KongZhong’s Financials 2015

Chinese KongZhong Corporation announced the earnings results for Fiscal Year 2015 and Q4 last month. The company shares have rallied 30.82% in the past 52 weeks. On Jun 15, 2015, the shares...

Gowth Of Mobile Games In Southeast Asia Is Slowing

Southeast Asia may be the world’s leading market for mobile games, but the market is showing signs of becoming more sluggish due to oversaturation. While more people in this region have...

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...
NetDragon

Vice Chairman of NetDragon Joins The Advisory Board Of Interactive Human Holograms Maker ARHT...

Today Canada based ARHT Media announced the appointment of the Vice Chairman of NetDragon Websoft, Dr. Simon Leung, to its advisory board. Dr. Simon Leung, a seasoned technocrat and devout educator, has spearheaded...

Japan: Is Growth In The Mobile Games Market Close To Topping Out?

Tumbling earnings at a leading smartphone game developer show that market growth may have peaked, indicating a shift in focus from blockbusters to repeated successes as competition heats up according to...

Digital Life Pioneer Pulse Evolution Gets USD 10 Million by China’s Original Force Animation...

Pulse Evolution Corporation, a recognized pioneer and leading developer of hyper-realistic digital humans for entertainment, virtual reality, augmented reality and artificial intelligence, announced that Original Force Computer Animation and Shanghai U9 Game have...
China market Q1-Q2 2013

Chinese Investors Bring The Cash, Japanese Developers Supply The Fun

Japan's smartphone game industry, now estimated to be worth around 700 billion yen ($5.72 billion), is showing signs of maturing. At the same time, the cost of developing games has been...

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...

Mobile Games In China Continue To Power MNC Media’s Revenue Growth

Strong demand for mobile games and social e-commerce in China has continued to propel Singapore based MNC Media Investment, a provider of media and entertainment content and services in key strategic...
Alibaba

Alibaba Acquires Youku Tudou

Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Youku Tudou Inc. announced their entry into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which an affiliate of Alibaba Group will acquire Youku Tudou Inc., a leading multi-screen entertainment and...

Eiyuu Senki European Conquest Date Revealed

Fruitbat Factory announced the release date for Eiyuu Senki - The World Conquest in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Fruitbat Factory  will release Eiyuu Senki - The World Conquest for PlayStation 3 ...

Tokyo Game Show Attracted 268,500 Visitors – 2nd Highest Attendance In The History Of...

The Tokyo Game Show (TGS) closed its doors on Sunday with the 2nd highest number of visitors in its history. TGS is organized by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, in cooperation with...

A Recap of ChinaJoy 2015 by Niko Partners

Lisa Hanson from Niko Partners published a post at Gamasutra about the results of ChinaJoy 2015. The following summary shows the observations of Niko Partners of the show. ChinaJoy was held at the China New...

Korean Mobile Game Companies Expanding Clout

Netmarble Games and Com2uS have posted record earnings in the second quarter on the back of strong performances at home and abroad. The record performances by the local mobile game companies...

Around 345,000 Visitors Celebrated The Next Level of Entertainment At gamescom

gamescom 2015 had achieved a record result when its doors closed on 9 August. In total, 345,000 visitors from 96 countries attended the world's largest event for computer and video games...

Visa’s CyberSource In SEA Mobile Payments Pact

E-commerce payment management services provider CyberSource, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Visa Inc, has announced a partnership with South-East Asian payment network provider AirPay Co Ltd. This agreement will allow AirPay to provide...

Boomzap´s Christopher Natsuume About the Recent Kickstarter Campaign for “Legends of Fire & Steel”

In 2005 Allan Simonsen and Christopher Natsuume founded in Singapore Boomzap Entertainment. Boomzap has released 40 games to date that are ported on various platforms. Today Boomzap is one of the top independent casual...

Nintendo: This Is The Reason Why Wii U Was A Retail Disaster

Despite the Wii U launching a full year ahead of competition from Microsoft and Sony, Wii U sales lag behind those of its competitors: Wii U has sold around 7.5 million units worldwide,...

Innospark Closes $6.5M in Series B Funding

Mobile game developer Innospark has closed $6.5M in Series B financing with participation from venture capital firm Keytone Ventures (founded by the former founding managing partner at KPCB China and former...

Captain Heroes: Extreme Arcade Shooter & RPG Gets Release Dates

Captain Heroes, extreme arcade shooter and RPG from ZQGame Global, will be officially launched in the Google Play Store on June 4 and in the iOS Store on July 16. Captain...