Smartphone release for DQ VIII confirmed for December in Japan
Japanese publisher Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest VIII for iOS and Android devices will be released in Japan on 12 December.
Dragon Quest VIII will be joining the previously released...
Mobile, PC games to drive SEA market growth to US$1.2B
Niko Partners managing partner Lisa Cosmas Hanson expects the Southeast Asian games market to double in value from US$661 million to US$1.2 billion by 2017. Mobile and PC games will be...
SEA smartphone sales up 61 per cent, Android takes 72 per cent
Southeast Asian smartphone sales rose 61 per cent in the first three quarters of this year, reports market research firm GfK Asia.
From January to September this year, consumers spent US$10.8...
Tencent’s Weixin tops 570M game downloads in China
Tencent has announced that the company's Weixin mobile messaging app in China (WeChat overseas) has registered over 570 million game downloads since launching the LinkLink social game platform via Weixin three...
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...
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...
Report claims overseas games lose CN sales with Google billing
A new report on mobile market trends released by Chinese Android app store Wandoujia states that games from overseas might be losing potential revenue by using the Google Play in-app billing...
NHN’s Line messaging app registers 300M users worldwide
Line has 300 million registered users worldwide, said executives from parent NHN Japan at a press conference in Tokyo. The company also announced US$10 million in global monthly character sales.
As reported...
NZ ad agency creates mobile AR game for pizza lovers
New Zealand advertising agency One Fat Sheep has created a mobile title that turns a local restaurant chain's pizza boxes into a 3D augmented reality game.
The Zombies from Hell game for...
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...
Dragon’s Dogma Quest on PS Vita confirmed for JP in December
Capcom has announced that the PlayStation Vita version of the company's mobile F2P RPG Dragon's Dogma Quest will be released in Japan on 19 December.
The portable F2P sequel in the Dragon's...
Gem Wizard launches on Mobage for iOS and Android in Japan
Chinese publisher 6waves and mobile game studio Pixelmatic have announced the release of Gem Wizard on the Mobage platform for iOS and Android in Japan.
The RPG item collection and crafting...
Android OS on 81 per cent of smartphones shipped worldwide
A recent report from analyst firm IDC study reveals that Android was the operating system on 81 per cent of smartphones sold across the globe in the third quarter this year,...
SQEX to release Project Carnival for smartphones in 2014
Square Enix will release Project Carnival, a new card based RPG from Buenos Aires developer OKAM Studio, for iOS and Android in 2014.
The title debuted at the Brazil Game Show...
SingTel and US PlayPhone to launch game portal in Asia
Singapore-based telecom SingTel and US mobile game publisher PlayPhone have announced a partnership to develop WePlay, a new mobile game distribution portal in Asia.
“With PlayPhone, we have a very strong partner...
GungHo Q3 sales and profits drop, stock falls
Japanese mobile game developer and publisher GungHo Online Entertainment reported third quarter sales of US$424 million, a 5 per cent decrease from the previous quarter. Operating profit fell by 12 per...
APAC leads fast growing mobile games market worldwide
The global mobile games market will grow 27.3 per cent annually to reach US$23.9 billion by 2016, according to a new report from mobile game marketers AppLift and market research firm...
Downie leaves DeNA West and moves to Zynga
Clive Downie had been replaced by Shintaro Asako as DeNA West CEO (formerly Ngmoco, acquired by DeNA in 2010). Downie resigned his post to join US based social game publisher Zynga...
Sega to launch Sonic, new titles for mobile
Sega has announced the company's mobile line-up for the fall/winter and early next year, which will include iOS and Android versions of previously released Sonic console titles, as well as new...
Chukong secures US$50M in Series D funding
Chinese mobile game development, publishing and middleware company Chukong Technologies has secured US$50 million in new investment.
"With the proliferation of smartphones across China and countries worldwide, we see a significant opportunity...
