Hundreds of video game makers, including star U.S. developer Activision Blizzard Inc., gathered Thursday to unveil their latest games at South Korea’s largest electronic gaming expo, G-Star 2009. This four-day event was kicked off in Busan and coupled with one of the top global gaming conferences, ICON2009 (International Content Creator’s Conference).

Jason Bailey, founder and former CEO of Super Rewards, the largest virtual currency monetization platform for online games and virtual worlds, was invited to speak at this prestigious conference where he shared his insights on future trends in online games.

Jason Bailey

G-star divided its online game zone into four themes — massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), first-person shooter (FPS), action and casual games. New game technologies using devices, such as Internet-based TVs and smartphones, were also showcased at the event. One of the event highlights was Blizzard’s unveiling of their playable version of Starcraft II, the industry-leading strategy game.

Over 200,000 people were expected to attend, with 199 companies from 21 different countries participating in the show.

Korea Gaming Market Statistics:

• Korea’s Game Market in Y2008 – 5.6T (Won) = CAD 5.181B.
• Korea’s  Game Export overseas reached $10B
• Korea’s Online Game Export: $1.9B. (40%  higher than Y2007)

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