Japan To Strengthen Copyright Protections
The Cultural Affairs Agency is considering revising the copyright laws after Japan and 11 other countries last month agreed to strengthen protection of intellectual property rights as part of the Trans-Pacific...
Nexon Shutting Down South Korean Dota 2 Servers
It’s taken a little while, but Valve will finally be directly servicing their MOBA fans in one of the most mature and competitive eSports markets in the world after the South...
Tencent Uses Games to Beat China Slowdown
In China’s slowing economy, billionaire Ma Huateng is finding growth by supplying cheap entertainment to the masses. Smartphone games for the billion users of the WeChat and QQ messaging applications and...
US$2.4 Billion In Revenue in Southeast Asian for Online And Mobile Games By 2019
The market research company Niko Partners announced the availability of its 2015 Southeast Asian Games Market Report with Forecast through 2019 covering the six countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and...
37Games Won 2 Awards At Tencent Global Partner Conference 2015
Recently, Tencent held its 5th annual Global Partner Conference. Among all its participants, 37Games stood out, being rewarded with two awards at the same time. Legend of Conquest, created by its Aurora...
Gamevil`s Mobile Third-Person Shooter Afterpulse Launched Worldwide
Digital Legends Entertainment and Gamevil have announced the worldwide launch of Afterpulse, a multiplayer third-person shooter that utilizes the latest mobile development technology to transport players into a post-apocalyptic urban battlefield.
In...
Netmarble Games Eyes Larger Global Presence
Netmarble Games, the nation's leading mobile game company, has pledged to launch more games for smartphones and tablet computers on the global stage through the end of this year. The company...
Nexon Teams Up With Respawn To Bring “Titanfall” Games To Mobile
Nexon and Respawn Entertainment announced that the companies have partnered to create several new and original smartphone and tablet games based on the expansive sci-fi universe of Titanfall. In connection with the...
Capcom’s Profits Dropped Again
Yesterday Japanese publisher Capcom has released the financial results for the six month period ended September 30. Sales have seen an increase, but net income has dropped again.
The report shows that net sales rose by...
Today Nintendo Will Announce Its First Mobile Game
Nintendo is set to unveil its first videogame for smartphones today in Japan according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. A move that could open a new revenue stream for the...
Sony Computer Entertainment Announced the Future of PS4
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced at its press conference in Paris yesterday the future of PlayStation®4 (PS4™), with a huge range of exclusive software announcements from both first and third party...
DeNA Releases a New Spin on Pinball With Rob And Roll
DeNA released today Rob And Roll, a casual pinball game that puts a new spin on the classic arcade game. With a familiar look and feel, but fresh new gameplay elements, Rob...
Singapore as a Key Hub for Japanese Game Companies
Japanese game-makers looking to export their unique brand of entertainment overseas and reach a global workforce have identified Singapore as a major gateway reported Singapore´s Strait Times today. Building on their...
Meet Gerald Tock – CEO of Inzen Studio Singapore
Gerald is CEO at Inzen Studio, a mobile game company that seeks to create new play experiences for audiences worldwide through their constant study of innovation and culture. Inzen's founding five...
Hideo Kojima Has Left Konami
The New Yorker reported that Hideo Kojima’s time with Konami and Kojima Productions has come to an end, as he left the company he’s been with for over 29 years earlier...
PLAYe is Revolutionizing how People Play Games with 3-in-1 Online-Mobile-Offline Platform
PLAYe, a 3-in-1 online-mobile-offline (OMO) platform that will transform the way games and collectibles will be marketed, distributed and consumed in Singapore and the region was released in August.
“Is there a...
Nintendo Introduces A Software Development Kit For Its New NX Videogame Platform
While The Wall Street Journal is reporting on Nintendo’s upcoming handheld/console, code named “Project NX,” word of Nintendo’s new Developer Portal rose to the surface. Introduction of the portal is especially...
A.Storm and KOG Games Partner To Bring Popular MMORPG HeroWarz to North America and...
KOG Games (CEO Eugene Kim), a leading publisher of popular free-to-play action MMORPG’s, and A.Storm (CEO Kim Yoon Jong), a leading Korean game developer, announced today that the two companies have...
Nintendo and DeNA’s First Mobile Game Coming Soon
Venturebeat is reporting that information on the first game from Nintendo and DeNA’s mobile collaboration will be released “soon”, according to DeNA West CEO Shintaro Asako. What that game will be...
Sony Playstation Games Dominate Sales Charts in Japan
If there was ever any doubt that Sony is absolutely dominating sales when it comes to Japan and other Asian markets, sales charts by major Japanese retailer Tsutaya reveals that not...
