GBA DLs join Wii U VC worldwide
Nintendo has announced the worldwide re-release of selected Game Boy Advance titles for download via the Wii U Virtual Console platform on the Nintendo eShop.
Game Boy Advance titles for the Wii...
Quo Vadis to feature HM series creator
Toybox CEO Yasuhiro Wada, the creator and former producer of the popular Harvest Moon series, will give a featured presentation at the Quo Vadis developer event in Berlin next week.
In a...
Half-Minute Hero sequel to launch overseas
Marvelous AQL has announced that the RPG Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming will be released worldwide for PCs via Steam on 4 April.
The overseas localised version of the Half-Minute Hero sequel...
SCEJA to establish CN division
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia has announced the formation of a new division dedicated to the Chinese market.
The move follows last year's lifting of a thirteen-year ban on the manufacture and...
Line tops 400M users worldwide
NHN Japan has confirmed that the company’s mobile messaging platform Line has topped 400 million registered users worldwide.
Line’s user base has also grown beyond core markets in Japan and Korea...
SQEX dates Deadman’s Cross global release
Square Enix has slated the worldwide launch of the publisher's delayed F2P RPG Deadman’s Cross for Android and iOS devices for 19 February.
“On this project, we always had the West in...
Sony reconfirms PS4-exclusive DriveClub
Despite delays and recent staff departures at Sony developer Evolution Studios, the PlayStation 4 exclusive road racing title Driveclub is reportedly nearing completion, with a 2014 release still scheduled.
"The progress being...
Xseed launches Ragnarok Odyssey Ace overseas
Xseed Games has announced that Ragnarok Odyssey Ace, an updated version of the Sony PlayStation Vita RPG Ragnarok Odyssey developed by Japanese studio Game Arts, has launched North America. The game's...
SQEX to shift dev strategy back to JRPGs
Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda has confirmed that the Japanese publisher will be placing renewed emphasis on the company's core JRPG market, a shift from the company’s recent focus on titles...
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...
Aksys dates Mind Zero EU/NA release
Aksys Games has slated the joint European and North American release of the JRPG Mind Zero for Sony PlayStation Vita on 27 May.
The cooperatively developed title from Japanese studios ZeroDiv and...
Tencent buys US$500M stake in KR CJ Games
Chinese Internet operator and game publisher Tencent has acquired a 28 per cent minority stake in leading Korean publisher CJ Games.
The US$500 million deal will give Tencent access to CJ...
SCE execs court indie self-pub, VR dev
As the competition for exclusive content between major console manufactures Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo intensifies, SCE executives Adam Boyes and Shuhei Yoshida have been outspoken in their support of independent game...
JP smartphone game sales hit US$5.4B in 2013
Market analysis firm CyberZ reports that smartphones game revenues in Japan rose 56 per cent in 2013 to US$5.4 billion.
Game sales in Japan totalled US$10.8 billion last year, up from...
JP-exclusive DQ MMORPG tops 1M sold
Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest 10: Rise of the Five Tribes Online, the publisher's Japan-exclusive Dragon Quest MMORPG, has sold over one million units since the title's launch in...
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...
SQEX launches Nosgoth on Steam Early Access
Square Enix has announced that following last month's closed beta launch of the publisher’s upcoming F2P MMOG Nosgoth, the title will also be released on the Steam Early Access platform.
Nosgoth will...
Gree to distribute titles via GamePop
Gree has partnered with US-based cloud technology firm BlueStacks to distribute the Japanese publisher's Android OS titles on BlueStacks' upcoming GamePop service.
According to platform developer BlueStacks, the Android-based game micro-console and...
Hatsune Miku sequel confirmed for EU/NA
Sega of America has announced that the sequel to Crypton Future Media’s virtual singer game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f will be released in Europe and North America in late 2014.
“We’re...
Starfish to release Steel Empire overseas
Japanese publisher Starfish has confirmed that the Nintendo 3DS version of Steel Empire will be launched in North America later this year. The remake of the classic Sega Genesis steam-punk shooter...
