Nexon CEO Mahoney on Financial Results And Business With NC Soft

Owen Mahoney, chief executive officer of Nexon Co. talks about the company's second-quarter earnings, new games and business strategy. He speaks with Angie Lau on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-08-14/nexon-ceo-mahoney-on-financial-results-strategy First seen and...

The Growth of Esports Calls for a Strategic Battle Plan

Game time: Which of the following statements about esports are true? The U.S. Army has a team.The 2019 Southeast Asian Games awarded 18 medals in esports.Denmark’s...

Gamers In Asia Pushed PC Games Sales By 53%

The worldwide digital games market hits US$ 5.5 billion, up 7% year-over-year, a report from Superdata Research said. In the lead-up to the holiday season, total digital games sales hit their...

Japanese Game Developer Valhalla Opens Studio In Vancouver

Japanese game developer Valhalla Game Studios, has moved its headquarters to Vancouver, Canada. Valhalla Games Studio was founded in Japan during the year of 2009 by heavyweight creatives Satoshi Kanematsu, and Tomonobu...

Tencent Cloud Helps Chinese Enterprises Go Global

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business division of Tencent Holdings Limited, recently announced global support to provide cloud service to Chinese enterprises seeking overseas expansion. Tencent Cloud has well-equipped data centers in North...

37Games Teams Up with Chinese Media Giants to Diversify Its Product Line

37Games (officially Sanqi Interactive Entertainment) one of the top ten Chinese gaming company, held a conference to announce its plans for the coming months. 37Games has already acquired the adaptation rights of...

Why Russian IT Companies Are Moving To Asia

East Asia is the third-largest market for Russian-origin IT companies after the U.S. and the Commonwealth of Independent States, according to experts. Climatic conditions, a growing middle class and cheaper overheads...
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The Angry Birds Movie To Release In India

Angry Birds, the game that changed the fortunes of Finnish company Rovio Entertainment and became a rage on mobile devices, is going to see the release of its first animated movie,...

Komik Kon Malaysia Will Make Its Debut In November 2015

Malaysia will have its own version of Comic Con in November. Komik Kon will be held at MAEPS Serdang. The fiesta aims to be an annual event for comic lovers, cosplayers,...
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Black Desert Online To Draw 1 Million Paid Users Worldwide

Daum's multiplayer computer game "Black Desert Online" is expected to become one of Korea's most successful games launched overseas as it is drawing exceptionally favorable early responses in the North American...
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Nexon Teams Up With Respawn To Bring “Titanfall” Games To Mobile

Nexon and Respawn Entertainment announced that the companies have partnered to create several new and original smartphone and tablet games based on the expansive sci-fi universe of Titanfall. In connection with the...

Keywords Studios Buys Studio In Manila

Keywords Studios announced recently it has acquired Philippines-based Ankama Pte Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Keywords said Ankama's sole asset is a business in Manila which provides services to support games made by...

MOL Partners With Sony Computer Entertainment For Southeast Asia

MOL AccessPortal (MOL), the operating company of MOL Global (MOLG), has entered into a partnership with Sony’s division which operates PlayStation® business in Asia, to provide MOLPoints as a payment option...

What the Rise of Esports Means for Brands

Hundreds of excited fans packed in bursting stadiums. A-class teams with young players and huge prizes. This is the face of esports today. As a power-packed gaming experience, esports...
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Nexon To Diversify Mobile Portfolio For Global Market

Nexon pledged to continue last year's growth in the mobile games sector by focusing on the global market, publishing and the use of popular game intellectual property according to a report...

E3 Showcased Virtual Future For Video Games

As the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game gathering wrapped on Thursday, it was easy to envision a future of social play in virtual worlds with celebrity gamers broadcasting action. While blockbuster...

A Recap of ChinaJoy 2015 by Niko Partners

Lisa Hanson from Niko Partners published a post at Gamasutra about the results of ChinaJoy 2015. The following summary shows the observations of Niko Partners of the show. ChinaJoy was held at the China New...

Netmarble Eyes M&A’s Overseas

Netmarble, a front-runner in Korea’s mobile game market, is aiming to make forays into the global market through aggressive mergers and acquisitions. Netmarble Games held a press conference on July 15...

Touchten Partners With WWF Indonesia To Release Fishing Town

Indonesian game developer Touchten Games announced that they are partnering with conservation agency WWF Indonesia to globally launch Fishing Town on Android and iOS. The role-playing game Fishing Town is a partnership project...

NHN Entertainment Partners With UOL BoaCompra To Bring Toast.com To Brazil

UOL BoaCompra, a online games monetization company in Latin America, and NHN Entertainment, a mobile game publisher and developer, announced that UOL BoaCompra will market and monetize NHN's portfolio of mobile titles...