Korean Game Industry Resources

The game industry is perhaps the biggest entertainment industry of South Korea, yet finding information about it, specially about its early days when it wasn’t so popular, proves to be quite difficult and time consuming if you don’t know where to start.

This is a collection of resources I made for the members of the Korean Game Industry special interest group at Korea Business Central. These files are shared with the single purpose of learning more about the industry and the business models of the companies involved in it.

This page is a Work In Progress. I will add more information, such as financial reports and papers every once in a while. As of now it is far from complete, specially the companies section, but please understand it will take some time, since I’m a student and it’s usually exams season for me. However feel free to come by as often as you want! I will try to make it so that each time you enter there’s something new to see.

All the resources available here belong to their authors. Neither Korea Business Central or I hold any ownership over them.

News Websites

This Is Game – (Korean) News about the Korean video games industry.
Game Meca – (Korean) News about the Korean video games industry.
Gamespot Korea – (Korean) News about the Korean video games industry.
This Is Game – Global – News about the Korean video games industry.
MMO★Culture – News about the Asia online games industry.
GamesIndustry.biz – News about the global video games industry.
Gamasutra – News and insights about the global video games industry.
Virtual Economy Research Network – News and research about virtual goods, currencies and economies.
MMO Site – News about the global online games industry.
MMORPG.com – News about the global online games industry.
Massively – News about the global online games industry.
Sloperama’s Game Biz Advice – Tips to get in and move up in the game business.

White Papers and Academic Papers

Author	Institution	File
Various	KOCCA	White Paper on Korean Games 2010 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002
Various	IGDA	White Paper on Casual Games 2008/2009 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005
Tim Merel	DigiCapital	2011 Global Video Games Investment Review (2011) Access
Tim Merel	DigiCapital	2010 International Video Games Investment Opportunities for Chinese Companies (2010) Access
유병준, 도현명	Seoul National University	NHN Case Study: MMORPG Development Company’s Successful Market Entry Strategy (2010) Access
위종현	SERI	NCsoft’s Global Success and Future Challenges (2010) Access
Nusrath Jahan Maldar	ISB CDC	NCsoft Case Study: The World’s Largest Independent Online Game Company’s Growth Strategy (2005) Access
D. Gayatri	IBS CDC	South Korea: Making of a Gaming Industry (2004) Access
허준석	Games and Culture Journal	Culture and Business of PC Bangs in Korea (2008) Access
허준석	Seoul National University	PC Bang Inc.: The Culture and Business of PC Bangs in Korea (2007) Access
Jeroen Jansz, Lonneke Martens	New Media & Society Journal	Gaming at a LAN Event: The Social Context of Playing Video Games (2005) Access
Kym Stewart	Simon Fraser University	Informatization of a Nation: A Case Study of Korea’s Computer Gaming and PC Bang Culture (2004) Access
위종현	Chung-Ang University	Management of an Online Game Development Project (2008) Access
오규환, 류태영	Ajou University	Game Design on Item-selling Based Payment Model in Korean Online Games (2007) Access
Various	Harvard Business School	Microeconomics of Competitiveness: Republic of Korea Online Game Cluster (2006) Access
Ian MacInnes	Syracuse University	Virtual Worlds in Asia: Business Models and Legal Issues (2005) Access
Miho Nojima	Seikei University	Pricing models and Motivations for MMO play (2007) Access
Juho Hamari	University Jiväskylä	Virtual Goods Sales: New Requirements for Business Modelling? (2009) Access

Company Financial Reports

Company	Platform	Financial Reports
Com2Us	Mobile Games	078340:KOSDAQ 2010: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2009: Q4 \| Q3 2008: Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1
Gamevil	Mobile Games	063080:KOSDAQ 2011: Q1 2010: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2009: Q4
NCsoft	Online Games	036570:Korea SE \| NCSCF:OTC US 2011: Q1 2010: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2009: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2008: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2007: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2006: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2005: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 Audit Reports: 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005
WeMade Entertainment	Online Games	112040:KOSDAQ (Korean) 2011: Q1 2010: Q4 \| Q3 \| Q2 \| Q1 2009: Q4 English FY Reports: 2010 2009

Documentaries

	Production	Video
	Lift Conference	Kim Hyung-Jin – NCsoft’s Approach Watch (18:08)
	Lift Conference	Joonmo Kwon – The Future of Social Gaming Watch (26:01)
	Lift Conference	Jake Song – Building Online Worlds Watch (Korean) (25:01)
	Razer	The Hax Life Watch (28:59)
	National Geographic	Korea to the World: Cyberland Watch (Spanish) (47:02)
	National Geographic	World Cyber Games 2005 Watch (46:48)

Institutions and Associations

KOCCA – Korea Creative Content Agency.
KAOGI – Korea Association of the Game Industry.
KGDA – Korea Game Developers Association.
IGDA – International Game Developers Association.
KGS – Korea Game Society.
KeSPA – Korean e-Sports Players Association.
IeSF – International e-Sports Federation.
WCG – World Cyber Games

Trade Shows and Development Conferences

G★Star – B2B trade show.
IT’S GAME – B2B matching trade show.
e-fun – Game show in Daegu.
Korea Games Conference – Korean game development conference.
Game Tech – Game development conference.
Nexon Developers Conference – Game development conference.
Korea Social Game Conference – Social games and SNS conference.
ChinaJoy – (China) B2B trade show and game development conference.
GDC Online – (US) Game development conference focused in online games.
GDC China – (China) Game development conference focused in China.
Siggraph Asia – (Asia) Computer graphics and animation trade show.

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