COD championship finals for ANZ announced
Major League Gaming has confirmed this year's Call of Duty Championship for Australia and New Zealand. Online and LAN qualifiers are scheduled for February, and the ANZ COD Championship Final is...
Huawei announces Tron game console for Android
China's Huawei has unveiled the Tron games console at CES in Las Vegas. The micro-console includes a custom control pad and is designed to play Android games on televisions.
The Huawei Tron...
MS confirms 3M Xbox One sold in 2013; supply delays in remaining regions
Microsoft has announced over 3 million Xbox One units sold from the game console's mid-November launch in thirteen markets to end of 2013. As reported earlier, the Xbox One debuted in...
Ban on game consoles suspended in CN
The Chinese State Council has lifted a 13-year long ban on the sale and manufacture of games consoles by overseas companies in China.
According to a government statement, foreign-funded enterprises with production...
Sony confirms PS4 launch in India next month
Sony PlayStation 4 will go on sale in India on 6 January for 39,990 INR (US$641), with 20 games available at launch.
"We have received an overwhelming response for PlayStation 4...
PS4 sold out in AU; Sony pledges to restock by February
Sony has confirmed that January stocks of the company's next-generation PlayStation 4 console have sold out in Australia, as overwhelming demand combined with a near simultaneous launch worldwide (excluding Japan, scheduled...
Samsung launches new Android smartphone gamepad
Korean mobile device manufacturer Samsung has announced a new version of the company's Android smartphone gamepad and mobile console app.
The Samsung GamePad connects with smartphones and tablets through Bluetooth pairing, is...
MA15+ ratings upheld after AU review
Australia’s Classification Board has decided to uphold the MA15+ ratings of 12 games reviewed at the request of South Australian Attorney-General John Rau in November.
The Australian Interactive Games and Entertainment Association...
KR StarCraft pro recognised as athlete by US
US immigration authorities have granted Korean professional StarCraft II player Kim 'viOLet' Dong-hwan a five-year athletic visa.
Kim's P-1A visa approval, reserved for 'internationally recognized athletes' visiting the US, comes after Canadian...
Nintendo Wii U/3DS hardware, game sales up
Nintendo has announced that Wii U sales in North America rose 340 per cent in November compared to the previous month, with the Wii U title Super Mario 3D World also...
MS sells over 2M Xbox One worldwide
Microsoft has announced “record-setting” initial sales of over 2 million units for the company's recently launched Xbox One game console.
“Demand is exceeding supply in our thirteen launch markets," said Microsoft...
KR online gaming addiction legislation gaining momentum
The Korean assembly is now considering legislative measures to give the government authority to apply the same legal restrictions to online games as alcohol, gambling and drugs.
A government study earlier this...
Fortumo expands carrier billing platform to Indonesia
Estonia based mobile payment company Fortumo has partnered with Indonesian operators Telkomsel, XL Axiata, Indosat and Axis networks to provide carrier billing for online transactions, extending the service to 205 million...
Twitch raises US$90K for PH typhoon relief
Live game streaming provider Twitch has raised US$90,000 to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Twitch and online retailer Teespring partnered to collect more than US$80,000 via t-shirt sales...
Tecmo Koei, GungHo implement JP spending caps
Following a series of incidents where online and social game players have spent large amounts on in-app purchases, publishers Tecmo Koei and GungHo Online have introduced spending limits for younger gamers...
Persona 4 Golden honoured, ships over 700K units worldwide
Atlus has announced that the publisher's RPG Persona 4 Golden for Sony PlayStation Vita has surpassed 700,000 shipments worldwide, including both digital sales and retail outlet orders.
The Asia (English) edition...
Live FPS event IRL Shooter to debut in Sydney next year
IRL Shooter, a live FPS game combining laser-tag technology and realistic weapon props, will launch a new event dubbed Patient 0 in Sydney in 2014.
The first zombie-shooter edition in Melbourne...
Sony sells 2.1M PS4s overseas ahead of Asian launch
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House has announced that the company sold 2.1 million PlayStation 4 units as of 1 December, with 700,000 consoles purchased in Europe and Australia within days...
CN and KR dominate WCG 2013 Grand Final results
The World Cyber Games 2013 Grand Final in Kunshan, China concluded on Sunday, with world's top 500 esports teams and players from 40 countries meeting over four days to compete in...
Intel Extreme Masters returns to Singapore
Intel Extreme Masters is gathering some of the best esports players and teams in Asia and around the globe to compete in StarCraft II and League of Legends from 28 November...
