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The 21st Story Opening the Future of Games – Meet “G-STAR 2025” in Busan!

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Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Heong-joon announced that Korea’s largest game exhibition, “G-STAR 2025” (hereinafter referred to as “G-STAR”), will be held for four days from November 13 (Thursday) to 16 (Sunday) at BEXCO and nearby venues.

This international game exhibition will bring together global game industry professionals and fans to experience new titles and share the latest trends in the gaming industry. It is hosted by the Korea Association of Game Industry (Chairman: Cho Young-ki) and organized by the G-STAR Organizing Committee and Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency.

This year’s G-STAR is themed “Expand Your Horizons,” aiming to significantly expand participation from both domestic leading game companies and global gaming giants, as well as indie developers from Korea and abroad.
(*Indie games refer to small-scale games independently planned, produced, and distributed without support from large publishers or investors.)

The event will feature a wide range of programs, including the main game exhibition, business consultations, the international game conference (G-CON), the indie game showcase, the “G-STAR Cup 2025,” and the “G-STAR Game Cosplay Awards.”

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This year, NCSoft will serve as the main sponsor of G-STAR for the first time, establishing a large-scale exhibition and experience booth at Exhibition Hall 1 of BEXCO. Other global companies, including Blizzard Entertainment—returning to G-STAR after 12 years—SEGA, ATLUS, Bandai Namco Entertainment, and Warthog Studio, will also participate.

The exhibition will occupy 3,269 booths with participation from 1,273 gaming companies representing 44 countries.
Exhibition Hall 1 will host major domestic game companies such as NCSoft, Netmarble, Krafton, Google Korea, Webzen, and Gravity.
Exhibition Hall 2 will feature international gaming companies and the largest-ever indie game showcase, “G-STAR Indie Showcase 2.0,” as well as the “G-STAR TV” special stage.

Various side events are also scheduled, including the international game conference (G-CON), the “G-STAR Cup 2025,” and the “G-STAR Game Cosplay Awards.”

In addition, 55 excellent game companies from the Busan region will showcase their products through the “Busan Joint Pavilion,” located within Exhibition Halls 1 and 2 of BEXCO, as they seek to expand into the global gaming market.
Compared to last year, the BTC (Business to Consumer) section of the Busan Joint Pavilion has been expanded by 24 booths, featuring diverse gaming content.

In the BTB (Business to Business) section, companies such as Beyond Will, Final Guild World, Seaplay, Leadrum World, Masangsoft, and Kingsraid will participate, while the BTC section will include Oddball Games, “The Forgotten Ones,” Gamesters, “El Gracia: Chronicles of the Kingdom,” “Potato Jjamppong in the Corner,” “Dungeon Sucker,” “Armory,” and “Tower of the Demon King.”

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Busan Metropolitan City and the Korea Association of Game Industry have established close cooperation systems with related institutions, including the police and fire departments, to ensure safe event operations. To prevent crowding, admission will be divided into two sessions—morning (10:00 a.m.) and afternoon (12:00 p.m.)—and will operate exclusively through 100% advance online reservations (no on-site ticketing).

Advance online reservations are available at the official website (gstar.or.kr) for 18,000 KRW for adults and 8,000 KRW for youth. Further details can be found on the official website as well as on G-STAR’s official social media channels, including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs.

To ensure smooth traffic and visitor safety during the event period (November 13–16), both directions of the road between Centum Station and the main entrance of BEXCO will be closed from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Due to this road closure, city buses No. 307 and No. 3001, the airport limousine, and the City Tour Red Line will operate on detour routes, and the BEXCO bus stop will be temporarily closed.

Busan City and the G-STAR Secretariat will install information banners at major traffic points and use electronic display boards and media channels to notify citizens in advance, minimizing inconvenience. Safety personnel will be stationed in the restricted areas, and a dedicated civil inquiry line will operate within the G-STAR Secretariat (☎051-740-3653).

Mayor Park Heong-joon stated, “G-STAR has evolved beyond Korea’s premier gaming festival into a global industrial platform for communication with the world. Busan Metropolitan City will do its utmost to ensure that both domestic and international gaming professionals and citizens visiting Busan for G-STAR can safely participate and enjoy the event.”