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...
Good Start For Boomzap’s Legends of Callasia at Kickstarter and Greenlight
Known for casual games, Southeast Asian virtual game studio Boomzap Entertainment is now making its entry to the strategy games market with its game Legends of Callasia.
Legends of Callasia (formerly known...
iOS app sales US$10B in 2013; 1B Android users by 2014
Apple has announced that the company's App Store for iOS devices posted US$10 billion in global revenues for 2013.
Popular games last year included Candy Crush Saga, Puzzles and Dragons, Minecraft...
Sega F2P coin-drop RPG launches overseas
Sega has released Dragon Coins, a F2P RPG combining coin-drop mechanics and monster-fusing gameplay, for iOS and Android devices in Europe and North America.
“Full of personality and flair, Dragon Coins continues...
Rumors: Signs That Pokemon Go Will Debut In Malaysia Soon
There are strong signs that Pokemon Go will debut in Malaysia this week. A cached webpage from a prepaid mobile service provider website, which announced that a promotion is available to...
Halfbrick launches F2P puzzler Birzzle Fever
Brisbane-based studio Halfbrick has released Birzzle Fever, a F2P puzzle game for iOS devices.
Birzzle Fever, developed by Korean studio Enfeel, is the first externally produced mobile title to be published by...
MH Freedom Unite gets NA iOS release
Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G in Japan) will be released for iOS devices in North America.
“From devising the strategy to executing the attack,...
Korea based Eight Panda raises US$2.4 million
Eight Panda, a Korea based mobile game company, has announced that it has raised US$2.4 million as development fund from Korea Investment Partners and Ankang Venture Investment. Eight Panda consists of...
Tencent: 33 Percent Increase In Online Game Revenue In 4Q / 2015
China's Tencent Holding witnessed a huge 45 percent revenue increase in 4Q, surpassing the estimates of analyst by 10 percent. In the same vein, it also reported missed income in terms of...
Singapore Should Impose GST On Online Service Incl. Games
As more people play or shop online, some experts have said Singapore should start imposing Goods and Services Tax (GST) on such transactions, since the online market is worth nearly S$5...
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...
PES Manager for iOS/Android launched
Konami has confirmed that the Japanese publisher's F2P casual soccer sim Pro Evolution Soccer Management has been released worldwide for iOS and Android devices.
PES Manager is a spin-off of Konami's popular...
Fuji Television Network Takes Stake In US Mobile Game Niantic
Japanese Fuji Television Network has acquired an interest in Niantic, the U.S. company behind the popular augmented-reality game Ingress, as it seeks to create attractive content amid shrinking TV viewership in Japan. The...
CN release for Storm Casters
Mobile game publisher Spellgun has announced a distribution agreement with Canada's Get Set Games to publish the studio's dungeon-crawler Storm Casters in China.
“Since its launch, Storm Casters has received rave reviews...
Lilith Games Released Heroes Tactics, Aiming At Global Market
Lilith Games released "Heroes Tactics: War & Strategy", a brand new turn-based strategy game made for phones. Heroes Tactics is the result of cooperation with Camex Games.
Heroes Tactics is among the first...
NetEase develops new Lord of the Rings mobile game with Warner Bros
Chinese gaming giant NetEase on Monday announced a strategic partnership with Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment to develop a new "Lord of the Rings" mobile game. The new officially licensed...
ChangYou to invest US$600M in mobile games
Chinese MMOG developer and publisher ChangYou has launched a US$600 million mobile game investment initiative. Announced just prior to the Game developers Conference in San Francisco, the CYOU Win Plan will...
Basics of How To Monetize a Mobile Game in China
China is regarded as a leader in F2P, with consumers unwilling to pay upfront for games. This all started with the famous Chinese console ban. With no consoles, gamers turned to...
Bandai Namco launches F2P Tales of Phantasia for iOS overseas
Bandai Namco has released a F2P version of the JRPG Tales of Phantasia for iOS devices.
The original Tales of Phantasia was developed by Telenet Japan and released domestically by Namco for...
Japanese App Line Brings In USD 270 Million Per Year Selling Stickers
Japanese messaging app Line has reported earnings of over $20 million a month from the sale of stickers, reports TechCrunch and Inquisitr. They are usually sold in sets of 12 to...
