‘2022 PlayX4’, the largest convergence game show in the metropolitan area where you can meet the present and future of games at once, opened on the 12th and started a four-day campaign.
Gyeonggi Province held the opening ceremony of the 2022 Play Expo at Kintex Exhibition Center 2 in Goyang City on the 12th with about 100 people attending, including Acting Governor Oh Byung-kwon, National Assemblyman Lee Yong-woo, Korean Digital Game Association President Choi Hoon, and Korean Disabled e-Sports Federation President Lim Yun-tae.
The Play Expo, which will be held until the 15th, is the largest game show in the metropolitan area, first held in 2008. Due to COVID-19, it will be the first time in three years since it was held online in 2020 and 2021, it will welcome visitors to the site.
Byung-kwon Oh, acting governor of Gyeonggi Province, gave a congratulatory speech on the same day, saying, “I am delighted to be able to interact with the audience at the Play Expo for the first time in three years.” As a mecca of the game industry, we will continue to strive for the sustainable growth of the game industry by constructing an e-sports stadium and holding various e-sports competitions.”
Considering that the 2022 Play Expo is an on-site event held for the first time in three years under the concept of ‘a game show that the whole family can enjoy’, it operates a variety of programs that people of all ages can enjoy and directly participate in.
For this purpose, game-related quiz contests, game original soundtrack (OST) performances, and costume contests and parades in which the general public can participate were prepared. In addition, the final final of BEMANI MASTER KOREA, which is held every two years and is famous for its rhythm game, will be held at the Play Expo site on the largest scale ever.
You can experience arcade games of world-class console game companies such as Bandai Namco Entertainment Korea and unique technologies developed by game sprout companies. It is hoped that it will inspire.
In terms of industry, small and medium-sized domestic game developers are expected to expand overseas. 146 game developers and 172 buyers, the largest ever, will participate in the export consultation held together during the Play Expo.
In Japan, Nintendo, Sega and Konami applied for participation. In the US, Microsoft’s Xbox, indie game publisher Nicalis, and San Francisco game company Skystone Games participated, and IMS in Dubai, an emerging market in the game industry, Chinese big buyer Byte Dance, IQiYi, Biribiri, Chukong, etc. are attracting attention. .
Tickets for Play Expo can be purchased on the spot, and inquiries regarding participating companies can be made to the Play Expo Operation Secretariat Export Consultation Meeting (02-6941-2989/Exhibition 031-995-8162).
