1. Reason for Revision

Foreign game companies have been found to be in a regulatory gap under the Game Industry Promotion Act, raising the need for measures to ensure compliance with obligations. The revision mandates foreign game companies to designate a domestic agent to handle reporting obligations and the fulfillment of game labeling duties. Additionally, to protect game users from violations related to the display of probability-based items, the establishment and operation of a Game User Damage Relief Center under the Game Rating and Administration Committee is proposed to protect game users from issues such as non-compliance with the display requirements for probability-based items.

2. Main Contents

a. Establishing criteria for the revenue, number of users, and other factors to determine which game distributors and providers must designate a domestic agent. The authority to verify whether the domestic agent designation obligation has been violated will be delegated to the Game Rating and Administration Committee (Article 18-3 and Article 23, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 6).

b. Establishing operational guidelines for the Game User Damage Relief Center, including the scope of duties and the institution responsible for handling complaints and supporting damage relief for users affected by probability-based items (Article 19-3).