Perfect World and China Mobile announce mobile game partnership
Perfect World CEO Wang Xiao and China Mobile Game Service Center (CMGSC) GM Liu Hao jointly announced the new strategic alliance for mobile devices at ChinaJoy in Shanghai.
Wang Xiao said, "We...
Taito and Valve partnering on L4D arcade title
Wholly-owned Square Enix subsidiary Taito and US publisher Valve have revealed that the companies are co-developing an arcade game based on Valve's cooperative FPS Left 4 Dead.
In 2006 Taito and...
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...
Pac Man Creator Toru Iwatani Gets Gamelab Barcelona Industry Legend Award
The Spanish Games & Interactive Entertainment Conference Gamelab will grant Toru Iwatani, Pac-Man creator, the Legend Award for his lifetime achievements. Pac-Man, the title he developed back in 1980, is one of the...
Halfbrick launches F2P puzzler Birzzle Fever
Brisbane-based studio Halfbrick has released Birzzle Fever, a F2P puzzle game for iOS devices.
Birzzle Fever, developed by Korean studio Enfeel, is the first externally produced mobile title to be published by...
Capcom halves est FY profit to 3.3B JPY
Capcom has revised expected net profits for the current fiscal year down sharply from 6.8 billion JPY to 3.3 billion JPY. The Japanese publisher attributed the 50 per cent reduction to...
Gree’s G-Labs to release new title in March
Gree has announced that the publisher's experimental game development studio G-Labs will launch the fighting game Flop Fu for Android devices in March.
Launched in 2013, San Francisco-based G-Lab focuses on 'fast...
Picross e4 to get 3DS release overseas
Japanese developer Jupiter has announced that Picross e4, the newest game in the studio's popular Picross crossword puzzle series, will be released in Europe and North America for the Nintendo 3DS.
The...
Tecmo Koei, GungHo implement JP spending caps
Following a series of incidents where online and social game players have spent large amounts on in-app purchases, publishers Tecmo Koei and GungHo Online have introduced spending limits for younger gamers...
Nexon Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial Results
“Our solid first quarter performance again validates our ongoing strategic focus on quality,” said Owen Mahoney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nexon. “We are making steady headway on our strategy,...
DeNA to distribute titles via Zedge
Japanese mobile publisher DeNA has announced that the company will distribute Android games via Norway/US-based mobile content discovery platform Zedge.
“During our time working with Zedge, we have identified its...
Conception 2 demo for NA in March
Atlus will launch a demo version of Conception 2: Children of the Seven Stars for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita in North America on 25 March.
As reported earlier, Atlus will release...
Activision Blizzard and NetEase announced China Deal
Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase announced a three-year agreement to license Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch to a NetEase affiliate in China.
Revealed last November, Overwatch brings Blizzard’s signature easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay to the FPS genre. “With Overwatch,...
China Telecom and Netease to launch mobile messaging service
China Telecom and Netease have announced the upcoming release of Yixin, a new mobile messaging and social networking platform. The joint venture will be operated by Zhejiang Yixin Technology, with China...
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...
Sega confirms EU layoffs
Sega has confirmed a round of layoffs at the Japanese publisher's London offices. The announcement follows last year's layoffs at Sega of America and recent restructuring of the company's mobile business....
SQEX confirms FF XIV global launch date for PS4
Japanese game publisher Square Enix has announced that the company's popular MMO Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be released worldwide for Sony PlayStation 4 on 14 April.
The publisher has...
Sega to close Medieval II studio in Australia
After significant layoffs in 2012, Sega confirmed that the Brisbane-based developer Sega Studios Australia will be shut down later this year.
Previously known as The Creative Assembly Australia, the studio suffered...
Treasure’s Ikaruga approved for sale on Steam Greenlight
Valve has confirmed that Treasure's hit game Ikaruga has been approved for sale on Steam Greenlight. As reported earlier, the Japanese developer recently submitted the title for gamers' votes on Valve's...
MOBAs pushing PC earnings past consoles
Analyst firm DFC Intelligence reports that global PC game revenues have now grown larger than console game sales. DFC attributes the shift to the worldwide popularity of multiplayer online battle arena...
