July JP launch for Youkai Watch sequels
Japanese developer Level-5 has confirmed that Youkai Watch 2: Founder and Youkai Watch 2: Head will be released on 10 July for Nintendo 3DS in Japan.
In April Level-5 announced that the...
Wii U Sports Club NA launch confirmed
Nintendo has announced that Wii Sports Club for the Wii U, including baseball & boxing mini-games, will launch in North America via the Wii U eShop on 26 June. The North...
CN world’s largest games market by 2016
According to a new report from market analyst Newzoo, China will pass the US to become the world's largest games market by 2016, with revenues of US$25 billion.
By 2016 the number...
Brain Age DS joins JP Virtual Console
Nintendo has re-released the popular Nintendo DS title Brain Age for the Virtual Console in Japan.
The brain-training game sold over 19 million copies worldwide on the Nintendo DS. Brain Age...
MK 8 for Wii U sells 350K+ in JP
Japan's Famitsu reports that Mario Kart 8 for Nintendo Wii U has sold over 350,000 copies since the game's domestic release on 29 May.
Earlier this week Nintendo announced that Mario Kart...
Danganronpa 2 dated for EU
Japanese publisher Nippon Ichi Software has announced that Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair will be released in Europe for Sony PlayStation Vita on 5 September.
The previously confirmed North American launch for the...
Baseball & boxing join EU Wii U Sports Club
Nintendo has revealed that baseball & boxing mini-games will join the updated Wii Sports Club for the Wii U in Europe via the Wii U eShop on 27 June. A European...
Sony discontinues PSP in JP
Sony has confirmed that the company's PlayStation Portable handheld console will be discontinued in Japan, with a final hardware shipment to domestic retailers in June.
North American deliveries of the ten-year old...
Apple reveals new iOS game dev tech
Apple has announced a new iOS game development platform at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco.
The Metal platform is a low-level rendering applications programming interface designed for Apple’s...
NA release for Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN
Aksys Games has revealed that the popular fighting game Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN from Japanese studio Arc System Works will be localised and released in North America later this year.
Guilty Gear...
MK 8 for Wii U tops 1.2M sold worldwide
Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart 8 for Nintendo Wii U has become the fastest selling game in the console’s history, with over 1.2 million copies sold worldwide since the title's...
Hello Hero II: The Keronic Strikes Back launched
Korean developer Fincon has announced the release of Hello Hero II: The Keronic Strikes Back, a new chapter in the studio's popular F2P RPG Hello Hero.
Hello Hero has acquired over...
June EU PSN release for SMT: Digital Devil Saga
Publisher Ghostlight has announced that the popular Atlus RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga will be released on the PlayStation Network in Europe on 4 June.
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil...
Docomo and Rovio in JP content partnership
Japanese operator NTT Docomo has partnered with Finland-based publisher Rovio Entertainmnt to offer the company's popular Angry Birds games and animated series on Docomo's Sugotoku content platform in Japan.
The Sugotoku service...
Rise of Incarnates alpha completed
Bandai Namco has completed scheduled alpha testing of the publisher's upcoming F2P fighting game Rise of Incarnates. The alpha testing phase ran from 30 May until 1 June.
“As a new franchise,...
KR online PC games market to US3.5B by 2018
According to a new report from market analyst IHS, the US$2.83 billion Korean online PC game market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 3.7 per cent to rise...
Former Index CEO arrested for fraud
Former president and CEO of Atlus parent Index Corporation Masami Ochiai has been arrested by Japanese authorities. Ochiai is accused of fraudulently reporting a third quarter profit for the 2012 fiscal...
DQ VIII for iOS/Android launches overseas
Square Enix has released the popular RPG Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King for iOS and Android devices in Australia and New Zealand, Europe and North America.
The mobile version...
Worldwide release for Pullblox/Pushmo sequel
Nintendo has announced that a third sequel in the publisher's popular puzzler series for Nintendo 3DS will launch worldwide for Nintendo Wii U on 19 June.
The sequel Pullblox World (in Europe)/Pushmo...
Puzzle & Dragons tops 4M NA DLs
Japanese mobile game developer and publisher GungHo Online Entertainment has revealed that the company’s flagship Puzzle & Dragons game has recorded over 4 million downloads in North America to date.
In...
