Much less than a month from now, the entire games market will be descending on South Korea. Why? Simply because G-STAR is one particular of the largest events in the globe. An annual customer show and b2b conference rolled into one particular, it brings investors, publishers, game makers and gamers collectively in Busan.
It consists of the 2019 Korea Game Grand Prix, networking celebration, G-CON Worldwide Game Conference 2019, G-STAR Indie Showcase and a Game Investment Marketplace. And the complete schedule is revealed these days.
Why Korea?
The Asian marketplace is one particular of the quickest-expanding regions in the games enterprise. And South Korea itself is house to some of the largest names in games like the likes of Netmarble, Gamevil, NCSOFT, Smilegate, Bluehole, Supercell (the annual sponsor of G-STAR) and a lot of a lot more.
G-STAR also attracts businesses from neighbouring nations like Japan and China, plus other swiftly expanding regions like South East Asia and India, making huge possibilities for establishing contacts in a relaxed atmosphere.
The conference and exhibition will welcome more than 230,00 gamers stroll the floors of the exhibition centre, along with a lot of other vital events to make this a productive trip for your enterprise. PCGamesInsider.biz is a media companion and we will be assisting run the Computer Indie Pitch there. G-STAR is the season sponsor of all our worldwide Computer Indie Pitch sessions.
2019 Korea Game Awards – 13 November 17:00 – 18:30
Busan Sinsegye Centum City Culture Hall
To launch the conference, the Korea Game Award opens the show on the evening ahead of the expo halls open. This evening occasion attributes the Korea Game Awards, exactly where the ideal talent in Korea are celebrated and honoured for their achievements. Final year brought on fairly a shock, for the reason that for the 1st time there have been no on-line Computer titles amongst the nominations, with all accessible slots filled by mobile games.
G-STAR Welcome Reception – 13 November 18:00 – 21:00
Museum DAH
G-STAR welcomes all conference speakers, purchasers, publishers, developers, and trade guests each domestic and foreign. For an evening of mixing and mingling with the cream of the market. A best way to commence undertaking enterprise in Korea in a relaxed atmosphere.
G-STAR Opening Ceremony – 14 November 10:30 – 11:00
Bexco Primary Exhibition Constructing
The primary exhibition begins in style, with VIPs from the significant attending businesses, and leaders from the biggest organizations, joining the group from G-STAR on stage. They’ll set the scene and welcome everyone to the occasion. With so a great deal on show this year, there’s confident to be some huge announcements…
G-STAR B2B Networking Celebration – 15 November 16:00 – 18:00
Bexco 2nd Exhibition Constructing, 3rd Floor Lobby
Right after a challenging day on the show floor, G-STAR invites all the trade guests, exhibitors and purchasers to a relaxing evening of cultural experiences. There, networking can continue more than a handful of drinks. This is the best setting to wind down just after the day and perhaps close a handful of bargains and make some lifelong close friends.
G-CON 2019 Worldwide Games Conference – 14-15 November
Bexco, Exhibition Centre two, 1st Floor Conference Rooms
This year’s G-CON attributes the finest speaker line-up in G-STAR history. Amongst the major games market leaders taking to the stage this year are Jenova Chen -That Game Firm, Hilmar Veigar Petursson – CCP Games, Hyung Tae Kim – Shiftup, Koji Igarashi – ArtPlay, Randy Varnell – Gearbox Application, Linda Fane – Bungie, Frank Keienburg – Supercell, Young Quickly Tang – Naver Webtoon and Janos Gaspa/Pawel Wojs – Inventive Assembly. With two complete days of in-depth talks covering all places of the games market like game design and style, improvement, monetization, apps, 3D scanning and a great deal, a great deal a lot more.
Tickets for this occasion are promoting speedy so grab yours now.
G-STAR Indie Showcase – 14-16 November
Bexco, 2nd Exhibition Constructing, 1st Floor Exhibition Hall
Indie developers have their personal showcase hall at this year’s G-STAR. More than 30 indie studios have been chosen to take component, and every studio will have their personal space to showcase their most current games to the globe. The studios taking component come from all more than the globe, and there will be a wide variety of distinct game types and genres on show. G-STAR will also be providing a reward to the most well known game.
As currently noted above, this year will also host the final round of our Major Indie Pitch and Computer Indie Pitch competitions exactly where developers compete in a special speed dating style format in front of a panel of specialist judges. Each and every entrant has 4 minutes to demo their game and can get true feedback on their projects along with a likelihood to win editorial coverage on Pocket Gamer and Computer Games Insider, bespoke Indie packages to market and marketplace your game across Steel Media’s portfolio of web-sites and events and also gather a ceremonial baseball bat.
Game Investment Marketplace – 15 November 10:00 – 18:00
Bexco, 2nd Exhibition Constructing, 3rd Floor Conference Area
If you are an investor searching for possibilities or a developer searching for funding, then this is the spot to be. This quiet region is set aside from the hustle and bustle of the primary exhibition, so you can chat freely and close bargains on every little thing game-connected, from education and video production to pitching and a lot more.
Celebration On The Beach
G-STAR has a packed schedule of events, but there are also a lot of other factors taking place about the occasion. There will be a lot of parties organized by game businesses at Haeundae Beach region in addition to the official reception and G-STAR parties, so maintain your eyes open for announcements. Plus there’s absolutely free wifi nearly everywhere, so you are never ever out of touch.
Register Now
On-line registration for G-STAR 2019 is only accessible till 31 October 2019 at the bargain price tag of $100 USD. Right after this time tickets can nonetheless be bought on website but will price $200 USD.
Grab your tickets now and guarantee you do not miss out on the most substantial games expo in Korea.
Organized by the Korea Association of Game Sector (K-GAMES) and co-organized by G-STAR Organizing Committee and Busan IT Sector Promotion Agency, the G-STAR conference is “the ideal gateway to the Asian games market”. Launched in 2005, this annual South Korean laptop or computer and video game trade and customer show is the one particular-quit, very easily-accessible gateway to Eastern markets. It requires spot annually in Busan, South Korea. With one particular of the most active and created gaming markets behind it, the largest players in publishing, improvement and investment collect at G-STAR each and every year, to do enterprise and set the market trends. PCGamesInsider.biz will be there subsequent month, so appear out for us in the indie and b2b places.