Gstar 2005, the Major Game Expo in Korea, on the 10th-12th November 2005
Gstar 2005 is an international market place for games, where A to Z of games is on display. It is a must attned global game show featuring the hottest and the latest in online and mobile games, which are expected to become the leading growth sectors in the game market. And 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.
(PRWEB) February 11, 2005 -- The major game trade show “Gstar 2005” in Korea
will be held at Korean International Exhibition Centre (KINTEX) between the 10
and 12th Nov. 2005.
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 continent–wide 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 world’s 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 China’s game market.
China’s 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 Asia’s
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.
The Korean government
will establish an industrial complex to act as the central point of the nation's
digital content industry (Game, Animation, and Film) in western Seoul around
2007. The complex dubbed the "digital content multiplex" will be housed inside
the Digital Media City in Sangam-dong along with a cultural content multiplex,
which the engineering has been already started to build in 2004.
The complex
will host facilities for business consulting, training, technical support,
market analysis, marketing, export support, international conferences and
events. The ministry will also operate a theme park where the latest
technologies are available for visitors to explore. In addition, the Korean
government plans to encourage domestic companies by forming cooperative networks
with renowned overseas firms. For those who successfully attract foreign
digital-content studios into the complex, the government will offer financial
and administrative support.
In this circumstance two Korean ministries,
Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Information & Communication, recently
agreed that the existing 3 major game industry exhibitions that are held each
year in Korea will be combined into a single, international scale trade show
that will be par with E3, EGN and GC. While this new game trade show called
“Gstar (G*) 2005” will cover all game platforms from arcade, console and to PC
games, the show will place special highlights on online and mobile
games.
A premium event, designed first and foremost as an international
market place where business transactions can actually occur, Gstar 2005 will be
divided into 2 sections, B2B and B2C and will feature special exhibitor services
and events such as trade meetings and Asia Game Conference. This Asia game
conference will provide game industry people high specification information and
the important issues of online and mobile games, which will be the key trend of
the future game market.
The enclosed prospectus explains the components
of Gstar 2005 and how your business can benefit from taking part. Whether you
are looking to exhibit in the Market Place or attend B2B events or any other B2C
events, you will find the way you need to achieve your business goals in Asia at
Gstar 2005.
There are several reasons you won’t be able to afford to miss
Gstar 2005.
1. Get everything you need to know about online
and mobile games
2. Conduct valuable market research and
beta tests in the most advanced market in the world
3. A
success in the Korean market will carry you far in making inroads into the vast
Asian market.
4. Korea itself is an attractive and vibrant
market which is growing very rapidly.
5. Build the close
working relationship with the most important game industry leaders in Asia
Gstar 2005 will get you in contact with the buyers and other industry
professionals to help you achieve your goals for coming to the expo.
Would
you like to join Gstar 2005 for the game industry’s greatest event in Asia and
help define the future? I hope you won’t miss the opportunity to see the most
dynamic market in the Asian gameindustry.
For further information about
Gstar 2005, please contact e-mail protected from spam bots or e-mail protected
from spam bots or Howard Lee on telephone +44 (0)20 7565 1964.
We hope
that you will join us at Gstar 2005 in Korea.
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