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Permalink Reply by Guzmán Díaz on January 28, 2011 at 4:31am

As a matter of fact, Starcraft is developed by Blizzard Entertainment (as of now Activision-Blizzard), which are based in the US, in Irvine, CA.

 

Considering I'm a huge fan of videogames (although not much of the MMOG fashion that is predominant in South Korea) I wanted to start a group on KBC for the korean videogame industry.

 

Some of the big names in the korean game industry are NEXON, NCSoft, Webzen, Hangame, Wemade Entertainment, Netmarble, Ntreev, NDoors or Neowiz (They seem to like the "N" letter :P). To have a better insight on the korean videogame industry, check out this blog: http://www.mmoculture.com/ 

 

One of the few console game developers are Softmax (Magna Carta series), but I guess this is not the kind of sector they are willing to enter.

 

I might be able to get some e-mail addresses from some companies, though I don't personally know their staff. There was a member in KBC who is working in ATI Korea, maybe he can help out. His name is Navid Firouz. He also has a blog on the korean game industry http://koreagames.wordpress.com/

 

Hope that helps :) I will see if it's possible to create a group so that we can attract the korean game industry on KBC :)

 

Cheers!

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Permalink Reply by Susanne Fuglsang on January 28, 2011 at 6:05am

Wow thanks for great information !

 

The interest around Starcraft is more around the big local tournaments that are arranged in Seoul every year around the game, but thanks for the input around the actual producer.

 

I will contact Navid also to see if he can add some more information :)

I am really greatful that you took the time to answer my request, thanks again for your effort.

 

Susanne

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Guzmán Díaz on January 28, 2011 at 6:26am

I see, if they want to have a deeper insight on the electronic sports leagues, they might want to contact the Korean e-Sports Players Association, http://www.e-sports.or.kr/ , they mostly organize the whole professional tournaments in South Korea.

 

They should want to take a look at the World Cyber Games, which they will probably know about, http://us.wcg.com/ WCG is a Korean company (backed by Samsung), but they are present all over the world, including Sweden. Also check out the International e-Sports Federation, which was founded in Korea too http://www.ie-sf.com/eng/

 

By the way, off-topic but might interest those who read this, check out this little documentary about the life inside an e-Sports team, it's in Korean, but it has English subtitles:  http://www2.razerzone.com/haxlife/

 

That goes for e-Sports organization. If you need any further help, feel free to ask, as I said I currently don't know any developer in the korean game scene (living in Spain makes it only harder to meet them :P), but I might be able to reach to some people.

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Permalink Reply by Susanne Fuglsang on January 28, 2011 at 6:33am

Yes, that is exactly what we are talking about, the World Cyber games and all the activities around that among other things. Loved the documentaries, it gives great insight to the gamers world.

 

I will go to Seoul in two weeks and will try to find a game developer, if I succeed I will be sure to give you the information also.

 

Susanne

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Permalink Reply by Hanna Park on January 28, 2011 at 6:43am

"Yes, that is exactly what we are talking about, the World Cyber games and all the activities around that among other things."- hi Susanne, so you need to talk to the organizer of World Cyber games or  are are you looking into actually developing a game? If latter, I can ask.

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Permalink Reply by Susanne Fuglsang on January 28, 2011 at 6:48am

Hello Hanna,

We are first of all looking to talk to the organizer to be able to visit the game, and second of all it can be a matter of developing actual games for Swedish companies, that´s why they also want to meet game developers.

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Permalink Reply by Guzmán Díaz on January 28, 2011 at 7:03pm

@Susanne:

Maybe visiting the Korea Game Industry Agency (KOGIA) could be helpful, http://www.kogia.or.kr/english/

 

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Permalink Reply by Susanne Fuglsang on January 28, 2011 at 7:05pm

Great, definetly a good idea !

 

Have a great weekend,

Susanne

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Permalink Reply by Hanna Park on January 28, 2011 at 7:54pm

wonderful idea face to face is always better to gain knowledge especially in Korea. 

 

I've visited Seoul Global business center, Seoul Fashion Center and Metaio Asia personally after getting connected to consultants or directors. Everyone has always been helpful. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Susanne Fuglsang on January 28, 2011 at 9:35pm

I agree, it´s better to meet in person if possible.

Have a great weekend Hanna

 

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Permalink Reply by Dave Woods on January 28, 2011 at 1:12pm

Very, very cool links. tyvm  My kid and I will spend some bonding time.  ^&^

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Permalink Reply by Youngil Ely Loew on January 30, 2011 at 1:04am

Hey, I joined the Game Industry group and posted a comment, but this is the information I was looking for! Thanks. Will go through these and see if I can take away some best practices...

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