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GStar2013 schedule is uncertain

February 22nd, 2013

G-Star organization is considering holding the event a week after the college scholastic ability test this year. G-Star is usually held the same week with the college scholastic ability test because they want to high school students who finished the test to join the event as many as posbbile.

Especially, there has been a possibility that we have G-Star and Blizzcon(Blizzard annual event) on the same week since Blizzard announced Blizzacon 2013 will be held from 8^th to 9^th of November.

The reason that G-Star will be held between 14^th to 17^th of November is that another event will be held on 8^th at Bexco, Busan.

However, Korean Association of Game Industry announced they could boycott G-Star 2013 if the government legislate the regulation on Games. There have been proposals that imposing extra tax from Game companies to operate the project to cure game addiction of young people as well as expand Shutdown System from 10:00PM to 7:00AM. .

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Wemade boycotts GStar 2013

January 14th, 2013

Namkoong Whon, CEO of Wemade Entertainment, declared a boycott against GStar 2013 through his Facebook. He also proposed not to participate in GStar 2013 to people in the industry because National Assembly members from Busan participated in proposing a constitutional amendment that includes several bills tighten regulations on games such as Shutdown system.

According to the new regulations, Shutdown system is expanded not to allow adolescents who are under 19 to play games from 10:00PM to 7:00AM. In addition, each game company needs to pay 1% of their total revenue as an extra tax for building funds to cure game addicts.

Gstar could become a biggest game show in Korea because it is a kind of mutual project of Korean government and game companies. Busan has been selected as the host city of GStar from 2013 to 2016. According to a research, GStar has created more than US$95 million Economic Values for Busan last year. Wemade Entertainment was the official sponsor of GStar 2012.

The one of reasons makes Korean game industry people angry is that the government collect 0.35% of the total revenue from Casino and horse racing companies as an extra tax while they demand Game industry for 1%.

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High possibility for GStar2013 in Busan

December 10th, 2012

There is a high possibility that Busan will be the host city for GStar2013. The GStar organization closed the registration for the candidates of the hosting city of GStar2013 on the 6^th of December. Busan is the only city that applied for the host of GStar2013. If Busan is selected, Busan will be held GStar from 2013 and 2014. If Busan is qualified for the mid-term evaluation, Busan will host GStar for another 2 years.

The organization suggested exhibition infrastructures, accessibility, convenient transportation and the support from a local government as necessary options to be selected as the host for GStar.

Busan has supported GStar with the total backup from the local government. They prepare the budget for GStar every year and expanded the infrastructures as well.

The final announcement for the host city of GStar2013 will be on 14^th of December.

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Booth registration for GStar 2012 is closed

August 29th, 2012

If you have a plan to have a booth at G-Star 2012, your chance is not left. According to G-Star organization, B2B registration has been closed due to the exceeded requests.

99% of B2C booth was reserved already while 105% booth was reserved for B2B. The notable companies that will be presented at B2C are Joymax, Blizzard, Neowiz, Wemade, NHN, Nexon, Neople, Wargaming etc. Especially, there will be typical domestic mobile game companies such as SK Planet, Com2uS, Gamevil etc. B2B booth area has been increased about 30% compared to the last year.

The pre-registration for buyers will be started from the end of September through the official G-Star homepage – www.gstar.or.kr

At G-Star 2012, there will be 2 big e-sports events as well – <League of Legends> opening event for the Champions Winter and GNGWC finals.

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GStar2012 schedule is confirmed

May 31st, 2012

G-Star2012, the largest game event in Korea, will be held from the 8^th to 11^th of November. Korea Association of Game Industry announced the detail of G-Star2012 at ITS GAME 2012 in Seoul, Korea on the 30^th.

The host for G-Star has changed from KOCCA(Korea Creative Content Agency) to Korea Association of Game Industry, which is a private organization from this year. Since it is hosted by a private organization, all regulations regarding the game show will be decided by game companies itself. G-Star has had several issues to solve such as too much noise, long waiting lines, too much exposure of promotion girls etc. These issues will be solved by discussing with game companies themselves.

Small venues have been expanded as well. Bexco now have the 2^nd exhibition hall that is completed on the 29^th of May. B2B area will be located at it separated from B2C area and will provide more quite business environment. With the completion of the 2^nd hall, the whole Bexco building will be used for B2C. B2C and B2B areas are connected by a bridge. Bexco auditorium, which has 4,000 seats, has been completed as well for various purposes.

If you plan to have a booth, you should register before the 17^th of July to get a 10% early bird discount fare. If you had a booth last year, you can get an additional 10% discount.

Bexco 2nd Hall is completed.

Bexco Auditorium