The Global Mobile Games Industry 2015 Whitebook is available now

The Global Mobile Game Confederation (GMGC) which opened ist doors today in Bejing and Newzoo are today launching the 2015 Global Mobile Game Industry Whitebook. This 21-page whitebook examines the current state...

The 2nd Bangkok International Digital Content Festival will take place in Bangkok end...

The 2nd  Bangkok International Digital Content Festival will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from April 27th to May 3rd. It is organized by Thailand Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Software...

Xurpas next acquisition in Singapore

Philipines´consumer technology firm Xurpas Inc. acquired a 21.7% stake in Altitude Games Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean mobile games developer and Publisher, in the end of the last year.  Xurpas said the acquisition is...

The SG50 Game Series By Local Singaporean Developers

To celebrate Singapore’s 50th birthday, five mobile games that are specifically designed to be uniquely Singaporean will be released to the Google Play and iOS App Stores. This is part of an...
Tencent

China’s Tencent Fourth-Quarter Earnings Jump 50 Percent on Mobile Games

Chinese mobile entertainment and online services giant Tencent said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter results grew by double-digit percentage figures. Fourth-quarter profit leapt 50 percent to $958 million (RMB 5,860 million) on...

Asiasoft turns attention to mobile game platform to recover from revenue slide

The mobile game platform will be the key engine this year driving Asiasoft Corporation's targeted growth of 30 per cent to Bt1.7 billion in revenue. Chief executive officer Pramote Sudjitporn said...

Flaregames and Incross Collaborate to Make Korean Launch for Royal Revolt 2 on Kakao...

Flaregames, a German publisher and developer of mobile games, today announced that their flagship product, PvP action strategy game Royal Revolt 2, has launched on South Korea’s market leading chat platform...

JUMP SMASH WITH LI-NING AND MEDIASOFT

Mediasoft™ Entertainment announced the latest sequel in their award wining sports games, Li-Ning Jump Smash™ 2015 at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Heralded as “The Best New Game” from China with 6...

GameFounders accelerates into Asia with Malaysian hub

Start-up accelerator GameFounders has announced plans to open an Asian hub in Malaysia during 2015. The Estonia-based company claims it’s gearing up to create a new breed of game studios that...

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...

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...

Paradigm Shift in South Korea’s Game Industry

An increased use of smartphones and tablets is leading to a paradigm shift in South Korea’s game industry. The nation’s mobile game market, which was valued at 420 billion won ($383...

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...
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...
JP mobile game developer fund

JP indie game fund launched

Singapore-based investment firm Inflexion Point Capital has announced a new US$15 million seed fund for independent mobile game developers in Japan. “We aim to combine the best elements of a business incubator,...
Samurai Blue

JNFA dev partnership announced

The Japanese National Football Association has granted UK-based developer Team Football the right to feature “Samurai Blue” players in the studio's upcoming Official Japan Soccer football sim for iOS, Android and...
KakaoGame

KakaoGame tops 20M MAUs

Korean mobile messaging service Kakao has announced that the company's KakaoGame platform has acquired 30 million registered players and over 20 million monthly active users. “As KakaoGame reigns as the market leader...
SAIF Partners, Supersonic

SAIF Partners funds Supersonic

Chinese venture capital firm SAIF Partners has led Tel Aviv/San Francisco based Supersonic's US$15 million Series B funding round. Supersonic plans to use the new capital to fund expansion in the Asia-Pacific...