Manila Based Xurpas Invested In Eight Companies
Casual mobile games developer and mobile content provider Xurpas Inc., based in Manila, has put up a wholly owned unit that will provide mobile enterprise solutions to businesses. In a disclosure to...
Pre-Registration Now Open For Miitomo
Nintendo’s first app for smart devices, Miitomo, launches in March and now through launch day, anyone can pre-register for Miitomo by signing up for the new Nintendo Account service. Those who...
Korean Developer 4:33 Boosts Collaboration Overseas For Global Presence
Korean mobile game developer 4:33 Creative Labs will strengthen its cooperation with game development studios, aiming at boosting its presence on the global stage. As a part of its plan to build a closer...
Sanuk’ s Bombing Bastards Goes Mobile
After having conquered Steam, the Wii U, the PlayStation 4 and the PS Vita, the vintage-styled bombing arena game lands on Apple’s AppStore and Google Play in a “Touch!” edition specially...
NCSoft’s Operating Profit Decreased 15 % In Last Quarter Of 2015
This week NCSoft announced it posted 74.9 billion Won ($62.42 million) in operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2015, down 14.3 % percent from the same quarter in 2014. According to a...
Malaysia’s MDeC Appointed New Chief Strategy Officer
Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation has appointed former AirAsia executive, Siva Ramanathan, as its Chief Strategy Officer according to a report at Govinsider.
Ramanathan, who started in the role this month, is responsible...
Mobile Game Maker Kunlun Tech Bids For Company Behind Opera Web Browser
A group of Chinese investors sees USD1.2 billion worth of potential in the world’s sixth-place Internet browser, Opera. The Norwegian company behind the Opera web browser confirmed that it has received an acquisition...
Southeast Asia’s iCandy lists on ASX, Share Price up 25%
One of Southeast Asia’s leading mobile games studio group iCandy Interactive Limited has successfully completed its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday last week, its shares surging 25 per cent on...
Vice Chairman of NetDragon Joins The Advisory Board Of Interactive Human Holograms Maker ARHT...
Today Canada based ARHT Media announced the appointment of the Vice Chairman of NetDragon Websoft, Dr. Simon Leung, to its advisory board.
Dr. Simon Leung, a seasoned technocrat and devout educator, has spearheaded...
Japan: Is Growth In The Mobile Games Market Close To Topping Out?
Tumbling earnings at a leading smartphone game developer show that market growth may have peaked, indicating a shift in focus from blockbusters to repeated successes as competition heats up according to...
WeChat And Its African Ventures
China's 1.3 billion-strong market is just the beginning for the world's fifth largest Internet company, Tencent. The tech giant's best-known social network, WeChat, is fast gaining traction in Africa, and mobile banking is...
South Korea’s Games Companies Tumble Amid Tougher Regulations
The number of Korea's gaming companies more than halved in 2014 from five years earlier due to a series of intensified governmental regulations, including a ban on minors' access to online...
Signals PlayStation’s Relocation The End Of An Era In Japan?
Japanese Sony announced in late January that it plans to consolidate its gaming business units, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment International, to form Sony Interactive Entertainment as of April...
Digital Life Pioneer Pulse Evolution Gets USD 10 Million by China’s Original Force Animation...
Pulse Evolution Corporation, a recognized pioneer and leading developer of hyper-realistic digital humans for entertainment, virtual reality, augmented reality and artificial intelligence, announced that Original Force Computer Animation and Shanghai U9 Game have...
GameTrailers.com Closed Today After 13 Years Of Operation
According to GameTrailer's Twitter account, after 13 years, GameTrailers is closing down today. Game Trailer's Founder Brandon Jones said: "Today is the last day of GameTrailers. I wish it wasn’t so....
Garena Sponsors Local Football In Singapore
Garena, the Singapore based gaming and e-commerce company, has inked a two-year deal with S.League club Young Lions that is worth up to S$4 million (USD 2.84 mill) according to a...
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...
Gernot Abl Launched His eSports Company At ASX
Gernot Abl is determined to ensure Australia can grab a slice of the pie and on Wednesday launched the first ever pure eSports company, eSports Mogul, on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) according to...
6 Gaming Trends To Watch For In 2016
Fallout Shelter generated $5.1 million for Bethesda in its first two weeks. Activision Blizzard bought King Digital for $5.9 billion and mobile games developer China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group merged...
Exports Of Korea’s Content Industry Exceed USD 5 Billion
The exports of South Korea's content industry exceeded USD 5 billion in 2014 due mainly to its continued growth boosted by the global boom of Korean pop culture products, the government...
