Bigpoint Accelerates Asian Expansion with former Riot and CJ Netmarble Director
Bigpoint, a leading online game developer and publisher, is expanding its Asian presence with a general manager for its Korean office. The new Country Manager for South Korea will be former...
10 Malaysian Games Companies Make Trip to San Francisco This Year for the Game...
A trade mission of several top companies in the video games industry are making the trip from Kuala Lumpur to participate in the Games Developers Conference (GDC) March 2-6 at the...
New Cloud-Based Production Management Platform Streamframe
Streamline Media Group today announced that its proprietary cloud-based production management platform, Streamframe, is now open for pre-registration. Over a decade in the making, Streamframe is revolutionary management software combining production...
Shanda Games announced Changes to its Board of Directors
Shanda Games Limited announced that Mr. Shengming Ma has resigned from his position as a member of the Company's board of directors for personal reasons. In addition, Mr. Shaolin Liang, a...
Alibaba invested in Game-Console Maker Ouya
Ouya, the game-console maker that has struggled to gain traction since its record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, has received a new injection of capital from a powerful strategic partner. Alibaba invested $10 million...
China to allow Game Console Sales Nationwide
Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/china-to-expand-ftz-rule-to-allow-game-console-sales-nationwide) reports that China will permit the manufacture and sale of game consoles nationwide, after a trial program in Shanghai’s free-trade zone ended a 14-year ban last January.
Local governments must...
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,...
GREE announces Partnership with San Francisco-based MakeSchool
GREE, Inc. today announced a partnership with MakeSchool, Inc. (“MakeSchool”), a San Francisco-based computer science and software development school. The partnership will involve engineers from GREE’s Tokyo and San Francisco offices...
eSports now recognized as 2nd-Level Olympic Sport
The Korean eSport Association, KeSPA, was able to push for the accreditation of eSports as a 2nd-level Olympic sport by the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC). The decision was made by the...
Adways launched App Pre-Registration Service “Geeeks Play” in Southeast Asia Market
Adways Inc. announced its launch of app pre-registration service “Geeeks Play” in Southeast Asia starting from Thailand. The service is currently available in six countries including Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, USA and...
Taiwan’s mobile game output could rise 70 percent in 2015 – Taipai Game Show...
The output value of Taiwan's mobile game industry could increase by 70 percent this year as the market continues to grow, a manager with the Taipei Computer Association said last Sunday....
Three Ways Asia Could Continue To Inspire The Rest Of The Mobile Gaming World
Today TechCrunch published a statement from AJ Redmer. Region Head of North America Studios and VP of gumi Inc., about the gorwing mobile gaming market in Asia.
Asia has inspired and dominated...
Singapore regulator gives guidance on what social games escape remote gambling regulatory controls
The Media Development Authority (MDA) said it was providing clarification on the issue after some businesses in the gaming industry had raised concerns about whether "social games" are in scope of...
New Circular on Online Games in Vietnam in February 2015
After a long period of tightening control and a temporary suspension of licensing of online games in Vietnam, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has put forward a new Circular...
Southeast Asia’s billion-dollar gaming market to double by 2017
Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions for gaming thanks to increased adoption of smartphones and movement to cities in countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, and the expansion is not slowing...
Air France Is Letting Customers Play Video Games For A Business Class Upgrade
It’s the proverbial Golden Ticket: the business class upgrade. Ever been lucky enough to get bumped up to business? It’s hardly a meritocracy. There’s little rhyme or reason that goes into...
Tropico 5 video game banned in Thailand
Thailand’s military junta the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has banned a city-building simulator game which allows players to craft their own dictatorship of an island nation. Tropico 5 was...
Mobile Games Market Thailand
Building a strong and dynamic mobile game industry will be a critical component of the new digital economy, says the Global Mobile Game Confederation. Thailand is one of Southeast Asia's biggest...
Five Big Tech Trends in 2015
SourGlobal consulting company Accenture offers a lot of advice to its customers about important business trends, so the company has to stay up to speed on technology. And that’s why it’s...
Streamline Studios: 5 Reasons Outsourcing Fails
Outsourcing is a way of life for most game developer and publishers. This process allows for teams to remain agile while also keep costs in control. There are plenty of horror...
