Philips suing Nintendo over Wii tech
Philips has filed a lawsuit in the US against Nintendo over motion control technology used in Nintendo Wii and Wii U game consoles.
The patent infringement case covers the remote motion control...
Kadokawa/Dwango merger announced
Japanese media group Kadokawa and mobile internet content provider Dwango have announced that the companies will merge on 1 October.
Dwango chairman Nobuo Kawakami will lead the merged company, and Kadokawa's Tatsuo...
F2P Pokémon 3DS title launches in Sept
The Pokémon Company has announced that Thieves and the 1,000 Pokémon, a new F2P Pokémon title for Nintendo 3DS, will launch worldwide in June.
The Thieves and the 1,000 Pokémon will utilise...
JP release for PS4 exclusive Omega Quintet
Japanese developer and publisher Compile Heart has announced that the studio's new idol-RPG Omega Quintet will launch exclusively for Sony PlayStation 4 in Japan on 18 September.
The Tokyo-based studio was founded...
Pokémon OR/AS 3DS re-release announced
The Pokémon Company has revealed that new Nintendo 3DS versions of the popular Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire titles for Nintendo GBA will launch worldwide in November.
“Pokémon fans first...
Slow pachinko/packaged sales lower Sega profits
Sega Sammy Holdings reported operating income up 103 per cent year-on-year at 38.5 billion JPY (US$379 million) on net revenue of 378 billion JPY (US$3.7 billion), also up 17.6 per cent...
SQEX returns to profit but forecasts lower sales
Square Enix has reported operating income of 10.5 billion JPY (US$103 million) for the fiscal year ending 31 March, compared to a 6 billion JPY (US$59 million) operating loss in the...
Dark Souls 2 lifts Bandai Namco results
Bandai Namco has reported operating income of 44.6 billion JPY (US$438 million) and a 4.2 per cent rise in net revenues to 507 billion JPY (US$5 billion) for the fiscal year...
Capcom profits rise on strong MH 4, DR 3 sales
Capcom has reported a 1.5 per cent year-on-year increase in operating income to 10.3 billion JPY (US$101 million) with net revenues up 8.6 per cent year-on-year to 102.2 billion JPY (US$1...
Konami’s results fall on declining game sales
Konami Corporation has reported 217.6 billion JPY (US$2.13 billion) in net revenues with 10.3 billion JPY (US$106 million) in operating income for the fiscal year ending 31 March.
Net profit fell to...
Nintendo posts third consecutive annual loss
Nintendo has reported a worse than expected, third consecutive operating loss of 46.4 billion JPY (US$457 million) on revenues of US$5.63 billion, as well as a net loss of 23.2 billion...
Picross e4 slated for May EU release
Japanese developer Jupiter has announced that Picross e4, the newest game in the studio’s popular Picross crossword puzzle series, will be released in Europe for the Nintendo 3DS on 22 May....
Sony cuts 2014 FYE earnings forecast
Sony has forecast a 130 billion JPY (US$1.27 billion) net loss for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2014; an increase in the company's earlier estimated 110 billion JPY (US$1.07 billion)...
Denpa Men 3 gets May EU/NA release
Japanese developer Genius Sonority has confirmed that Denpa Men 3, the latest instalment in the Denpa Men life-sim series, will launch for Nintendo 3DS in Europe and North America via Nintendo...
Tales of Xillia 2 slated for EU/NA in August
Bandai Namco has announced that Tales of Xillia 2, the next entry in the publisher's popular RPG series, will launch on Sony PlayStation 3 in North America on 19 August, with...
May EU launch for Conception 2
Atlus has confirmed that Conception 2: Children of the Seven Stars for Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Vita will launch in Europe this May.
As the first title in the Conception series...
Short Peace adaption gets overseas release
Bandai Namco has announced that Rinko Tsukigime's Longest Day, based on the Short Peace animated film series, has launched in Australia, Europe and North America for Sony PlayStation 3.
Rinko Tsukigime's Longest...
Danganronpa 2 dated for NA
Japanese publisher Nippon Ichi Software has announced that Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair will be released in North America for Sony PlayStation Vita on 2 September.
The European launch for the latest sequel...
SoulCalibur spin-off launch delayed
Update: Bandai Namco has delayed the scheduled North American launch of SoulCalibur: Lost Swords. The Japanese publisher's F2P spin-off of the popular SoulCalibur fighting game series for Sony PlayStation 3 via...
Netease to launch HoS in CN
US-based publisher Blizzard Entertainment has partnered with Chinese Internet company and online game publisher Netease to release Blizzard's upcoming F2P MOBA Heroes of the Storm in China.
"We are very excited to...
