Approximately 200,000 people attend the game show “G-STAR” as Korean games become more diverse = South Korea

According to the G-STAR Organizing Committee, a total of 197,000 people visited the South Korean game show "G-STAR 2023," which ended at 6pm on the 19th, over the four days starting on the 16th.
Or it becomes. This is a 7% increase compared to last year's 184,000 people. The number of game-related companies exhibiting increased from 987 last year to 1,037, marking a record high.
The one that attracted the most attention was NCSoft, which participated for the first time in eight years. Massively Multiplayer (MMO) Shooting Game
Three new products currently under development, including "LLL", were unveiled. The company has announced that it intends to expand the genre beyond MMORPGs such as "Lineage," which it has focused on up until now.
I could see it. On the other hand, Crafton is promoting new works such as ``Dark and Darker Mobile'', which is an instructional genre that combines battle and dungeon exploration, which is rare in Korea.
was. The keyword for this year's G-STAR was diversification. South Korean game companies, which are pursuing diverse strategies centered on genres and platforms, are making even more bold attempts.
It's starting to look like a sea urchin. A typical example is Crafton's instructional RPG. A game industry official said, ``In the past, trends in the game industry changed from PC to mobile.
Uni, this year's ``G-STAR'' also showed a trend toward diversification of genres and platforms.''