Kutaragi, Zelda: ALBW honoured at GDC 2014
Former Sony Computer Entertainment chairman and CEO Ken Kutaragi was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the games industry during the 14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards...
AC: New Leaf tops 7.3M worldwide
Animal Crossing: New Leaf producer Katsuya Eguchi has confirmed that the Nintendo 3DS exclusive has sold 7.38 million units globally since the game's launch in late 2012.
Speaking at the Game Developers...
IGA.biz partners with GDC 2014
InsideGamesAsia.biz, the APAC region's only English language media specialist exclusively covering the Asian games industry, has partnered with the 2014 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Singapore-based InsideGamesAsia.biz will provide event coverage...
JUMP SMASH WITH LI-NING AND MEDIASOFT
Mediasoft™ Entertainment announced the latest sequel in their award wining sports games, Li-Ning Jump Smash™ 2015 at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Heralded as “The Best New Game” from China with 6...
10 Malaysian Games Companies Make Trip to San Francisco This Year for the Game...
A trade mission of several top companies in the video games industry are making the trip from Kuala Lumpur to participate in the Games Developers Conference (GDC) March 2-6 at the...
GameFounders accelerates into Asia with Malaysian hub
Start-up accelerator GameFounders has announced plans to open an Asian hub in Malaysia during 2015. The Estonia-based company claims it’s gearing up to create a new breed of game studios that...
Tencent predicts explosive CN mobile growth
Chinese Internet operator and game publisher Tencent expects explosive growth in the Chinese mobile games market, and predicts the strongest revenues to come from titles in the traditional RPG, FPS and...
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...
Epic announces UE4 subscription model
Epic Games has announced a new PC, iOS and Android subscription/revenue share business model for the latest version of the company's flagship Unreal Engine at the Game Developers Conference in San...
Square Enix Announces Panels And Talks For GDC 2016
Square Enix announced its panel lineup for GDC (Games Developers Conference) 2016, taking place in San Francisco, March 14-18, 2016. This year, featured talks from the company’s world class list of...
Bigpoint Accelerates Asian Expansion with former Riot and CJ Netmarble Director
Bigpoint, a leading online game developer and publisher, is expanding its Asian presence with a general manager for its Korean office. The new Country Manager for South Korea will be former...
Konami vet Igarashi starts indie studio
Long time Castlevania series producer Koji Igarashi has left Japanese publisher Konami to launch an independent game development studio.
“Leaving Konami was a big decision, and not one I took lightly. I’ve...
Malaysia at GDC 2016 – Interview with MDeC’s Hasnul Hadi Samsudin
A trade mission of several top companies in the Malaysian games industry are making the trip from Kuala Lumpur to participate in the Games Developers Conference (GDC) this week. InsideGamesAsia.biz had the chance...
PlayStation Virtual Reality Gear To Launch In October
Sony plans to make virtual reality mainstream with the October release of PlayStation VR headgear priced at $399. “Virtual reality represents a new frontier for gaming, one that will forever change the...
Sony PS3/PS4 F2P sales up 50 per cent
Sony has revealed that PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 F2P revenues have risen by 50 per cent year-on-year.
The Japanese publisher also noted in a presentation at the Game Developers Conference...
PS4 Camera sells 900K despite short supply
Sony Computer Entertainment America has revealed that the PlayStation 4 Camera has sold 900,000 units worldwide, despite shortages at retailers in several regions.
Sony also confirmed that the PlayStation 4 has sold...
Unity announces Unity 5 dev suite
Unity Technologies has revealed Unity 5, the latest version of company's popular game development software, during Unity Developer Day at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
The fifth generation of Unity's...
Gamevil to launch KR titles overseas
Seoul-based game publisher Gamevil has announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco that the company plans to release five Korean mobile titles for iOS and Android devices overseas.
The games...
ChangYou to invest US$600M in mobile games
Chinese MMOG developer and publisher ChangYou has launched a US$600 million mobile game investment initiative. Announced just prior to the Game developers Conference in San Francisco, the CYOU Win Plan will...
Sony joins indie dev platform GameMaker
Sony Computer Entertainment has joined with YoYo Games to provide licensed PlayStation developers native PS3, PS4 and PS Vita support for the Dundee-based company's GameMaker: Studio development platform free-of-charge. The partnership...
