Overseas release for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
Namco Bandai has announced that Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, the popular F2P fighting game available in Japan since August, will be released in North America later this year.
Developer CyberConnect2...
First Reveal for Malaysian Video Game Products at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco...
Next week the annual Game Developers Conference returns to the Moscone Center in San Francisco and, for the first time, 10 Malaysian games companies will be showcasing their products at the...
Aiming releases mobile bestseller Kingdom Corps for iOS and Android
Japanese game studio Aiming Inc. takes Kingdom Corps global with the game's release on Apple's App Store and Google Play. Kingdom Corps is a free-to-play, online card-based strategy RPG and mobile...
China’s game revenues 33.89B RMB for first half of 2013
According to a CGIA/IDC report for the first half of this year, Chinese game revenues reached a total of 33.89 billion RMB; a 36.4 per cent increase compared with the same...
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...
SQEX cancels Hitman sequel at MTL studio; mob dev continues
Square Enix has confirmed that a next-gen Hitman sequel in production at the company's Eidos Montreal studio has been cancelled.
"IO Interactive is developing a new, AAA Hitman game that will be...
PES Manager for iOS/Android launched
Konami has confirmed that the Japanese publisher's F2P casual soccer sim Pro Evolution Soccer Management has been released worldwide for iOS and Android devices.
PES Manager is a spin-off of Konami's popular...
Tencent to bring EA’s FIFA Online 3 to China
Tencent has announced an agreement with EA to distribute FIFA Online 3 in China.
Tencent continues to expand its overseas partnerships, which already include US developers Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty...
Nexon to fund another US game start-up
US game start-up Shiver Entertainment has been launched with investment from Asian F2P publisher Nexon. John Schappert, the new studio's CEO, is a former game developer and executive at Zynga.
“Consoles are...
Singapore has the highest annual spend per player in Southeast Asia at $189 across...
Singapore has the lowest percentage of paying mobile gamers at 29%, but those mobile game spenders have far and away the highest annual spend per payer in Southeast Asia at $189...
CMGE removes 9 execs after bribery allegations
Hong Kong-based mobile game publisher China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group has confirmed the reassignment of company president Ying Shuling and eight other executives following bribery allegations.
"In order to provide the...
KT reveals Bladestorm remake
Koei Tecmo has announced that a remake of the Japanese publisher's RTS Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War is in development. The original title was released worldwide for Sony PlayStation 3 and...
Wii U NFC Payment debuts in JP
Nintendo has debuted the NFC Payment feature for Nintendo Wii U with the release of the F2P Nintendo eShop title Pig Medal in Japan.
Japanese payment cards, including Suica and Pasmo, are...
Sony announces 80M PlayStation 3 sold worldwide since launch
Sony has revealed that the PlayStation 3 has sold over 80 million units globally since the game console's launch in 2006.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 has sold comparable numbers since the console's release...
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...
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...
The Co-Founder of 37Games offers Insights into Browser Game Industry
The co-founder of 37Games, Zeng Kaitian, offers some insight about the success of 37Games IP strategy and on how to fine tune game operations to generate extra revenue. This past year,...
AU to review game ratings on 12 released titles
At the request of South Australian attorney-general John Rau, Australia's Classification Board has decided to review the ratings of 12 games already classified and released in the country.
As reported earlier,...
Blizzard testing WoW in-game microtransactions in Asia
World of Warcraft, one of the few major MMOs still collecting player subscription fees, has begun the process of introducing an in-game microtransaction store. Blizzard says the store will start up...
Samsung funds BlueStacks
Samsung Ventures has confirmed that the Samsung VC subsidiary has invested an undisclosed sum in US-based cloud technology firm BlueStacks.
“There is no one bigger in both the Android and TV ecosystems...
