China’s Cheetah Mobile Plans Major Silicon Valley Presence
Cheetah Mobile Inc. named Charles Fan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Charles will lead the global R&D activities for the company. Based out of Silicon Valley, Charles will also lead...
Manila Based Xurpas Invested In Eight Companies
Casual mobile games developer and mobile content provider Xurpas Inc., based in Manila, has put up a wholly owned unit that will provide mobile enterprise solutions to businesses. In a disclosure to...
Korean Developer 4:33 Boosts Collaboration Overseas For Global Presence
Korean mobile game developer 4:33 Creative Labs will strengthen its cooperation with game development studios, aiming at boosting its presence on the global stage. As a part of its plan to build a closer...
The way to the top: 6waves
It is some achievement for 6waves to have established such an exciting brand identity, and reputation for quality, in the competitive world of social and mobile games publishing. CEO Arthur Chow...
NCSoft’s Operating Profit Decreased 15 % In Last Quarter Of 2015
This week NCSoft announced it posted 74.9 billion Won ($62.42 million) in operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2015, down 14.3 % percent from the same quarter in 2014. According to a...
Mobile Game Maker Kunlun Tech Bids For Company Behind Opera Web Browser
A group of Chinese investors sees USD1.2 billion worth of potential in the world’s sixth-place Internet browser, Opera. The Norwegian company behind the Opera web browser confirmed that it has received an acquisition...
Southeast Asia’s iCandy lists on ASX, Share Price up 25%
One of Southeast Asia’s leading mobile games studio group iCandy Interactive Limited has successfully completed its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday last week, its shares surging 25 per cent on...
Vice Chairman of NetDragon Joins The Advisory Board Of Interactive Human Holograms Maker ARHT...
Today Canada based ARHT Media announced the appointment of the Vice Chairman of NetDragon Websoft, Dr. Simon Leung, to its advisory board.
Dr. Simon Leung, a seasoned technocrat and devout educator, has spearheaded...
Digital Life Pioneer Pulse Evolution Gets USD 10 Million by China’s Original Force Animation...
Pulse Evolution Corporation, a recognized pioneer and leading developer of hyper-realistic digital humans for entertainment, virtual reality, augmented reality and artificial intelligence, announced that Original Force Computer Animation and Shanghai U9 Game have...
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...
Netmarble Wins On Mobile Games
The promise that Netmarble founder Bang Jun-hyuk made in September 2011 when he first stood in front of his staff has become reality. He set a goal to exceed 1 trillion won...
Sohu.com: Online Game Revenue in 2015 Down 2% Compared With 2014
China's leading online media, search, gaming, community and mobile service group, Sohu.com Inc., reported this week unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. Total revenues...
Chinese Linekong Turns To Global Market Opportunities And Invests USD 20 Million In US...
Chinese mobile gaming company Linekong Interactive announced that the company is investing USD 20 Million to expand its presence in the global mobile game market by establishing a western arm, Linekong...
iCandy Is Set To Be The First Mobile Games Company To IPO From Southeast...
Malaysia-headquartered mobile games studio iCandy Interactive Limited, en route to listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in two weeks, has completed the capital raising for it initial public offering (IPO). The...
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...
Adways Invested In Singapore-Based Game Developer Daylight Studios
Tokyo based Adways Inc announced it has invested in Singapore-based game developer, Daylight Studios, Pte. Ltd. as well as partnering with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Quest Drop Pte. Ltd., a mobile games...
Chinese Investors Bring The Cash, Japanese Developers Supply The Fun
Japan's smartphone game industry, now estimated to be worth around 700 billion yen ($5.72 billion), is showing signs of maturing. At the same time, the cost of developing games has been...
Philippine Accelerator IdeaSpace Will No Longer Take Equity In Startups
Startup accelerators are now a fixture in the tech world. With little or no resources, founders turn to accelerators for mentorship, office space, connections, and funding, hoping to transform their idea...
Kids’ Digital And Mobile Behaviour In ASEAN
A new research report on digital media activities in of 6-14 kids in Southeast Asia from SuperAwesome Insights gives a comprehensive picture of kids’ media consumption habits across the main ASEAN markets...
Tokyo VR Startups Launched Incubation Fund Program With Industry Leading Virtual Reality Mentors
Tokyo VR Startups (TVS) has launched an incubation program focused on the Japanese virtual reality (VR) market. In this program, Japan-based startup companies will be invited to develop prototypes of VR...
