Mobile Gaming Market In Asia Emerging With Social Games
As smartphone penetration continues to skyrocket, social casino gaming on mobile devices is a growing market with huge potential although competition is fierce, Jamison Selby, Vice President of Games at b...
Jagex Bought By China’s Shandong Hongda
Chinese iron ore mining company Shandong Hongda has fully acquired for $300 million Jagex Ltd, the largest independent games developer and publisher in the United Kingdom. Shandong is a listed ferrous metal...
Chinese Youzu acquires German Bigpoint
Chinese games company Youzu plans to buy German Bigpoint GmbH for up to 80 million Euros ($89.68 million) according to reports at Youzu and Reuters.
Established in 2009, Youzu Interactive is a global entertainment...
Growing Popularity Of Blade & Soul Mobile Game In China
South Korea’s leading online game developer NC Soft is enjoying an upswing in its share price on robust sales of mobile games in China that propelling the company`s overall growth according to...
360 Games Launched SUPER360° Strategy To Help Game Developers Enter Chinese Market
360 Games, one of the leading Chinese game platforms and publisher, announced that it has launched a series of innovative initiatives to attract global game developers to China. The initiatives include the...
Tencent: 33 Percent Increase In Online Game Revenue In 4Q / 2015
China's Tencent Holding witnessed a huge 45 percent revenue increase in 4Q, surpassing the estimates of analyst by 10 percent. In the same vein, it also reported missed income in terms of...
Tencent bought the rights to more than 300 Japanese anime franchises
Tencent bought the rights to more than 300 Japanese anime franchises and cultivated others at home with a plan to parlay them into multimedia juggernauts according to a report at Chicago...
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...
Universal Studios Japan To Host Nintendo Attraction
A section created in collaboration with Nintendo at Osaka’s Universal Studios theme park is to open in time for the 2020 Olympic Games. The Nintendo-themed attraction is intended to at Universal Studios Japan...
Baofeng Stakes Growth Through Gaming Companies
Baofeng.com, an online entertainment firm listed on the Nasdaq-like ChiNext board, will spend 3.1 billion yuan (US$477 million) to acquire three firms to expand its business into game, film and overseas...
Nexon Group to Acquire Mobile Game Developer Big Huge Games
Nexon announced that it will acquire DomiNations developer Big Huge Games, the independent studio founded by Civilization and Rise of Nations designer Brian Reynolds and Tim Train. Nexon, specifically its Nexon...
Amazon Japan Starts To Sell Games Internationally
That is a pleasant and unexpected surprise. Via some brave testers at NeoGAF, Amazon Japan has quietly begun allowing customers from outside the country to buy its video games according to a...
Video Games And Social Media Tied To Shorter Sleep For Teens
Teens who play video games before bedtime go to bed later and those who use online social media take longer to fall asleep, according to a recent report at Reuters Health...
Nintendo Halves Profit Forecast On Strong Yen
Video game giant Nintendo last week chopped its full-year net profit forecast in half, saying slowing sales and a recent pick up in the Japanese currency were eating into its bottom line...
Chinese Mobvista Acquired US Based User Advertising Company NativeX
The 15-year-old mobile advertising company NativeX has been sold to Mobvista, one of China's mobile advertising networks, for $25 million. NativeX will continue to be based in Sartell (USA) and led by CEO...
Seasun Games Invested In San Francisco’s Magic Fuel Games
San Francisco based start-up Magic Fuel Games has secured USD 2.4 million in Series A funding from Chinese games and software company Seasun Games. Magic Fuel Games, formed by veterans of Electronic...
Asia-Based Fifth Journey’s Strategic Partnerships With Hollywood Companies
Hong Kong-based mobile entertainment company Fifth Journey has signed a strategic partnerships to develop mobile games, interactive entertainment and virtual reality experiences with Universal Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM). The partnerships...
Youzu Interactive Net Profit Went Up In 2015
Youzu Interactive has released the company's annual report in 2015, which shows operating revenue of 1.535 billion yuan (approx. USD 235.47 million) during the period of the report, an 81.94 %...
VIZ Media Europe Reveals Broadcasters And Release Dates For Yo-Kai Watch In Europe
Paris based VIZ Media Europe, the leader in Japanese Entertainment content in Europe, announced that the first season (26 episodes) of the animated TV series Yo-Kai Watch will debut on Cartoon...
Korean’s Netmarble Might Go Public In America
Netmarble Games, Korea’s No. 2 game developer, said this week it is seeking an initial public offering later this year in Korea or in other countries such as the U.S. as...
