SoftBank to buy stake in US dev Turbo
Softbank Ventures Korea will reportedly invest in US-based game studio Turbo. The amount and other details of the deal have yet to be confirmed.
“As an umbrella group, SoftBank is very thoughtful...
Bandai Namco closes Shiftylook studio
Bandai Namco has confirmed that the Japanese publisher's subsidiary Shiftylook will close this year. The developer of Namco character-based comics and browser games was established in 2012 to revitalise dormant Bandai...
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...
Bandai Namco to publish Nine Dots FPS
Quebec-based Nine Dots Studio has revealed that Bandai Namco will publish the developer's upcoming space FPS GoD Factory: Wingmen.
Though Nine Dots failed an earlier attempt to crowdfund the title for release...
Asian devs honoured at Indie Prize event
Several Asia-Pacific independent game companies were honoured at the Indie Prize ceremony at Casual Connect Europe in Amsterdam last month.
The Women's Indie Award winner was Arpita Kapoor from Mech Mocha in...
SQEX confirms layoffs at Montreal studio
Square Enix has confirmed that 27 employees at the publisher's Eidos Montreal studio have been laid off.
“Yes it is true we’ve let 27 people go today, unfortunately it’s something that every...
KongZhong dates GW 2 closed CN beta
NCSoft partner KongZhong has announced that the closed beta launch of the popular MMORPG Guild Wars 2 in China will begin on 11 March.
As in Europe and North America, the...
FF XIV: ARR beta for PS4 launches worldwide
Square Enix has launched a beta version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on Sony PlayStation 4, in conjunction with the 22 February launch of Sony's next-generation console in Japan....
KOCCA and Latis to take top KR indies overseas
Korean creative industry support agency KOCCA has partnered with leading Korean games localiser Latis Global Communications to launch Big Indie 40, a non-profit project aimed at localising and publishing the best...
SQEX F2P MMO Nosgoth exits closed alpha
Square Enix has announced that the publisher's upcoming F2P MMOG Nosgoth for Windows PCs will conclude closed alpha testing today. The game's beta release is slated for later this year.
Developed by...
Aksys and Black Tower to develop new RPG
US-based Aksys Games has partnered with Japanese Black Tower Studios to co-develop a new action RPG for Sony PlayStation 3. Magus is slated for North American retail and PlayStation Network...
Natural Doctrine gets March JP launch
Natural Doctrine, the delayed strategy RPG from Tokyo-based Kadokawa Shoten game studio, has been slated for a 19 March Japanese release on Sony PlayStation 4 as well as PlayStation 3 and...
SQEX Collective launched, first titles announced
Square Enix has launched the company's game crowdfunding platform Square Enix Collective and announced three independent titles seeking support for community review.
The inaugural titles include the sim Game of Glens from...
Samsung game consoles reportedly in development
Korea's Samsung is reportedly developing two home game consoles, according to Alan Queen, Samsung Innovation Lab's senior director. Both hardware platforms will be integrated into the Samsung Gaming Service, an online...
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle slated for overseas release
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle will be reportedly released in an overseas edition in March. Developer CyberConnect2 and publisher Namco Bandai have yet to confirm the title's Western launch date...
Pokémon dev confirms upcoming NA cloud storage app releases
Pokémon Company, the Japanese game studio behind the popular Pokémon games series for Nintendo, has confirmed the upcoming releases of Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter in North America. The Pokémon Bank...
Capcom dev strategy to cater to regional differences
Capcom has revealed plans to adapt the company's game development strategy to regional tastes in Japan, North America, Europe and Asia.
The company is reportedly examining regional trends in PC, smartphone...
Nintendo looking to integrate activities across all devices
In the wake of Nintendo's recent integration of the company's handheld and home console hardware divisions, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has revealed intentions to further unify the company's products and services...
Cygames invests 70M JPY in Airship Q dev Miracle Positive
Rage of Bahamut developer Cygames has invested 70 million JPY (circa US$680,000) in Japanese game studio Miracle Positive, developer of the Japanese crowdfunding success story Airship Q.
The studio plans to...
Idea Factory self-censors Monster Monpiece for overseas release
Japanese game studio Idea Factory has toned down sexual content in the upcoming overseas versions of the developer's card battle game Monster Monpiece.
"Western society is not as lenient as that of...
