China’s Tencent Fourth-Quarter Earnings Jump 50 Percent on Mobile Games
Chinese mobile entertainment and online services giant Tencent said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter results grew by double-digit percentage figures. Fourth-quarter profit leapt 50 percent to $958 million (RMB 5,860 million) on...
Sega to take Hatsune Miku title overseas on PS Vita next year
Sega has confirmed an overseas release for Crypton Future Media's virtual singer game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f on PlayStation Vita in early 2014.
"We're excited to bring this global phenomenon and...
Persona Q EU/NA releases dated
NIS America has announced that Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth for Nintendo 3DS will be released in North America on 25 November with a European release on 28 November.
Persona Q:...
Sony unveils PlayStation Now streaming game service
Sony has announced the PlayStation Now game streaming service at CES in Las Vegas. Developed by Sony-owned streaming technology provider Gaikai, the platform will allow Sony hardware owners (including PS4/PS3 consoles,...
Animoca Brands Signs Major Publishing Deal with Ourpalm
Animoca Brands announced the signing of an agreement with Ourpalm Co. Ltd. to publish the popular game Doraemon Gadget Rush on the Android platform in China. OurPalm will act as China publisher for the...
Pinoy X-Play brings StarCraft II expansion to the Philippines
X-Play has brought the long-awaited first expansion of the best-selling StarCraft II game to the Philippines, which coincided with the global launch by US-based Blizzard Entertainment.
The Heart of the Swarm is...
Shareholders re-elect Iwata to lead Nintendo
Despite recent financial woes and dropping popularity among investors, Nintendo will retain Satoru Iwata as company president.
Eight other key executives, including Genyo Takeda, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tatsumi Kimishima, Shigeyuki Takahashi, Satoshi...
APAC to top US$38B in game revenues this year
Analyst firm Newzoo predicts in a new report that game revenues in the APAC region will rise 15.2 per cent this year to total circa US$38.9 billion.
Top earners in Asia will...
Major console makers studying options for CN after ban suspension
After the recently announced lifting of a thirteen-year ban on the manufacture and sale of overseas game consoles in China, the major console manufacturers are already exploring the potential of the...
Pokémon X and Y top 12M worldwide sales
The Pokémon Company has revealed that the publisher's Pokémon X and Pokémon Y titles for Nintendo 3DS and 2DS have sold over 12 million units worldwide since the games' release in...
Nintendo to shift EU HQ, shed 130 staff
Nintendo has announced that the publisher's European headquarters in Großostheim will be closed, with operations in Europe to be consolidated at Nintendo's offices in Frankfurt.
“Nintendo of Europe has entered into a...
SOE and Daum partner to bring PlanetSide 2 to Korea
Sony Online Entertainment and Korean game publisher Daum Communications have partnered to bring the popular MMOFPS PlanetSide 2 to Korea.
"PlanetSide 2 has proven itself ideal for South Korea based on gaming's...
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...
Overseas release for Fantasy Life
Nintendo has confirmed that the life sim RPG Fantasy Life for Nintendo 3DS will launch in Europe on 26 September, and in Australia and North America in October.
Fantasy Life, co-developed by...
Become a Legend in GAMEVIL’s Dragon Blaze
Begin the adventure and become a legend in the hit Korean mobile RPG Dragon Blaze, out today on App Store and Google Play. The game begins with the return of Deathcrown,...
Asean Games Associations Agree on Collaboration
Games industry association leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to support the development of a SEA Games Industry survey, the Asean ‘Game Jam’ and GameFounders Asia...
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...
Ons On SOFT announces the Strategy / MMORPG hybrid RODINIA WAR
Ons On SOFT, acclaimed developer of Fiesta Online, announces the unique Strategy / MMORPG hybrid "Rodinia War". Players build cities and expand their empire by conquering and ransacking other players’ cities...
APAC to dominate market growth in 2014
Market research firm Newzoo predicts in a new report that the APAC games market will account for 82 per cent of global game revenue growth in 2014.
Worldwide game revenues, including PC,...
SQEX closes mobile dev studio in Mumbai
Square Enix has closed the company's mobile game development operations in India, a year after the Mumbai-based studio was established by the Japanese publisher.
Former Square Enix India VP Atul Vibhandik confirmed...
