“G-Star 2022”, Korea's leading international game exhibition, is just a week away from the opening. "G-Star" is recognized as one of the world's top three game exhibitions along with "E3" in the U.S. and "GamesCom" in Europe.

Most of the Big Hit games that are currently popular around the world are works that opened the door to the game world through "G-Star." For developers and game companies around the world, “G-Star” is like the debut and audition stage of the new games.

“G-Star 2022”, which will kick off at the BEXCO Convention Center in Busan, Korea's second-largest city, on the 17th of this month, will showcase a number of expected works that are being developed by developers around the world, including the host country Korea.

In particular, the exhibition "G-Star2022" will be held perfectly normally for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, Korean major game developers are planning to introduce many blockbuster games, drawing attention from online and mobile gamers and publishers around the world.

Major Korean game companies, including main sponsor WeMade, are expected to compete fiercely with each other by introducing their next work, which has been under development for years.

▲ Legend of YMIR, Image capture from the game site
The most anticipated and interesting games from gamers and buyers in "G-Star2022" are WeMade's "Legend of YMIR," Nexon's "The First Descendent" NeoWiz's "Lies of P", Netmarble's "Paragon: The Overprime" and Krafton's "The Callisto Protocol."

Wemade will set up a super-large exhibition space and unveil its blockbuster anticipated work, "Legend of YMIR," for the first time. It is a blockbuster MMORPG that inherited Wemade's flagship IP, "Mir." It is scheduled to be released in 2023, and it can be played directly at this exhibition. Wemade plans to combine the game with a blockchain network to provide a completely different fun than previous games.

▲ The First Descendent, Image capture from the game site

Nexon Korea presents a game called "The First Descendant." This game is a blockbuster MMORPG that invested a huge amount of capital and developers as Korea's largest game developer. Also, the game is being produced based on the "UnReal 5" called the next-generation game engine, which will be combined with FPS and RPG to provide a very special fun. Nexon is developing the game to play on various platforms, including Steam, XBox, X/S, and PS5.

▲ Lies of P, Image capture from the game site

NeoWiz has already submitted to the German game exhibition "GamesCom2022," drawing worldwide attention, and will focus on highlighting "Lies of P," which has won three awards, as the flagship work of "G-Star2022." The game is considered by game critics around the world to be a very good console game with a unique scenario and background that newly interprets the fairy tale "Pinocchio" as a brutal play, and both fun and action.

▲ Paragon: The Overprime, Image capture from the game site

NetMarble will release "Paragon: The Overprime," an action game that combines TPS and MOBA genres. The game is expected to show the highest completeness among major “G-Star2022” entries because it has been conducting final tests since the 10th before the opening of “G-Star2022”. Visitors to “G-Star2022” will be able to demonstrate the new Overprime heroes that have never been seen before.

▲ The Callisto Protocol, Image capture from the game site

Krafton will introduce "The Callisto Protocol" directly to the public on Dec. 2, which is scheduled to be commercially available at the global game market at the same time. The game is being developed by SDS, a studio affiliated with Krafton, and is drawing attention because it is a unique genre called "Server Eval Horror." Krafton is a global game company that has already dominated the global market with a survival shooting game called "Battle Ground." The company is investing heavily to make "The Callisto Protocol" a global hit, taking over the baton of "Battle Ground."
 

In addition to the five games above, many of the latest games will be shown for the first time in "G-Star 2022.

Gamers and game companies around the world are very curious about whether they will receive the "Best of Best" award, which will draw the most attention in the upcoming “G-Star 2022”.

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