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...
Soldgers to launch online game auctions in the Philippines
Soldgers, the Singapore-based ecommerce company behind the popular Southeast Asian online shopping and auction sites Sold.sg and Sold.my, now expands to the Philippines with Gamers.ph.
Gamers.ph has partnered with local distributor X-Play...
Chinese ban on game consoles may be lifted
The decade-long ban on game consoles sales may be eased, according to sources in China's Ministry of Culture.
Due to fears of the potential harmful impact on young people, seven Chinese ministries...
Legal restrictions on ‘addictive’ games proposed in Korea
Fourteen South Korean representatives have joined South Korean politician Shin Eui-jin to introduce a bill grouping online games with alcohol, gambling and drugs as activities in need stricter regulation due to...
Philippines’ Herrera-Dy calls for game legislation
Bagong Henerasyon party Representative Bernadette Herrera-Dy, vice chairman of the Philippines' House committee on children’s welfare, has urged local executives to enforce regulatory classifications for video games that are sold in...