KOCCA to Introduce 16 Korean Video Game Companies at KOREA GAME ROADSHOW of Gamescom 2025

COLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 14, 2025--

The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), a public institution specializing in content, has selected 16 promising game companies to participate in gamescom 2025.

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In 2024, KOCCA supported 13 game companies, achieving over 400 business meetings and approximately USD 24 million in consultation results. These efforts underscored the global potential of Korean games.

This year, KOCCA plans to further expand its scale and support, actively pursuing global market opportunities.

The Korea Pavilion is located in HALL 3 and HALL 10, with B2B booth numbers C-010g–D-019g and B2C booth number F-002g.

The B2B booth in Hall 3 will host 1:1 business matchmaking between buyers and companies, as well as on-site user testing of games, collecting valuable feedback. Visitors who participate in the events will also receive a variety of giveaways.

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Korean gaming companies attending the Gamescom KOREA GAME ROADSHOW include ROOMTONE, Modle Studios Co., Ltd., BECUZUS Co., Ltd., Geniesoft Inc., ADVER GAME KOREA, Neo Joy Propulsion Laboratory Inc., Gonggamorecontents Inc., grayclover, PepperStones.Inc, NANOO COMPANY Inc., BePex, Oneway Ticket Studio Inc., Studio BBB, Studio Doodal Co., Ltd., Hypercent Inc., and Lightersgames Co., Ltd.

Please find information and trailers of the games in the official directory book of the Korea Pavilion.

1. ROOMTONE Games – INTERSCAPE
INTERSCAPE is a third-person cinematic adventure game exploring surreal dreamscapes and emotional narratives. Players solve puzzles and navigate visually stunning worlds to awaken humanity trapped in endless slumber.
Official website:www.roomtonegames.com

2. Modle Studios Inc. – Not Alone
Not Alone is a sandbox crafting game where players customize unique islands, meet friendly visitors, and enjoy a warm, relaxing life. Dive into creative island building and never feel alone.
Official website:https://www.modle.io/en

3.Becuzus – VANRAN
VANRAN is a dark fantasy action RPG combining soulslike combat with accessible gameplay. Players explore eight unique regions, battle powerful demon lords, and customize their character’s growth for a unique combat style.
Official website:www.becuzus.com

4.Geniesoft – Dusty Derby
Dusty Derby is a cute, chaotic online multiplayer party‑royale game where up to 32 fluffy “Dusts” compete across house‑themed arenas—fight, race, and outlast others to become King of Dusts.
Official website:https://www.geniesoft.io/

5.ADVER GAME KOREA – The Last of Penguin
In this 3D multiplayer survival adventure, players guide a penguin to save the Antarctic. Combining survival, tycoon, and running elements, it offers unique challenges and cooperative gameplay.
Official trailer:https://youtu.be/9A_y0RmVnWs?si=LKjN48EpnOexHfnW

6.Neo Joy Propulsion Laboratory – Jewelry Hunter Go
Jewelry Hunter Go is a casual mobile and PC game blending luck battle mechanics with classic 3‑match gameplay. Players compete in Monopoly‑style maps while matching jewels to progress and win.
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573872641006&locale=ko_KR

7.Gonggamorecontents Inc. – Soul Wander
Soul Wander is an action roguelike where players collect souls to restore color to a monochrome world. Featuring fast-paced combat and exploration, it blends adventure, RPG elements, and roguelike progression.
Official website:https://mymegames.com/

8.grayclover – Brick Clash
Brick Clash is a mobile brick‑breaker puzzle game combining strategy and timing. Players break blocks while defending against waves, delivering a fast and impactful casual experience.
Official website:https://thegrayclover.my.canva.site/

9.PepperStones.Inc – Hips N Noses
Hips N Noses combines café management simulation with action roguelike gameplay. By fighting monsters in dreams to collect rare ingredients and customizing recipes to satisfy unique customers, players restore lost memories while growing their café and character.
Steam Store:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3574200/HIPS_N_NOSES/

10.NANOO COMPANY Inc. – Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
In this single‑player, survival action RPG blending elements of Vampire Survivors and loot‑driven RPGs, players battle waves of monsters, collect and upgrade gear, and build unique skill combinations to climb to the top of the mysterious tower and claim everything they desire.
Official website:https://www.nanoocompany.com/

11.BePex – Beat the Beat: Rhythm Action
This rhythm‑based action game features collectible characters and competitive gameplay. Players train their muses, master musical battles, and compete against others in rhythm challenges.
Official website:www.bepex.xyz

12.Oneway Ticket Studio – Midnight Walkers
Midnight Walkers is a hardcore PvE/PvPvE zombie survival extraction shooter. Players scavenge, craft, and fight through Liberty Grand Center, battling zombies and rival survivors to escape with valuable loot—or lose everything on death.
Official website:https://www.onewayticketstudio.com/

