Capcom expanding internal dev in Osaka
Capcom has announced that the Japanese publisher will invest US$78 million in new R&D facilities near the company's Osaka headquarters and plans to expand the number of internal development staff to...
Singapore Studio Developing Global Version Of Final Fantasy
Singapore based games studio gumi Asia is collaborating with Japan's Square Enix on the global version of a new game in the Final Fantasy series.
The role-playing game, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, was...
Boomzap´s Christopher Natsuume About the Recent Kickstarter Campaign for “Legends of Fire & Steel”
In 2005 Allan Simonsen and Christopher Natsuume founded in Singapore Boomzap Entertainment. Boomzap has released 40 games to date that are ported on various platforms. Today Boomzap is one of the top independent casual...
How Social & Mobile Gaming Increase Sales
Social and mobile gaming have democratized video games to a greater extent than ever thought possible and in the process, have opened up new demographics for gaming companies (Source: Tim Alan,...
Netmarble And NCsoft Confirm Partnership For The Mobile Version of Lineage 2
Netmarble revealed the partnership and the news at the first 'Netmarble Together' with the press in Seoul last week and confirmed that they are planning to formally launch the mobile version of the...
Nintendo opens new dev facility in Kyoto
Nintendo has announced the opening of a new product development building near in the Japanese publisher's headquarters in Kyoto.
“We’ll be interacting more deeply with hardware development, but we’ll also be able...
Quo Vadis to feature HM series creator
Toybox CEO Yasuhiro Wada, the creator and former producer of the popular Harvest Moon series, will give a featured presentation at the Quo Vadis developer event in Berlin next week.
In a...
Singapore as a Key Hub for Japanese Game Companies
Japanese game-makers looking to export their unique brand of entertainment overseas and reach a global workforce have identified Singapore as a major gateway reported Singapore´s Strait Times today. Building on their...
Industry vets establish Pixelmatic mobile game studio
Former Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard and Relic veterans have joined together "to push the current boundaries of social game conventions" with the establishment of Pixelmatic mobile game studio.
“While games are an ideal...
GDC Europe 2015 officials announce dates and call for papers
Game makers, take note: The call for submissions to present lectures and panel sessions at the 2015 Game Developers Conference Europe is now open through Monday, March 30. Organized by UBM Tech Game Network,...
Asiasoft Invest in Taiwan based Messaging Company
The Taiwan based Messaging Company Pal+ announced that it has raised USD $1.3 million from Asiasoft, Taiwanese venture capital firm Expert Idea Limited and FunP, the company’s seed investor. The company,...
Sony nearing completion on PS4 exclusive Driveclub
Sony PlayStation 4 exclusive road racing title Driveclub is reportedly nearing completion, with a planned mid-2014 release.
"Driveclub will be a truly innovative, socially connected racing game," said Sony Worldwide Studios chief...
Gamefounders Increased Seed Capital For Asia Fall 2016
GameFounders will increase its investment size by almost 50% to $25,000 and extend the deadline for the Fall 2016 intake to June 20 so more studios can take advantage of the...
SCE execs court indie self-pub, VR dev
As the competition for exclusive content between major console manufactures Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo intensifies, SCE executives Adam Boyes and Shuhei Yoshida have been outspoken in their support of independent game...
Project Phoenix raises US$700K on Kickstarter, seven times goal
Japan's Creative Intelligence Arts has collected over US$700K on Kickstarter to fund their upcoming RPG Project Phoenix.
The game's original goal was US$100K, and the additional funding will allow the developers...
Grasshopper Manufacture unveils Let It Die
Grasshopper Manufacture producer Goichi Suda (aka Suda 51) revealed the Japanese studio's upcoming combat horror game Let It Die for Sony PlayStation 4 at E3 in Los Angeles last week.
Originally unveiled...
PH start-up Altitude secures US$275K
Altitude Games has raised US$275k in seed funding to jumpstart development of original intellectual property with mid-core mobile game titles.
“Southeast Asia has previously been known as a great place to outsource...
Instagram-like Service Lets Gamers Relive Their Favorite Moments with Friends and A Vibrant Gaming...
Raptr, a leading optimization platform for PC gamers, today officially launched Plays.tv, a fun, easy way for gamers to capture their most interesting gameplay moments and instantly share them. Dedicated to celebrating...
Monkeystack and Team Fractal Alligator Win Both Categories at The 2015 Australasian Serious Games...
This year, Simulation Australasia, in association with the International Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (ISGS&C), hosted the fourth annual Simulation Australasian round of the Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C); Part...
Nexon announced Closed Beta for Combat Arms: Line of Sight
Nexon has announced that hotly anticipated free-to-play multiplayer shooter, Combat Arms: Line of Sight, will receive a second Closed Beta at the end of May. The Closed Beta will run for...
