G-STAR, 'Public Day' Starts Today... Full-Scale Game Festival Begins

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] The country's largest game exhibition, 'G-Star 2021,' entered its second day on the 18th with the start of 'Public Day' for general visitors, marking the beginning of a full-scale game festival.

According to the G-Star Organizing Committee, the number of visitors per day was limited to 6,000 based on recommendations from health authorities. Only those who have completed COVID-19 vaccination or have tested negative via PCR within 48 hours are allowed to attend.

Although this number is smaller compared to previous years when over 70,000 visitors attended daily, the committee values the significance of offline meetings between game companies and users being realized again.

Participating companies have made thorough preparations ahead of the event to welcome visitors. The main sponsor, Kakao Games, secured the largest scale among participants with a total of 100 booths under the theme of 'Live Stage.' Visitors can experience new titles such as 'Uma Musume Pretty Derby,' action RPG 'Godis Order,' collection RPG 'Eversoul,' and mobile RPG 'Guardian Tales' at the booths.

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Crafton, which also secured 100 booths, prepared various experience programs to promote their new game 'Battlegrounds: New State,' including a game experience zone, NewBae MBTI zone, emote dance challenge zone, photo zone, and goods shop.

Shift Up, participating in G-Star for the first time, plans to unveil a demo version of 'Nikke: Goddess of Victory' on this day, providing a space where visitors can play the game themselves.

Angel Games set up a booth to promote their new action game 'Wonderous: The Arena.' They prepared spaces for direct play on PC and mobile, and installed a special stage for various events related to 'Wonderous.'

The side event, G-Star Conference, also begins on this day. Conducted in collaboration with IGC, one of the top game conferences in Korea, sessions cover various topics such as metaverse, indie, console, PC online, mobile, and cloud. The keynote speech features Kim Hyungtae, CEO of Shift Up, the developer of projects 'Eve' and 'Nikke.' The topic is 'From Illustrator to Director.'

The organizing committee decided to broadcast live online through the 'G-Star TV' channels opened on AfreecaTV and TwitchTV for fans who could not make prior reservations or find it difficult to visit.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.