South Korean Internet game giant targets US market
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South Korea's top online video game website announced plans to become a player in the US market this year.
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SEOUL EBay on Wednesday offered to buy the remainder of Internet Auction, its South Korean affiliate, for about $530 million, in seeking to further expand its presence in Asia.
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS) plans to introduce a mobile telephone with high-speed Internet links in the United States in the first quarter of next year, an executive said on Thursday.
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The companyâs effort is intended to create online destinations for individual movies, television shows, bands, celebrities, games and other types of entertainment.
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The US mobile-game industry will leap to annual revenue of $1.8 billion by 2009, according to a new study from market research company In-Stat/MDR.
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Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap  Seoul, 14 September: South Korea will step up its crackdown on illegal online gambling, blocking the access of local people to a total of 128 related Internet sites this year, a top policymaker said Thursday [14 September].
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One-in-seven Asian Xbox video gamers  plays on the Internet just six months after the regional launch  of Microsoft's Xbox Live Internet software, a company executive  said on Wednesday.
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EBay Inc., which has been aggressively expanding in Asia, plans to increase its stake in South Korea's largest online auction company.
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In Japan, that is. The game player's surprising pricing there may indicate what the U.S. market can expect.
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Nintendo Co Ltd said it aims to launch  its Wii game console in China and South Korea next year,  helping accelerate its break-neck growth and cement its recent  lead over Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp.
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The internet auction house ups its stake in South Korea's Internet Auction, expanding into a country with the world's highest broadband penetration rate.
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A small startup with a shiny glass office overlooking the headquarters of video game publishing titan Electronics Arts Inc. is seeking to tap into the lucrative industry by developing new forms of online video games.
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LONDON - Video game and mobile phone companies are set to rake in the cash this year as customers use phones to zap space invaders or sink game-winning golf putts, pushing the mobile gaming market over US$1 billion (NZ$1.
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TAIPEI/HONG KONG  - Chinese online game developer Giant Interactive Group Inc was set to begin marketing a U.S. initial public offering on Thursday worth roughly $700-$800 million, sources familiar with the deal said, joining a record-breaking capital-raising push by Internet firms.
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Ad networks target online gamers as next big audience for product placements.
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The online games company's high valuation even more of a concern with the success of its competition.
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Zynga Game Network is one of a new cluster of Internet ventures capitalizing on the rapidly growing social networks like Facebook and MySpace.