Farmerama Users Help Rebuild Nepal
In the aftermath of the deadly and devastating earthquake in Nepal, Farmerama is teaming up with charity: water to support the country’s rebuilding efforts. Now, players can contribute to long-term, sustainable...
Four out of Five American Households Own a Device Used to Play Video Games
More than 150 million Americans play video games, according to new research released today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The Report, 2015 Essential Facts about the Computer and Video Game...
NGames’s New Mobile Title HeroCraft Z Launched
Chinese Game Publisher NGames announced that they are going to launch one of their latest mobile game title: HeroCraft Z, the English version for one of the most acclaimed mobile games in...
Android makes more money than iOS
Accepted wisdom and research tells us that iOS makes more money than Google Play, despite Google Play having more downloads. Nobody would argue with that. But what about iOS vs Android...
Perfect World Enters into Definitive Agreement for Going Private Transaction
Perfect World announced that it has entered into a Merger Agreement with Perfect Peony Holding. Perfect World has picked China Merchants Bank and Wing Lung Bank to supply a $900m loan for the...
Asiasoft Online is the official publisher for Heroes of the Storm in South East...
Rally your fellow heroes and get ready for battle, because the portal to the Nexus is about to bust wide open! Blizzard Entertainment officially announced today that Heroes of the Storm™...
Linda Carlson Joins Trion Worlds as Director of Community Relations
Trion Worlds announced today that Linda Carlson has joined the global developer and publisher of premium online games as Director of Community Relations. A longstanding member of the online gaming community...
Mabinogi Duel Finally Brings Tactical Trading Card Strategy to Mobile
Nexon Korea has announced its brand-new strategic trading card game Mabinogi Duel for iOS and Android as one of the first original mobile games it will bring to the US, Europe and...
Chillingo opens a Office in China
Electronic Arts acquired Chillingo in 2010 after it found great success through publishing games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope. Now, the company believes it can take that same winning...
Nintendo reveals plan to develop smartphone games
Nintendo shares jumped as it announced the end of its holdout from smartphone games, with plans to develop new titles for mobile devices made by other companies. The Kyoto-based company will...
Bigpoint Accelerates Asian Expansion with former Riot and CJ Netmarble Director
Bigpoint, a leading online game developer and publisher, is expanding its Asian presence with a general manager for its Korean office. The new Country Manager for South Korea will be former...
Shanda Games announced Changes to its Board of Directors
Shanda Games Limited announced that Mr. Shengming Ma has resigned from his position as a member of the Company's board of directors for personal reasons. In addition, Mr. Shaolin Liang, a...
GREE announces Partnership with San Francisco-based MakeSchool
GREE, Inc. today announced a partnership with MakeSchool, Inc. (“MakeSchool”), a San Francisco-based computer science and software development school. The partnership will involve engineers from GREE’s Tokyo and San Francisco offices...
Singapore regulator gives guidance on what social games escape remote gambling regulatory controls
The Media Development Authority (MDA) said it was providing clarification on the issue after some businesses in the gaming industry had raised concerns about whether "social games" are in scope of...
New Circular on Online Games in Vietnam in February 2015
After a long period of tightening control and a temporary suspension of licensing of online games in Vietnam, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has put forward a new Circular...
Southeast Asia’s billion-dollar gaming market to double by 2017
Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions for gaming thanks to increased adoption of smartphones and movement to cities in countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, and the expansion is not slowing...
Tropico 5 video game banned in Thailand
Thailand’s military junta the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has banned a city-building simulator game which allows players to craft their own dictatorship of an island nation. Tropico 5 was...
Nintendo posts FY Q1 loss
Nintendo has recorded a loss of US$97 million for the first fiscal quarter ending 30 June, the Japanese publisher's third quarterly loss in four quarters. Revenues were US$729 million, down 8.4...
NA retail for NES Remix Pack
Nintendo has revealed that NES Remix Pack, featuring NES Remix and NES Remix 2, will be released in a retail version for North America later this year.
The 8-bit games were...
Steel Empire dated for NA
Japanese publisher Mechanic Arms and Polish co-publisher Teyon have announced that the Nintendo 3DS version of Steel Empire will launch via Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America on 31 July.
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