Gyeonggi Game Global Week to Open on the 12th...Supporting Overseas Expansion of Local Game Companies

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] The 'Gyeonggi Game Global Week,' the largest game event in Gyeonggi Province, combining a global conference, new Gyeonggi game audition, and export consultation meetings, will be held from the 12th to the 16th at the Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center in Pangyo, Seongnam.

Hosted by Gyeonggi Province and organized by the Gyeonggi Content Agency, the Gyeonggi Game Global Week is designed to enhance the brand image of 'Gyeonggi Games' and support overseas expansion of game companies in Gyeonggi Province through diverse programs. The Gyeonggi Game Global Week, now in its fourth year, will conduct the global conference and export consultation meetings entirely non-face-to-face (online) in response to COVID-19.

First, the 'Global Conference' on the first day of Global Week will be held for 3 hours at 2 p.m. on the 12th via the official YouTube channel of the Gyeonggi Content Agency.

At the Global Conference, participants will hear keynote lectures from 6 speakers across 3 sessions: ▲Global market analysis including entry strategies for North America, Europe, Russia, and the Chinese-speaking market ▲Overseas expansion cases of domestic game companies ▲Game trends: from cross-platform to cloud gaming.

On the second day of Global Week, the '13th New Gyeonggi Game Audition Finals' will be held, with 10 games that have advanced to the finals through fierce 5-to-1 competition showcasing their skills for the championship. Global accelerators and publishers, as well as officials from leading domestic game companies, will be invited as judges to select 5 teams with high overseas expansion potential.

The 5 teams selected for the finals (TOP5) will receive various benefits including ▲prize money of up to 50 million won (50 million won for 1st place 1 team, 30 million won for 2nd place 2 teams, 20 million won for 3rd place 2 teams) ▲bonus points when applying for residency at Gyeonggi Global Game Center ▲follow-up support programs such as QA (game testing), sound, translation, and marketing.

On days 3-5 of Global Week, the online export consultation meeting 'Game Business Day 7' will be held. Participating companies, buyers, and interpreters will conduct export consultations via video conferencing, with operations divided into 3 regions—Southeast Asia and neighboring countries like Thailand, the Chinese-speaking market, and the Americas and Europe—taking into account local buyer schedules.

Through this, non-face-to-face business meetings between overseas game industry professionals from China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, and approximately 45 game companies in the province will explore overseas export possibilities.

Lim Moon-young, Governor's Policy Director for Future Growth, said, "The Gyeonggi Game Global Week is an optimal linked support program for overseas expansion of local game companies in the non-face-to-face era in response to COVID-19," and added, "It will be an opportunity to showcase distinctive and excellent games from the province that combine game quality, fun, and mass appeal to overseas game professionals and achieve successful expansion."

For more information about the event, please contact the Global Week website (​www.gggw.or.kr) or Gyeonggi Content Agency (031-776-4783).