PW invests US100M to join Shanda buy-out
Shanda Games has announced that Chinese online game developer and publisher Perfect World Entertainment will purchase 30 million of the company’s shares in a deal valued at US$100 million.
Perfect World...
Sony to sell entire SQEX stock holding
Sony has confirmed that subsidiary Sony Computer Entertainment is selling their entire 8.2 per cent minority stake in fellow Japanese publisher Square Enix.
Sony will sell SCE's 9.52 million Square Enix shares...
Overseas release for Freedom Wars
Sony has confirmed that Freedom Wars, due for release in Japan for Sony PlayStation Vita on 26 June, will also launch overseas later in 2014.
The sci-fi action adventure title will include...
Soul Sacrifice Delta EU/NA launch dated
Sony has announced that Soul Sacrifice Delta, released in Japan for Sony PlayStation Vita in March, will launch in North America on 13 May and in Europe on 14 May.
The...
Oreshika sequel confirmed for JP/overseas
Sony will release the RPG Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke 2 (Over My Dead Body 2) for PlayStation Vita in Japan on 17 July.
The publisher has also confirmed that...
JP/NA PS Vita release for BlazBlue sequel
Aksys Games has announced that BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, the third instalment in the BlazBlue 2D fighting game series from Japanese studio Arc System Works, will launch for the Sony PlayStation Vita...
August release for Mikami’s The Evil Within
Bethesda has dated the overseas release of The Evil Within (Psychobreak in Japan), a new survival horror title from Tango Gameworks, the development studio of Capcom veteran and Resident Evil (Biohazard...
Inazuma Eleven Go sequel for EU confirmed
Nintendo has confirmed that the third title in the Japanese sports RPG Inazuma Eleven (Lightning Eleven) series, Inazuma Eleven GO: Light and Inazuma Eleven GO: Shadow for Nintendo 3DS, will launch...
Taiko Drum Master 3DS for JP dated
Bandai Namco has announced the upcoming Japanese release of a new title in the popular Taiko no Tatsujin (Taiko Drum Master) franchise. Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure...
Nintendo confirms SSB 3DS/Wii U release
Nintendo has announced the upcoming release of new tiles in the Super Smash Bros. series for the company's latest generation of handheld and home consoles.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS will...
NOA dates Tomodachi Life overseas launch
Nintendo of America has confirmed that the Nintendo Mii sim title Tomodachi Collection: New Life will be released in Europe and North America on 6 June.
“Nintendo fans are familiar with Mii...
Natural Doctrine overseas release confirmed
Tokyo-based Kadokawa Shoten game studio has announced that the developer's strategy RPG Natural Doctrine will be published overseas by NIS in late 2014.
The title was announced at the SCEJA press...
Hyperdimension Neptunia PP dated for EU/NA
NIS has scheduled the North American release of Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection, a Hyperdimension Neptunia spin-off title for Sony PlayStation Vita, on 3 June.
The game’s European release is slated for...
Atlus confirms Persona 4 PS3 release
Atlus has confirmed that the popular Sony PlayStation 2 RPG Persona 4, first released in Japan in 2008, will be re-released worldwide for PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network's PS2 Classics...
Half-Minute Hero sequel to launch overseas
Marvelous AQL has announced that the RPG Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming will be released worldwide for PCs via Steam on 4 April.
The overseas localised version of the Half-Minute Hero sequel...
SCEJA to establish CN division
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia has announced the formation of a new division dedicated to the Chinese market.
The move follows last year's lifting of a thirteen-year ban on the manufacture and...
Xseed launches Ragnarok Odyssey Ace overseas
Xseed Games has announced that Ragnarok Odyssey Ace, an updated version of the Sony PlayStation Vita RPG Ragnarok Odyssey developed by Japanese studio Game Arts, has launched North America. The game's...
Capcom halves est FY profit to 3.3B JPY
Capcom has revised expected net profits for the current fiscal year down sharply from 6.8 billion JPY to 3.3 billion JPY. The Japanese publisher attributed the 50 per cent reduction to...
Aksys dates Mind Zero EU/NA release
Aksys Games has slated the joint European and North American release of the JRPG Mind Zero for Sony PlayStation Vita on 27 May.
The cooperatively developed title from Japanese studios ZeroDiv and...
Tencent buys US$500M stake in KR CJ Games
Chinese Internet operator and game publisher Tencent has acquired a 28 per cent minority stake in leading Korean publisher CJ Games.
The US$500 million deal will give Tencent access to CJ...