13.Studio BBB Inc. – Monowave
Monowave is a puzzle‑platform adventure about guiding Mono, a guardian with empathy powers, through worlds shaped by emotions. Players harness four unique emotional abilities, befriend allies, and solve challenges in a hand‑drawn art style with an original soundtrack.
Official website:https://studiobbb.games

14.Studio Doodal – Solateria
Solateria is a hand‑drawn metroidvania featuring stylish parry‑based combat and expansive exploration. Players harness elemental abilities, unlock new traversal skills, and uncover secrets while battling powerful enemies to find the lost king.
Official website:https://studiodoodal.com/

15.Hypercent – Backroom Company
Backroom Company is a cooperative horror multiplayer game set in the Backrooms universe. Supporting up to eight players with voice chat and interactive items, it focuses on player‑created experiences rather than linear puzzle solving and monster evasion.
Official website:https://www.hypercent.co.kr/

16.Lightersgames Inc. – THANKS, LIGHT.
THANKS, LIGHT. is a first‑person puzzle adventure combining geometry, physics, and optical illusions. Players manipulate dimensions with light, freeze objects, replicate and resize shapes, and uncover hidden truths in a mysterious, collapsing world.
Official website:https://www.lightersgames.com/

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KOCCA has selected 16 promising game companies to participate in gamescom 2025 (Image: KOCCA)

KOCCA has selected 16 promising game companies to participate in gamescom 2025 (Image: KOCCA)

KOCCA will showcase 16 Korean game companies at gamescom 2025 in efforts to expand their global market push (Image: KOCCA)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.

Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster.

The most significant criminal charge against him alleges that his martial law enforcement amounted to a rebellion, and the independent counsel has requested the death sentence in the case that is to be decided in a ruling next month.

Yoon has maintained he didn’t intend to place the country under military rule for an extended period, saying his decree was only meant to inform the people about the danger of the liberal-controlled parliament obstructing his agenda. But investigators have viewed Yoon’s decree as an attempt to bolster and prolong his rule, charging him with rebellion, abuse of power and other criminal offenses.

In Friday’s case, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon for defying attempts to detain him, fabricating the martial law proclamation, and sidestepping a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting and thus depriving some Cabinet members who were not convened of their due rights to deliberate on his decree.

Judge Baek Dae-hyun said in the televised ruling that imposing “a grave punishment” was necessary because Yoon hasn’t shown remorse and has only repeated “hard-to-comprehend excuses.” The judge also restoring legal systems damaged by Yoon’s action was necessary.

Yoon’s defense team said they will appeal the ruling, which they believe was “politicized” and reflected “the unliberal arguments by the independent counsel.” Yoon’s defense team argued the ruling “oversimplified the boundary between the exercise of the president’s constitutional powers and criminal liability.”

Prison sentences in the multiple, smaller trials Yoon faces would matter if he is spared the death penalty or life imprisonment at the rebellion trial.

Park SungBae, a lawyer who specializes in criminal law, said there is little chance the court would decide Yoon should face the death penalty in the rebellion case. He said the court will likely issue a life sentence or a sentence of 30 years or more in prison.

South Korea has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 and courts rarely hand down death sentences. Park said the court would take into account that Yoon’s decree didn’t cause casualties and didn’t last long, although Yoon hasn’t shown genuine remorse for his action.

South Korea has a history of pardoning former presidents who were jailed over diverse crimes in the name of promoting national unity. Those pardoned include strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who received the death penalty at a district court over his 1979 coup, the bloody 1980 crackdowns of pro-democracy protests that killed about 200 people, and other crimes.

Some observers say Yoon will likely retain a defiant attitude in the ongoing trials to maintain his support base in the belief that he cannot avoid a lengthy sentence but could be pardoned in the future.

On the night of Dec. 3, 2024, Yoon abruptly declared martial law in a televised speech, saying he would eliminate “anti-state forces” and protect “the constitutional democratic order.” Yoon sent troops and police officers to encircle the National Assembly, but many apparently didn’t aggressively cordon off the area, allowing enough lawmakers to get into an assembly hall to vote down Yoon’s decree.

No major violence occurred, but Yoon's stunt caused the biggest political crisis in South Korea and rattled its diplomacy and financial markets. For many, his decree, the first of its kind in more than four decades in South Korea, brought back harrowing memories of past dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s, when military-backed leaders used martial law and emergency measures to deploy soldiers and tanks on the streets to suppress demonstrations.

After Yoon's ouster, his liberal rival Lee Jae Myung became president via a snap election last June. After taking office, Lee appointed three independent counsels to look into allegations involving Yoon, his wife and associates.

Yoon's other trials deal with charges like ordering drone flights over North Korea to deliberately inflame animosities to look for a pretext to declare martial law. Other charges accuse Yoon of manipulating the investigation into a marine’s drowning in 2023 and receiving free opinion surveys from an election broker in return for a political favor.

A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waits for a bus carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs as police officers stand guard outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A picture of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is placed on a board as supporters gather outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)