The final speakers and schedule for the International Game Conference (G-CON) held during G-Star have been revealed.
On-site at G-CON, which runs from November 14th to 15th, will be attended by Koei Tecmo Games’ Kou Shibusawa (Yoichi Erika), Final Fantasy VII Remake project producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi, and Astrobot developer Team Asobi’s Nicolas Doucet.
For the indie session, on the first day, Tyler Sigman and Chris Bourassa of Red Hook Studio, the developer of the game ‘Darkest Dungeon series that has been consistently loved since its release in 2016, Jakob Stokalski and Lukasz Juszczyk of 11bit Studios, the developer and publisher of indie games, and Jang Won-sun, CEO of Asteroid Jay, the one-man developer of ‘Ninja Ilsom’ in Korea, will be the speakers.
On the second day, The speakers for the Tea Indie Representative Lecture include Wonder Potion CEO Seung-hyun Yoo, who recently won the ChinaJoy Game Award for ‘Sannabi’; Team Leader Da-yeon Choi and Team Member Da-eun Choi from Geomgyudan, who won the Bandai Namco GYAAR Award for ‘KILLA’; Sinkhole Studio CEO Joong-gyu Kwon, the developer of ‘Ogu and the Secret Forest’; and CEO Ji-hoon Kim, who sold over 1 million copies of the monster management rogue-lite simulation game ‘Lobotomy Corporation’ worldwide.
Also, Kim Gyu-sam, the Naver Webtoon writer widely loved for his unique drawing style and narrative through works such as ‘Hive’ and ‘Vigilante’, will appear as one of the last speakers.
Also, the ‘Middle-aged Gamer Kim Sil-jang’ channel has many subscribers due to its deep insight and cool perspective on the game industry and has been named as a speaker. He will be on stage with Masaaki Yamagiwa, the producer who was in charge of ‘Bloodborne’ at SIE and ‘WoRyung: Fallen Dynasty’ at Koei Tecmo Games, among the previously announced speakers, and will have an in-depth discussion about the present and future of the souls-like genre that has recently gained worldwide popularity.
The complete list of speakers for G-CON 2024, including additional speakers such as writer Kim Gyu-sam and middle-aged gamer Kim Sil-jang, can be found on the official website. Those who wish to attend the conference can also purchase passes through the G-STAR official website.
