Mobile Game Asia Returns At Kuala Lumpur With A Huge Speakers Line-Up

In a few weeks Global Mobile Game Confederation will host their premier event Mobile Game Asia at the capital city of Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur. Taking place at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, in...
Chukong Technologies, Chartboost

Chukong/Chartboost partnership

Chinese mobile game development, publishing and middleware company Chukong Technologies has announced a partnership with San Francisco-based mobile monetisation platform Chartboost. Chukong will offer Chartboost access to developers in China's mobile...
Tellit

GREE closing Tellit mobile messaging service

GREE has notified Tellit users to announce plans to close the service at the start of September. "We launched Tellit last year in an effort to make it easy for people to...
Line

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...

First International Game Release for India based Developer Keval Computers

Today Keval Computers announced its first international game release "Oath of Genesis" for Android, Windows PC and Windows Phone. The game is available for free in the Windows Phone Store and Oath of Genesis...
Tales of Phantasia

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...
Korean online PC game market

Chinese Games in Korea: A Glimpse into 37Games ‘s Success

The Korean game market is currently valued at 2.4 trillion South Korean Won (KRW). According to Metaps's latest research in 2015, 70% of the most popular games in Korea originated from...

Why Southeast Asia Is Leading The World’s Most Disruptive Mobile Business Models

TechCrunch' s Sheji Ho thinks that innovation and disruption in mobile will be coming out of Southeast Asia far faster than other regions, such as the U.S., China and Japan, as expected. He...
Rise of Mana

Mobile Secret of Mana title for JP confirmed

Square Enix has released the F2P RPG Rise of Mana for iOS devices in Japan. The new title is part of the publisher's popular Secret of Mana series. The franchise...
iOS and Android

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...
Rage of the Immortals

Gree launches Rage of the Immortals

Japanese publisher Gree has announced the global release of Rage of the Immortals, an Android exclusive F2P RPG and the second game to be launched in partnership with Canadian studio Iugo...
video

Youzu Interactive, Buyer of Bigpoint, to Continue Exploring Chinese Game Market

The Shanghai-based game company Youzu Interactive, that has gained wide attention from industry insiders both in China and worldwide since the announcement of its full acquisition of the German game developer...
video

Digital Bros (505 Games) To Launch Terraria In China with iDreamsky

Digital Bros., a digital entertainment company listed at the Milan Stock Exchange, through its subsidiary 505 Games S.p.A., announced  that it has assigned the exclusive rights to Chinese iDreamSky Technology to launch...
King Digital Entertainment

King opens JP office

Social/mobile game publisher King Digital Entertainment has established a subsidiary in Japan. King's Tokyo office will be led by Ken Edahiro, former Gloops CMO. Earlier this month King slated the Chinese release...
Hello Hero II: The Keronic Strikes Back

Hello Hero II: The Keronic Strikes Back launched

Korean developer Fincon has announced the release of Hello Hero II: The Keronic Strikes Back, a new chapter in the studio's popular F2P RPG Hello Hero. Hello Hero has acquired over...
Asian mobile web browsing

Free-To-Play Games Creating Opportunities In Traditional Toys In Japan

The mobile games market in Japan saw extremely strong growth in the 2010-2015 period, growing at a 56% CAGR, creating the second largest mobile games market in the world, behind only...
FFIV: The After Years

SQEX releases FFIV: The After Years for smartphones overseas

Square Enix has announced the launch of Final Fantasy 4 sequel The After Years for iOS and Android devices worldwide. Final Fantasy 4: The After Years was released for Japanese mobile devices...
Bad Candy

LandShark launches ‘Occupy’ inspired social puzzler Bad Candy

Singapore based developer LandShark Games has announced the release of Bad Candy for iOS and Facebook, a puzzle logic social game for "a worthy cause." Developers at the studio were inspired to...

G-Star Seeks Rebound With Mobile Games As The Number Of Exhibitors For 2015 Dropped...

G-Star, the Korea's largest international game show, will expand the presence of mobile games at its exhibition, the event's organizing committee said yesterday. The move came amid the dwindling popularity of...
The Caste of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse HD

Mobile release for Castle of Illusion remake from Sega AU

The Sega Studios Australia remake of Caste of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse has been released for iOS and Android devices, confirmed publisher Sega. The Caste of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse HD edition...