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...
The Next Gaming Level: China
The enthusiasm, passion and raw emotion for gaming is alive and kicking in the world’s second largest economy, China. According to research firm Niko, over a half a billion Chinese consumers play...
Chinese Mobvista Acquired US Based User Advertising Company NativeX
The 15-year-old mobile advertising company NativeX has been sold to Mobvista, one of China's mobile advertising networks, for $25 million. NativeX will continue to be based in Sartell (USA) and led by CEO...
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...
Rollspike Is The First Ever Malaysian Sepak Takraw Mobile Game
Just as hockey is to Canada and Cricket is to India, Malaysia has quite the reputation when it comes to competitive sports. The achievements can transcend culture and heritage and serves...
Asia-Based Fifth Journey’s Strategic Partnerships With Hollywood Companies
Hong Kong-based mobile entertainment company Fifth Journey has signed a strategic partnerships to develop mobile games, interactive entertainment and virtual reality experiences with Universal Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM). The partnerships...
Youzu Interactive Net Profit Went Up In 2015
Youzu Interactive has released the company's annual report in 2015, which shows operating revenue of 1.535 billion yuan (approx. USD 235.47 million) during the period of the report, an 81.94 %...
Manila Based Xurpas Invested In Eight Companies
Casual mobile games developer and mobile content provider Xurpas Inc., based in Manila, has put up a wholly owned unit that will provide mobile enterprise solutions to businesses. In a disclosure to...
Pre-Registration Now Open For Miitomo
Nintendo’s first app for smart devices, Miitomo, launches in March and now through launch day, anyone can pre-register for Miitomo by signing up for the new Nintendo Account service. Those who...
Sanuk’ s Bombing Bastards Goes Mobile
After having conquered Steam, the Wii U, the PlayStation 4 and the PS Vita, the vintage-styled bombing arena game lands on Apple’s AppStore and Google Play in a “Touch!” edition specially...
WeChat And Its African Ventures
China's 1.3 billion-strong market is just the beginning for the world's fifth largest Internet company, Tencent. The tech giant's best-known social network, WeChat, is fast gaining traction in Africa, and mobile banking is...
iCandy Is Set To Be The First Mobile Games Company To IPO From Southeast...
Malaysia-headquartered mobile games studio iCandy Interactive Limited, en route to listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in two weeks, has completed the capital raising for it initial public offering (IPO). The...
Adways Invested In Singapore-Based Game Developer Daylight Studios
Tokyo based Adways Inc announced it has invested in Singapore-based game developer, Daylight Studios, Pte. Ltd. as well as partnering with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Quest Drop Pte. Ltd., a mobile games...
Capcom To Combine Japan And US Mobile Operations
Capcom will consolidate its U.S. and Japanese smartphone game businesses, with the aim of helping the company develop hit titles according to a report from Nikkei Asian Review. The Osaka-based company will...
Thailand’s Mobile Games Market Will Reach US$ 211 Million in 2016
With 60,000 mobile developers, Thailand's mobile app market is ranked third in Southeast Asia, only behind Indonesia and Vietnam. Applift, a mobile app marketing platform, forecasts that Thailand's mobile games market will...
Kids’ Digital And Mobile Behaviour In ASEAN
A new research report on digital media activities in of 6-14 kids in Southeast Asia from SuperAwesome Insights gives a comprehensive picture of kids’ media consumption habits across the main ASEAN markets...
Korea’s Leading Game Companies Plan To Be More Present Globally
Nexon, Netmarble Games and Ncsoft have announced to expand their presence in the global market and the mobile sector in 2016.
Nexon, the Korea's largest game company, said yesterday it will focus...
Rovio Teams Up With NHN Studio629 For Asian Markets
Rovio and NHN Studio629 announced a partnership to develop a new game using the Angry Birds IP, initially targeting players in Korea and selected other Asian markets. Due for launch later...
Cheetah Mobile Enters New Strategic Agreement with Tencent
Cheetah Mobile Inc. announced it has entered into a new strategic cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited (Tencent Shenzhen), a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent), for the two-year...
