Star Chef – India’s most successful mobile game
India's most successful mobile game is not being developed in a gaming studio in Bengaluru or Mumbai, but in the coastal town of Udupi in Karnataka according to a report at Economictimes India. Star Chef, a mobile social game developed by 99Games, has crossed...
China’s Mobile Game Industry Expects Extraordinary Growth
China’s mobile game industry is one of the largest beneficiaries of the smartphone boom. According to a report released by China Game Industry Annual Conference this week, the sales revenue of the mobile gaming industry has reached 51.5 billion yuan ($7.94 billion), an 87.2...
Fresvii raised US$1.8 million to launch its cloud-based social engagement tool platform
Tokyo and Silicon Valley startup Fresvii has just raised US$4 million from Japan’s Nissay Capital, with US angel Guo Wei also pitching in. Nissay is a repeat investor, having first backed Fresvii in October 2014 with US$1.8 million. According to an official statement, Fresvii...
Fresvii raised US$1.8 million to launch its cloud-based social engagement tool platform
Tokyo and Silicon Valley startup Fresvii has just raised US$4 million from Japan’s Nissay Capital, with US angel Guo Wei also pitching in. Nissay is a repeat investor, having first backed Fresvii in October 2014 with US$1.8 million. According to an official statement, Fresvii...
Halfbrick’s New Game – Star Skater
The creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, , announced their newest release, Star Skater – a game that challenges you to not just cross the road, but own it. Tempting players to throw caution to the wind and ride with style, this game brings...
Flappy Bird Creator Released Swing Copters
Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has now released Swing Copters 2 as the sequel to the previously developed Swing Copters. The free-to-play arcade game is claimed to have much more challenges and several new characters to let you stick to your mobile devices for...
China’s Mobile Game Industry Expects Extraordinary Growth
China’s mobile game industry is one of the largest beneficiaries of the smartphone boom. According to a report released by China Game Industry Annual Conference this week, the sales revenue of the mobile gaming industry has reached 51.5 billion yuan ($7.94 billion), an 87.2...
Fantasy Westward Journey Remains as the No. 1 Mobile Game By Revenue In China
NetEase’s Fantasy Westward Journey 2 generated RMB1 billion (approximately US$ 155 million) in November according to a report from CNG. Fantasy Westward Journey 2 remains as the #1 mobile game by revenue in China for now eight consecutive months since its launch at the end of...
Hideo Kojima Talks About New Studio
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has founded a new independent game studio: Kojima Productions, which has partnered with Sony for its first project, a new franchise that Kojima told IGN (thanks to IGN) will be "slightly more edgy."
IGN spoke to Kojima in Tokyo...
Kojima Left Konami And Established Kojima Productions To Make PS4 Games
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima officially left Konami on December 15 and is establishing a new studio, named Kojima Productions, with his former Konami staff, according to Japanese Games News Site Gematsu and a Nikkei report. Konami has confirmed the departure of Metal Gear creator...
10 Consumer Tech Trends That Will Define 2016
There are approximately 3.2 billion — and counting — Internet users in the world, and among them, more than half of them are consuming web content via their smartphones according to e27e.co. This new paradigm opens up new opportunities for businesses to engage consumers in ways...
Junior Three Kingdoms Honored As Google Play 2015 Best Games
Recently, Google Play published lists of the Best Games of 2015. Junior Three Kingdoms, Youzu Interactive's flagship mobile game combining high quality and popularity, is marked as Google Play 2015 Best Games and Best Strategy Games in Hong Kong and Taiwan, along with Clash...
Best of Interviews 2015: Meet Alexander L. Fernandez
IGA.biz had the chance to talk to Alexander L. Fernandez, CEO of Malaysia' s biggest Game Studio Streamline Media Group. Alexander L. Fernandez is a dynamic entrepreneur in the media, entertainment and technology industries. He’s an accomplished dealmaker and creative, with a body of...
Intel Extreme Masters Taipei stop to boost regional Asia-Pacific Counter-Strike teams
The global elite pro gaming tour, Intel Extreme Masters, returns to its roots with regional tournaments. Intel Extreme Masters Taipei at Taipei Game Show is set to feature eight of the best teams from the Asia-Pacific region in an official US $50,000 Valve Regional...
North Korea’s Answer To Minecraft: ‘Boy General’ Mobile Phone Game
Millions of North Koreans are now using mobile phones, and not just to make phone calls. The Associated Press recently got a sneak peek at "Boy General," the North's hottest new game release, a spinoff of a new TV animation series that is both...
Flaregames Partners With NetEase In China
flaregames, a Germandeveloper and publisher of F2P mobile games, has today announced that Dawn of Steel, its deeply tactical strategy game for smartphones and tablets, will be published in mainland China by NetEase, Inc.. The company is targeting to release their adaptation of the...
MapleStory 2 Will be Published by Tencent in China
Nexon will enter into an agreement with Tencent to service MapleStory 2 in China.
Developed in-house and launched in Korea in July 2015, MapleStory 2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. In addition to its endearing 3D graphics, its 'big adventure' setting features dynamic action...
PAX Australia is Returning in 2016
Australia’s largest videogame and gaming festival, Pax Australia, is returning in 2016 to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from November 4-6. Badges are on sale now at PAX´s homepage and will be available at a special Christmas discount price up until midnight on December 24....
Dragon Nest Will Be Officially Released In Vietnam In First Quarter Of 2016
Vietnamese VGG Entertainment and Cherry Credits from Singapore announced the signing of co-operation agreement to publish the blockbuster Multiplayer Online Free-To-Play Action game: Dragon Nest, in Vietnam, slated to be released in the first quarter of 2016.
Developed by Eyedentity Games (Korea) Dragon Nest is a 3D action...
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 markets in Asia, to chalk up record sales of US$58.5 million for the...
