence in the Middle East, Krafton, developer ...

2021-12-07

PUBG: New State tops the game charts four days after release

PUBG: New State, Krafton’s latest mobile game, became the most-downloaded game in 165 countries within four days of its release, the game publisher said on Monday. PUBG: New State topped the most-downloaded games chart in 163 countries on ...

2021-11-15

Krafton borrows PUBG's world for three webtoons

Krafton announced Friday it will release three webtoons based on its hit game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), which it is steadily expanding into the so-called PUBG universe.

2021-11-12

Lineage W tops game charts though response remains mixed

Lineage W, the latest online game from NCSoft, has emerged as the top mobile game on both the Google Play and the Apple App Store game charts in the first week of release, signaling an improved outlook for a company that’s been struggling to ...

2021-11-09