Korean online game publishers Webzen (Mu Online, SUN), Nexon (Kart Riders, Maple Story) and NCSoft (Lineage, Dungeon Runners), along with internet content service provider NHN (the Hangame portal), have teamed up with the Korea Culture & Content Agency (KOCCA) to promote their latest online games with the opening of an interactive Online Gaming Hall and Digital Mobile Content Center at the Korea Center in Los Angeles.

KOCCA is the creative content division of South Korea’s Ministry of Culture & Tourism, while the Korea Center on Los Angeles' Wilshire Boulevard opened in 2006, with the mission of introducing and promoting Korean creative content within its exhibition space of over 3,000 square feet.

One of the first online games featured at the Korea Center is Nexon's Audition, which claims to have registered over 100,000 North American users in two months. Other games on exhibition include Webzen’s Huxley, NHN’s GunBound, and NCSoft’s Lineage.

“The featured Korean online games and mobile content have already gained widespread popularity and success in Asia,” says KOCCA Managing Director Daniel Kim. “This event is significant in that the leading Korean online gaming and mobile companies are jointly displaying their creative content in the Korea Center exhibition space. People of all nationalities can now visit the Korea Center and experience Korean games and mobile content firsthand, thereby increasing awareness of Korean creative content to an even higher level in the United States.”