Users of the game Uma Musume: Pretty Derby appealed to the court. According to Sedaily, initially more than seven thousand gamers wanted to participate in the trial, but so far only 201 people have been allowed to participate.

According to the documents that appeared on the web, UNIANA will publish the game. This company regularly releases Konami projects in South Korea. It is unknown on which platforms the new Silent Hill will be released. The approximate release date is also not reported.

As the mobile publisher hopes, with the help of the museum it will be possible not only to preserve the legacy of the industry, but also to pay tribute to the culture of video games.

Now South Korean developers will be able to get more benefits and support from the state.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea, together with the Agency for the Promotion of Creative Content, also published a report on the games for 2022.

This is $2.25 million more than last year.

At the end of August, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it was preparing to adopt an appropriate amendment. If everything goes well, then local developers will be able to count on additional support.

Two years ago, the South Korean authorities decided to pay more attention to advertising games. In September 2019, they launched a special committee, which recently published a list with standards. There are 14 items in the list in total.

The South Korean company announced that it will support local indie developers who want to enter the global market. Kakao Games will invest in them through a fund created by Kona Venture Partners.

South Korean authorities suspect that Google, Apple and One Store Co. have violated a law that prohibits owners of mobile stores from imposing their payment systems on developers. Now companies face a fine of 2% of the annual turnover of stores.

The South Korean gaming market is the fourth largest in the world. Newzoo estimates that he earned $8.3 billion last year. Analysts also noted that only 38% of local gamers spent money in games.

The South Korean organization CUCS, which defends consumer rights, has written a statement to the Seoul police against three top Google managers. Allegedly, they allowed the company to violate the local law on telecommunications business.

The South Korean government is seriously interested in the concept of the metaverse. It announced that it will continue to support the authors of metaverse projects and create special jobs for them. All this will be done within the framework of the state Digital New Deal program.

Google is unhappy with developers from South Korea. The company has banned updating applications that use third-party billing bypassing the store’s commission. However, such actions caused conflicts with the Korean government.

In South Korea, they continue to strengthen control over mobile stores. Now the authorities want Apple and Google to block games in their app stores in the country that work according to the play-to-earn model (“play to earn”).

According to the analytical company Sensor Tower, in the third quarter, users from South Korea spent almost $ 1.5 billion on mobile games. At the same time, the vast majority of revenue came from Google Play. And the highest-grossing title was the MMORPG Odin: Valhalla Rising.

South Korea has become the first country for which Google has specifically changed the rules of its app store. Now developers will be able to freely use third-party payment systems, while giving the company 4% less. This is necessary to comply with the so-called “Law against Google“.Google announced this last week in its blog.

South Korean authorities are unhappy with Apple. Last month, they ordered her and Google to relax payment rules in app stores. Google agreed to make concessions, but Apple did not change anything. Now Korean officials are preparing to investigate Tim Cook‘s company.

Two weeks ago, South Korea banned Apple and Google from imposing their payment systems on mobile developers. But it seems that companies still do not follow this requirement. The Korean authorities are ready to wait until mid—October – they have given so much time to prepare a plan to comply with the new law.