Japan’s online games market grew by 101 per cent in 2012
The Japan Online Game Association (JOGA) recently released their annual survey of the online and mobile game market in Japan. According to the report, Japanese online game revenues totalled 142.09 billion...
Nexon Unveils New Blockbuster Mobile Game Heroes of Incredible Tales
Nexon, Korea's largest game company, showcased the new mobile game titled "Heroes of Incredible Tales (HIT)," on Monday. HIT, which is the biggest action mobile role-playing game project for Nexon, faces fierce...
Keywords Studios Buys Studio In Manila
Keywords Studios announced recently it has acquired Philippines-based Ankama Pte Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Keywords said Ankama's sole asset is a business in Manila which provides services to support games made by...
The ESL Arena to take Centre Stage at PAX Australia
PAX Australia in collaboration with the Australian Cyber League (ACL) is excited to announce that ESL, the world's premier eSports organisation, is for the first-time headed to this year's PAX Australia...
Tencent Invests In Live Streaming App BaoBao
Baobao, a digital video streaming social media platform, secured $15 million (RMB 100 million) in a series B+ round joined in by Meridian Capital China, Tencent Holdings Ltd, GGV Capital and...
CN NewBee wins Dota 2 final
The Chinese team NewBee has won the Dota 2 International championship at the 2014 Grand Final in Seattle, taking home a cash prize of over US$5 million.
The historic esports event marked...
Ubitus announces cloud streaming PES 2014 for TVs in Korea
Taiwanese cloud streaming technology firm Ubitus has announced a partnership with Korean telecom LG Uplus and Japanese game publisher Konami to bring the popular Pro Evolution Soccer (Winning Eleven) franchise to...
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...
InsideGamesAsia.biz Raised First Investment To Enter Next Level
Singapore based International Business Media Pte Ltd. announced today that it has secured a first investment for insidegamesasia.biz in order to continue meteoric growth and dominance as the biggest Asian Games...
Kunlun Tech Invests To Form AI Joint Venture
Chinese online PC and mobile game developer and operator Kunlun Technology recently announced that it will invest USD 3 million to establish a joint venture named Kunlun AI (Kunlun Artificial Intelligence...
Tsugi Studios Released an Update on its Game Audio Localization Tool Alto
Thanks to its new plug-in system, it is now easier to integrate Alto with proprietary audio tools and dialogue databases and benefit from its sound analysis and reporting capabilities. Importer plug-ins will...
SNK Playmore Acquired By Chinese Company
Dreamcancel reported that SNK Playmore was possibly in talks to be acquired by a Chinese company called Leyou Technologies. The news originated from a stock filing on the Hong Kong Stock...
Korea: With Focus On Profits, Game Developers Lose Their Edge
Korean developers used to dominate the computer game industry, leading with innovative content. But as the market has moved to emphasize mobile games, local developers are having trouble keeping up reported...
Dragon Nest Will Be Officially Released In Vietnam In First Quarter Of 2016
Vietnamese VGG Entertainment and Cherry Credits from Singapore announced the signing of co-operation agreement to publish the blockbuster Multiplayer Online Free-To-Play Action game: Dragon Nest, in Vietnam, slated to be released in the first...
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...
Nintendo Of Korea Lays Of 80% Off Its Staff
Nintendo of Korea has laid off nearly 80% of the its 60 member team and has plans to relocate sometime soon according to the Korean website INVEN.
The state of Korea’s gaming...
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$4 million (USD 2.84 mill) according to a...
Sony to release PS4 companion mobile app
Sony will release a PS4 companion app for iOS and Android devices, with availably to coincide with the console's global release schedule.
PlayStation App users will be able to use their mobile...
Nintendo to appeal Philips ruling in the UK
Nintendo has lost a patent infringement case by Dutch electronics firm Philips over motion control technology used in Nintendo Wii and Wii U game consoles in the UK.
The lawsuit covers...
WeChat Valued At US$ 83.6 Billion – Half Of Tencent’s Market Cap
Bloomberg reported that WeChat's value is now half of Tencent's Market Cap. For an idea of why messaging applications are attracting valuations in the tens of billions of dollars, look no...
