Japan must invest to succeed in China, says DeNA China’s CEO
DeNA's Wang Yong, the Japanese social gaming platform's CEO in China, stated at a ChinaJoy press gathering that the company continues to bear pressure in the Chinese market and from domestic...
GungHo Online releases Freak Tower
GungHo Online, the Japanese developer behind the mobile hit Puzzle & Dragons, announced the launch of their newest F2P title for iOS and Android, the tower-defence building sim Freak Tower.
GungHo’s...
Snail and Shanda partner for Black Gold Online
Chinese developer Snail and game publisher Shanda have announced a partnership for the upcoming release of Snail's highly anticipated new title, Black Gold Online.
With the successful debut of the steam punk-inspired...
With new titles and development focus, NetDragon looks to grow overseas
NetDragon is showing flagship online games Demon and Dragon Hunter Wars at ChinaJoy this year, as well as promoting several new online and mobile titles.
NetDragon's Demon is expected to launch in...
Excalibur at 20M downloads, dev Linekong plans overseas expansion
Chinese game studio Linekong's mobile title Excalibur has tallied over 20 million downloads in China.
Developed with an eye to global markets and currently localised in-house, Linekong now plans to launch...
Korean Com2uS goes global with Tiny Pop and Heroes War
South Korean game developer and publisher Com2uS has announced the global release Tiny Pop and Heroes War for iOS and Android platforms.
Tiny Pop and Heroes War are popular in Korea, having...
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...
Two CEOs speak out on the industry’s shift to mobile
Speaking at the China Digital Entertainment Congress in Shanghai, Touch Technology CEO Chen Haozhi and Blue Harbor CEO Wang Feng talked about the changing domestic games market and the challenges of...
Chinese mobile Internet revenues reach new highs
In a press briefing yesterday, a spokesman from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that Chinese mobile Internet revenues grew by 56.8 per cent for the first half...
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...
Renren Games partners with Flurry to bring analytics to mobile game devs in China
China's Renren Games has formed a partnership with US mobile analytics firm Flurry to provide analytics and monetisation services to Chinese mobile game developers on Renren Games’ publishing platform.
The new...
Line adds 5M users in India to its 200M user base
According to Line’s global strategy and marketing chief Jun Masuda, Line has “gained five million users only in three weeks” in India.
Jun also notes that Line faces stiff competition for users...
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...
Bankrupt Atlus parent Index to start asset auction
Tokyo-based Index Corp., the struggling owner of Japanese game developer and publisher Atlus, is seeking 15 billion JPY (US$148.7 million) in part from the auction sale of Atlus titles to assist...
Japan’s online games market grew by 101 per cent in 2012
The Japan Online Game Association (JOGA) recently released their annual survey of the online and mobile game market in Japan. According to the report, Japanese online game revenues totalled 142.09 billion...
True Digital Plus to release Korean MMORPG LOE Online in Thailand
Leading Thai distributor True Digital Plus will soon release Eden Entertainment's action MMORPG L.O.E. (Lune of Eden) Online.
"With the continued success of the online gaming business, True Digital Plus is always...
Namco Bandai to open Singapore studio
Japanese game developer and publisher Namco Bandai has announced it will invest S$1 million to establish a new studio in Singapore's Mediapolis technology park this year.
"Namco Bandai Studios Singapore is positioned...
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...
Soldgers to launch online game auctions in the Philippines
Soldgers, the Singapore-based ecommerce company behind the popular Southeast Asian online shopping and auction sites Sold.sg and Sold.my, now expands to the Philippines with Gamers.ph.
Gamers.ph has partnered with local distributor X-Play...
Chinese ban on game consoles may be lifted
The decade-long ban on game consoles sales may be eased, according to sources in China's Ministry of Culture.
Due to fears of the potential harmful impact on young people, seven Chinese ministries...
