Five Big Tech Trends in 2015
SourGlobal consulting company Accenture offers a lot of advice to its customers about important business trends, so the company has to stay up to speed on technology. And that’s why it’s...
PS Now launches NA public beta
Sony has released the North American public beta of the publisher's PlayStation Now game streaming and rental platform.
The PS Now public beta for Sony PlayStation 4 users in North America...
Sept CN launch for Xbox One
Microsoft and Chinese partner BesTV New Media have announced that the Microsoft Xbox One console will be released in China on 23 September. Microsoft will be the first foreign company to...
Bravely Default hits 1M sold
Square Enix has announced that the Japanese publisher's RPG Bravely Default for Nintendo 3DS has sold 1 million units worldwide since the game's Japanese debut in 2012.
Bravely Default’s lifetime retail and...
Wii U NFC Payment debuts in JP
Nintendo has debuted the NFC Payment feature for Nintendo Wii U with the release of the F2P Nintendo eShop title Pig Medal in Japan.
Japanese payment cards, including Suica and Pasmo, are...
CN Telecom to sell Xbox One
Microsoft has partnered with China Telecom to distribute the US-based company's next-generation Xbox One game console in China, starting this September.
“China Telecom announced that Xbox One will be available for purchase...
Sony settles PSN lawsuit
Sony has agreed to a preliminary settlement of US$15 million in a California class action lawsuit over the publisher's PlayStation Network data breach in 2011.
UK authorities have also fined Sony 250,000...
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...
Youkai Watch 2 tops 1.2M in JP
The recently launched Youkai Watch sequel has sold over 1.2 million units in Japan according to game media outlet Famitsu.
Youkai Watch 2: Founder and Youkai Watch 2: Head from Japanese developer...
Guild Wars 2 hits 3.8M in CN
NCSoft has confirmed that the Korean online game publisher's popular MMORPG Guild Wars 2 has sold 3.8 million units in China since the title's debut in the country on 15 May.
As...
Sony PS hits JP sales milestones
Japanese analyst firm Media Create has confirmed that both Sony PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita hit sales milestones in Japan last month.
PlayStation 3 sold 7,480 units in Japan in the last...
Asian venues for LoL World Championship
Riot Games has announced that the League of Legends 2014 World Championship will take place in Taipei, Singapore and Busan over five weeks, ending with the 2014 World Final on 19...
NA Sony TV owners to join PS Now beta
Sony has confirmed that the on-going private beta of the publisher’s PlayStation Now game streaming platform will expand to owners of the company's newest Bravia 4K and select 1080p televisions in...
Mario Kart 8 hits 2M units sold worldwide
Nintendo has revealed that Mario Kart 8 for Nintendo Wii U has sold over 2 million copies worldwide since the title’s release in May.
Last month Nintendo announced that Mario Kart 8...
WAU govt report recommends R18+ game ban
A report from the Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Perth has recommended the ban of R18+ classified video games in Western Australia.
The committee’s Sexualisation...
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...
KR legislators host game addiction debate
The Democratic Party of Korea hosted a debate on 18 June called "Video Games: Addiction or Art?" in which games industry representatives joined officials and educators to collectively discuss the issue...
APAC to top US$38B in game revenues this year
Analyst firm Newzoo predicts in a new report that game revenues in the APAC region will rise 15.2 per cent this year to total circa US$38.9 billion.
Top earners in Asia will...
Esport gaining a global audience
Analyst firm IHS Technology reports the number of esports viewing hours globally has nearly doubled, from 1.3 billion in 2012 to 2.4 billion in 2013.
"(Viewing esports videos) has rapidly transformed from...
Bandai Namco partners with payment system Oink
Bandai Namco has joined US-based payment processing platform Oink. The system is targeted to teens and their parents in North America.
“It has been an incredible year for the momentum of Oink...
