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[2018] Abundant Attractions Provided at G-STAR 2018

2019-05-22

- G-STAR 2018 Costume Play Award for Visitors in attendance 

- Consisting of streaming programs attended by famous creators 

- Special promotion booths held in Haeundae with Epic Games 

- Events provided by participating companies, including flash mob, VR/mobile game experience, etc. 

- Food provided through the food truck with various menus 

 

Global Game Exhibition G-STAR 2018 is right around the corner, with a variety of events and entertainments held to create a magnificent game festival.

 

G-STAR 2018 is held between November 15 and 18 for four days in Busan Exhibiion & COvention Center (BEXCO), which is hosted by the Korea Association of Game Industry (K-GAMES) and organized by G-STAR Organizing Committee. This event already recorded 2,874 booths in the middle point in September, and surpassed the final count of 2,857 booths for last year.

 

G-STAR Organizing Committee plans to provide fun to people who visit various related events held for this year.

 

First, the G-STAR Costume Play Award is held at the outdoor stage in front of the entrance of BEXCO’s Exhibition Center 1. A total of 5 million Korean won is given as prize money at the G-STAR Costume Play Award, with attendance by costume players who applied in advance and completed on-site applications. The preliminary round (November 15~17) and the final round (November 18) are held to determine the winners.

 

The judges include the professional costume play team called Spiral Cats and a fashion designer Jae-Keun Hwang. The general public attending can also take part through the G-STAR Costume Play Award’s official Instagram.

 

Together with Korea’s top creators, we also prepared the G-STAR live talk. This event will be in the form of a fan meeting and talk show, with Korea’s top creators like Bogyeom, The Great Library, and ACAU in attendance to meet the fans. You can check out the exciting reactions at the scene through G-STAR’s official SNS channels.

 

In collaboration with G-STAR 2018’s main sponsor, Epic Games, G-STAR Organizing Committee is establishing and operating a special promotion booth at the Haeundae Plaza. You are given the opportunity to experience PC and mobile games, and you can receive goods if you upload on your SNS.

 

There are special entertainments prepared for visitors in the outdoor plaza of BEXCO. Events related to games participated by participating companies, as well as the G-STAR food truck zone.

 

On November 17, Epic Games is holding the fortnite dance flash mob in the outdoor plaza. Various props and characters that remind of the fortnite game will be introduced to attract the eyes of the visitors in the form of the dance battle challenge.

 

Between November 15 and 17, SK Holdings C&C will open the Cloud Zet flash mob event to provide dance and performance using drums.

 

Between November 15 and 18, Emart will participate in the festival by offering various programs, including VR and mobile game developed under the theme of environmental protection and the music concert of top 10 Emart music challenge and a talk concert.

 

The food for G-STAR will be provided by the G-STAR food truck zone. Last year, it was held temporarily, but this year’s line up menus including chili shrimp, steak, pizza and bowl of rice topped with toppings as meals and chicken skewers, hot dog, fritz and Takoyaki as snacks.

 

The business director of K-GAMES, Yong-Kook Kim said, “G-STAR aims to provide new events for visitors by using game contents every year. This year, we are look forward to creating wonderful memories on the site this year through diverse contents provided by the participating companies.” 

 

 

※ This press release can be downloaded from the Webhard of G-STAR.

(Webhard : www.webhard.co.kr / ID : gstarpress, PW : gstar1234)