G-Star is an annual trade show for the computer and video games

Computer and video games

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of...

 industry presented by KOTRA

KOTRA

In Korea, KOTRA was established in 1962 as a national trade promotion organization. Since then, it has facilitated Korea's rapid export-led economic development through various trade promotion activities such as overseas market surveys and business matchmaking...

 in November. Originally held in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, it was relocated to Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

 in 2009.

Attendees

Being a show focused on the South Korean game market, the show has a large number of online game companies, including local operators NCsoft

NCsoft

NCsoft is a South Korea-based online video game company, which has published massively multiplayer online role-playing games including Lineage, City of Heroes, Wildstar, Exteel, Guild Wars and Aion.-History:...

, Hangame

Hangame

Hangame is a popular South Korean online game portal operated by NHN Corporation. Launched in December 1999, Hangame offers casual, first-person shooter, MMORPGs, sports, and other genres. With over 24 million members and a peak concurrent user base of 240,000 in South Korea, it is the country's...

, NHN, Nexon, and Webzen, as well as overseas companies, such as Activision-Blizzard.