League of Legends pro Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok has donated 30 million Korean won ($25,000) to the prevention of Covid-19. His team SK Telecom 1 will also be donating all money made from this week’s streaming.
For two decades, the artist known as Maggi has worked in South Korea’s game industry as an illustrator and art…
Riot Games Korea head Park Jun-kyu has passed away. He became the company’s CEO on January 1 of last year but spent 2019 battling liver cancer. According to website Inven, he continued working through the end of the year. May he rest in peace.
Square Enix is teaming up with South Korean developer JSC Games and Chinese game maker GAEA Mobile to develop a Final…
The Host. Seoul, South Korea. By Fares.
Over the last year, Pakistan’s fighting game community has risen from relative obscurity to a place of prominence…
A few years ago, Kotaku introduced online nicknames for Japanese fans of the three gaming platforms. Now, let’s take…
The Yakuza 7 mobile is on the streets of Seoul, hoping to get PS4 owners excited for its January release in South Korea. In case you missed it, read Kotaku’s impressions of the game from this year’s Tokyo Game Show. [Thanks, Sang for the tip!]
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Pokémon Go Week in Korea will be held in Busan, South Korea later this month during the G-Star gaming expo. Inven reports that players can catch Illumise and Unown at parks near Busan Museum of Art, and at Busan Citizens Park. Both Pocket Monsters haven’t previously been available in the country.
In South Korea, Netmarble announced it’s developing a Ni no Kuni smartphone game. Players will build up their own kingdoms and will compete with and face off against other players. The game has been announced for South Korea, and it has yet to be announced whether or not it will be released internationally.
In a recent Uniqlo commercial, 98-year-old fashion model Iris Apfel talks with 13-year-old fashion designer Kheris…
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As my time at Kotaku—and as the curator of this column—comes to an end, it only seems appropriate to end with a…