Korean government funds serious games research
2009/08/26 23:00The Korean government announced in May funding for research into serious games which encompasses games used for things like education or training:
The initiative was sparked from a joint effort between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and national newspaper Etnews. Those two forces together sponsored the nation’s Serious Games Forum, a national network where professionals and interested parties could network and exchange ideas.
Yu In-chon, ex-film star and now South Korea’s minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said: “The functional game market is at an early stage, but the market is an emerging blue ocean. The government is going to give support to prompt private investment in that field.”
Korea will also host a the Korea Serious Games Festival (KSF2009) which will take place between September 25-27 at the Seongnam Korea Design Center near Bundang.
The Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency has also posted some promotional videos (in Korean) for KSF2009 on their YouTube channel.
