World Poker Tours the Major Game Expo in Korea Bookmark this portal  |   Make this portal your homepage   Search For:     World Poker Tours   Poker En Linea   Poker Online   Poker spil Contact Us Add Your Site Latest Scoops Links Free Online Games Roulette Online Casino Software Craps Keno   World Poker Tours - the Major Game Expo in Korea Gstar is also a place where cutting edge products and service related to the game industry debut to the world"s most enthusiastic population of gamers. The major game trade show Gstar 2005 in Korea will be held at Korean International Exhibition Centre (KINTEX). For the past decade, the Asian continent has been swept by Hallyu meaning Korean wave. Everything Korean phenomenon from entertainment content such as movies, TV drama, music and games to consumer products such as electronics, apparel and accessories has been gaining tremendous popularity throughput the region. In this Korean phenomenon games have been a huge part of this continentwide wave. Global leaders in the game industry are rushing to Korea to secure this important market which will act as their gateway into the entire Asia pacific market. Fueled by one of the worlds most advanced IT infrastructures and a strong base of game enthusiasts, the Korean game market has shown astronomical growth in the last few years. The size of the Korean game market is expected to reach US$ 4.3 billion in 2005. The most significant growth of Korea game industry is coming out of Chinas game market. Chinas official estimates put only games industry growth at 59% for 2004 (unofficial estimates put it higher; estimates on present size vary significantly from US$ 309m to US$ 691m: MMOGs can regularly attract between 10,000 and 700,000 simultaneous gamers; PC & console games account for only 18% of total) with an expectation that China could have 41.8m online gamers by 2007. More significantly, it is generally acknowledged within the Asia region, as the future producer of Asias most popular games and the most likely driver of long-term regional games industry growth. Asian territories including China, Taiwan and other South Eastern Asia where at present, 70% of online games available are made by Korean companies. That means Korean online game industry is the driving force of the growth of Asian online game market. As stated the recent dramatic growth in the Korean online and mobile sectors is adding a new vigor to the entire game market. More than 500 mobile game developers are releasing some 1,000 game titles a year, generating millions of downloads a month. Several mobile game publishers have been looking for the possibility to set up their studio in Korea last year. In result Mforma, a global mobile game publisher from USA, finally opened their studio in Korea for the Asian Market. << Back   Copyright 2004 © World Poker Tours. All rights reserved.