Krafton to Participate in G-Star for 6 Consecutive Years... First Reveal of Anticipated Title 'Callisto Protocol'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Krafton will participate in the international game exhibition ‘G-STAR 2022 (hereinafter G-STAR)’ held at BEXCO in Busan from the 17th to the 20th. This is the 6th consecutive year since their first participation in 2017.

Krafton will showcase various game IPs through experience zones and stages at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 1 BTC Hall (1st floor, Booth A04). They plan to introduce games from independent studios centered around Krafton’s representative intellectual property (IP), PUBG: Battlegrounds (hereinafter Battlegrounds).

First, an experience zone is set up where visitors can directly play and pre-order the survival horror game ‘The Callisto Protocol’ by Striking Distance Studios (hereinafter SDS), which is scheduled for global simultaneous release on December 2 this year. This is the world’s first opportunity to play The Callisto Protocol before its official release. Additionally, visitors can also experience the turn-based strategy tabletop tactical game ‘Moonbreaker’ by Unknown Worlds at the on-site demonstration zone.

The booth stage will also offer a variety of attractions for visitors. Events for audience participation include special matches of Battlegrounds and Battlegrounds Mobile, a News State Mobile event match celebrating its first anniversary, and game quizzes. There will also be lively talk shows introducing the games by developers who actually participated in their development.

Moreover, videos of The Callisto Protocol, Moonbreaker, News State Mobile, ‘Defense Derby,’ a real-time strategy defense game by Rising Wings scheduled for release in the first half of next year, and Krafton’s virtual artist ‘ANA’ will be presented on the on-site stage to meet fans.

For fans who cannot visit the G-STAR venue, the vivid atmosphere of the event will be broadcast live on the YouTube Krafton TV channel during the G-STAR period. Meanwhile, at the G-STAR conference ‘G-CON’ held on the 17th, SDS’s Chief Development Officer Steve Papoutsis will participate as a speaker and deliver a keynote speech on ‘The Right Mindset of Game Creators.’

Im Woo-yeol, head of Krafton Publishing Group, said, “This year’s Krafton booth at G-STAR 2022 has been richly organized with much consideration to provide fans with great enjoyment and fun from their perspective. Through the world’s first public demonstration of the highly anticipated new title ‘The Callisto Protocol’ in the global game market, we aim to give Korean fans a special sense of pride while also engaging existing Battlegrounds fans. It will be a meaningful occasion where all of Krafton’s diverse game IPs can be experienced in one place.”

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