Chinese Mobile Developer Lilith Games Joins Forces With Ubisoft
Lilith Games announced that the company has partnered with Ubisoft to bring Assassin's Creed-franchise character Ezio Auditore to Soul Hunters, its international hit action-RPG title. The partnership between the two companies will strengthen the brand presence and impact of Asia's most popular mobile game...
The Angry Birds Movie To Release In India
Angry Birds, the game that changed the fortunes of Finnish company Rovio Entertainment and became a rage on mobile devices, is going to see the release of its first animated movie, 'The Angry Birds Movie', on May 27 in India.
And, while the brand Angry...
Rumour: Tokyo Game Show Could Be The Venue For Unveiling Both Sony’s Updated PS4 And Nintendo’s New Console
Tokyo Game Show was a important global trade expo years go, but more recently it’s become little more than a side show. But this year could be about to change according to a report at VR World and if the report is correct.
VR World wondered...
Malaysia Based Passion Republic Delivers When Uncharted 4 Needed Help
These contributors to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End have played the critical role of providing the necessary assets needed to complete the development of this epic action-adventure. Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), a long-time Malaysian videogame industry stalwart, had been informed that a Malaysian-based...
Intel Extreme Masters Season 11 In Shanghai And Goyang In 2016
ESL, the world’s largest esports company, recently concluded a successful decade of Intel Extreme Masters events around the world when Season 10 came to a conclusion at IEM Katowice in March. But that is just the beginning, because with Season 11 on the horizon,...
Boomzap: Nonstop Callasia Livestream And Giveaway
After launching on Steam's Early Access last February, Boomzap Entertainment’s world conquest strategy game Legends of Callasia now has 30 levels for the single-player campaign mode and both casual and ranked multiplayer mode.
To prepare for the full release, Creative Director Christopher Natsuume will be...
Fuze Launches Tomahawk F1 Console In China, To Beat Sony And Microsoft
Fuze Entertainment CEO, Wang Feng, took to the stage in Beijing yesterday to unveil their brand new console named “Tomahawk F1” according to a post from video game analyst and blogger known as ZhugeEX. Fuze's F1 console will be launched in China on June 1.
Consoles have...
9Apps Launches InDev Program To Help Indian Start-Up Developers
9Apps, a part of Alibaba-owned UCWeb and one of the most popular Android app marketplaces with more than 160 million monthly active users worldwide, has announced the launch of an InDev Program (worth USD 20 million) to help Indian independent and startup developers.
The Program...
Baidu Subsidiary iQIYI Unveils VR Platform And Incentive Program
Video streaming service provider iQiyi, a subsidiary of internet search giant Baidu, has unveiled an ambitious plan to establish the world’s largest Chinese-language virtual reality (VR) content platform.
At a conference in Beijing on Thursday, iQiyi’s senior management announced an aggressive 12-month effort that aims...
Astro Is Converting Its Supersport Channel 808 Into a Dedicated eSports and Gaming Channel
The TV content and consumer group in Malaysia and Southeast Asiann Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad is converting its Supersport channel 808 into a dedicated eSports and gaming channel called eGG or Every Good Game, a now dedicated 24/7 eSports channel in the Southeast Asia region. Fans...
Mobile Game Asia Kuala Lumpur Opens Online Registration
This summer, Global Mobile Game Confederation (GMGC) is hosting Mobile Game Asia at the capital city of Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, where GMGC will merge the world gaming industry and local development community! After the successful Mobile Game Asia conferences at Bangkok, Singapore and Ho...
Mobile Game Installs Up By 30 Per Cent Led By Android in Q1 / 2016
Mobile gaming installs saw a “significant increase” of 30 per cent in Q1 2016 compared with the previous quarter, with China representing 31 per cent of the total, according to a study by games development platform company Unity.
The findings are based on the performance...
37Games’ Loong Craft No.1 Top Grossing Game On Apple App Store In Southeast Asia
37Games' Loong Craft recently reached number 1 in the Apple App Store's list of top grossing apps in Southeast Asia, surpassing Clash Royale, an immensely popular strategy game that has topped the ranks for several weeks.
Loong Craft, developed by Loong Entertainment, is a MMORPG...
China: Content Building To Become Market Entry Point In VR Industry
Countless virtual reality (VR) headsets have appeared in China overnight, vying for attention, while China's burgeoning market has not yet to mature when it comes to tech bottlenecks, such as resolution, refresh rate and latency of the display, and more importantly, the content.
"Content building, such...
Korean Research: Boys Less Affected By Video Games If Close To Dad
Students’ academic performance are less affected by video games if they are close with the parent of the same gender, according to research published by a Yonsei University’s sociology team on Monday. Led by professor Youm Yoo-sik, the team conducted a survey on 5,220 male...
Online Data Storage Providers Shut Down In China As Digital Content Crackdown Continues
At least five online storage providers closed their services in March and April. A state-backed campaign against illegal publications and pornography in China has forced at least five online data storage providers to shut down their services in March and April, according to the companies...
Colopl Nl Launches Its First VR Game, Colopl Cyberpong VR
Colopl NI, the San Mateo-based VR and mobile studio of Tokyo-based mobile gaming leader, colopl, Inc., released its first VR game, the multiplayer paddle ball game, colopl Cyperpong VR, for the HTC Vive. In Cyberpong VR, players face off head-to-head for spirited Cyberpong matches, using...
Netdragon Websoft’s Liu Dejian Had A Replica Of The Starship Enterprise Built To House The Company
You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd entered an imaginary realm when stepping onto the campus of NetDragon Websoft, where spaceships sit beside steam-powered locomotives. Is that a fairway or a landing strip; a launch pad flanked by guardian deities or simply an elaborate sun...
Korean eSport Stars Charged With Match Fixing
Two Korean e-sports champions have been charged with match fixing after allegedly receiving a big amount of money to intentionally lose two matches in May 2015. South Korea has already indicted 10 people which include the said champion players of Global Starcraft League.
According to...
Disney’s Asia Strategy: Think mobile, mobile, mobile!
As Walt Disney dives deeper into Asia, CEO Bob Iger has been sending a strong message to his employees: Think mobile, mobile, mobile. "It's all about mobile at Disney," Kevin Mayer, Disney's chief strategy officer, said in a conference in Indonesia on Wednesday. "And Asia has...
