Korean Developers Hope To Make Life Fun With Serious Games
Smartphone games nowadays can be more than just about play, with a wide variety of apps developed to help people learn new subjects and even improve their health. Although this category...
Tencent bought the rights to more than 300 Japanese anime franchises
Tencent bought the rights to more than 300 Japanese anime franchises and cultivated others at home with a plan to parlay them into multimedia juggernauts according to a report at Chicago...
Japanese App Line Brings In USD 270 Million Per Year Selling Stickers
Japanese messaging app Line has reported earnings of over $20 million a month from the sale of stickers, reports TechCrunch and Inquisitr. They are usually sold in sets of 12 to...
Rumour: Tokyo Game Show Could Be The Venue For Unveiling Both Sony’s Updated PS4...
Tokyo Game Show was a important global trade expo years go, but more recently it’s become little more than a side show. But this year could be about to change according...
Star Chef – India’s most successful mobile game
India's most successful mobile game is not being developed in a gaming studio in Bengaluru or Mumbai, but in the coastal town of Udupi in Karnataka according to a report at...
NHN Etertainment Eyes Facebook Patent War
Korean online game developers have often fallen prey to patent trolling. U.S. 3-D content firm Worlds.com filed a lawsuit against Korean game developer NC Soft in 2008, claiming the latter violated the...
Netmarble Wins On Mobile Games
The promise that Netmarble founder Bang Jun-hyuk made in September 2011 when he first stood in front of his staff has become reality. He set a goal to exceed 1 trillion won...
Singapore Should Impose GST On Online Service Incl. Games
As more people play or shop online, some experts have said Singapore should start imposing Goods and Services Tax (GST) on such transactions, since the online market is worth nearly S$5...
Vietnam Online Gaming Market – Outlook to 2019
The Vietnam e commerce market has enhanced at a tremendous growth rate, yet the size of online gaming market is still minute owing to the fact that a large part of...
NetEase Unveils Games Pipeline at Sixth Annual Product Launch Event
One of China's leading internet and online game services providers, NetEase, celebrated its diversified portfolio of existing and upcoming PC and mobile games at its Sixth Annual Product Launch event on Wednesday.
PlayStation Virtual Reality Gear To Launch In October
Sony plans to make virtual reality mainstream with the October release of PlayStation VR headgear priced at $399. “Virtual reality represents a new frontier for gaming, one that will forever change the...
Sony Shuts Down PlayStation Store In China After Backdoor Tip-Off To Authorities
Japanese electronics behemoth Sony has announced that it has suspended online services for its PlayStation Store in China, with no guarantee of a reopening date. While the company didn’t...
The Men Behind Naver’s Dizzying Success
Reserved and meticulous. These are some of the words often used by those close to Naver’s founder and board chairman Lee Hae-jin, who is regarded as a pioneer in Korea’s web...
Funplus Announced Investment In Singapore Mobile Game Studio XII Braves
Beijing based FunPlus, the publisher of top ranking game Dot Arena and worldwide leader in social games, recently entered into a longterm strategic partnership with mobile game studio, XII Braves. The multimillion investment by...
Chinese Company Alibaba Announced USD 5.5 Million eSports Tournament
On Wednesday Alibaba announced they’re getting in on the action with the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG). WESG, which will be run by Alibaba subsidiary AliSports, will be a new Shanghai-based...
Capcom’s Financial Results 2015
Capcom has published positive financial results for the nine-month period between April 1 and December 31, 2015, with net revenue increasing by 19.3 percent to ¥57 billion during the year. The publisher...
Garena Raises USD 170 Million in Series D Funding Round
Southeast Asia’s largest internet and mobile platform company, Garena Interactive, announced the successful closing of its USD 170 million Series D funding round. The round was led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad (“Khazanah”),...
Six Out Of 11 investments From Tencent Have Fallen Year-To-Date
App developer Glu Mobile Inc., which created the “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” role-playing mobile game in 2014, has fallen most out of 11 known listed investments tabulated by Bloomberg. Its share price...
Netease: 600 Million Mobile Users In China
China's NetEase is focused on pumping out game after game -- and for good reason. Blockbuster hits aside, most mobile games have a relatively short shelf life, with their popularity lasting from...
China: Content Building To Become Market Entry Point In VR Industry
Countless virtual reality (VR) headsets have appeared in China overnight, vying for attention, while China's burgeoning market has not yet to mature when it comes to tech bottlenecks, such as resolution, refresh...
