Sarah Geronimo Launches New Mobile Game ‘Sarah G Popsters’
Philippine Popstar Princess Sarah Geronimo now has a new way of connecting with her fans—“Sarah G Popsters,” her first mobile game. The game is developed in partnership with Xeleb Inc., the Philippines’ first celebrity mobile games company.
“Sarah G Popsters lets Sarah’s fans follow her...
The9 Announced Its Joint Venture Obtained An Exclusive License Cross Fire 2 In China
The online game developer and operator, The9 Limited, announced that its joint venture Oriental Shiny Star Limited has entered into a license agreement with Smilegate Entertainment, Inc., a leading Korean game developer, for publishing and operating Cross Fire 2 on an exclusive basis for a five-year...
People In Japan Spend More Money On Mobile Games Than In The USA
On average, North Americans only spend about $3.30/month on mobile games. That's up from was USD 2.72/month average spending per month last year. So while it seems like North Americans are indulging a tiny bit more on mobile games than we used to, we...
Gamers In Asia Pushed PC Games Sales By 53%
The worldwide digital games market hits US$ 5.5 billion, up 7% year-over-year, a report from Superdata Research said. In the lead-up to the holiday season, total digital games sales hit their highest point for the year so far. With the exception of pay-to-play MMOs,...
MOL Reports Solid Top-Line Growth Of 35.5 % Year Over Year
MOL Global, Inc., based in Malaysia and a leading e-payment enabler for online goods and services in emerging and developed markets, announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2015. MOL shared its financial and operational achievements, but MOL gave us some information...
Japanese Game Company Koei Tecmo Published Its Half Year Results
Japan based game company Koei Tecmo published its half-year financial results and while both profit and revenue were down the company believes it will have a better-than-expected fiscal year thanks (in part) to the strong sales performance of licensed games.
For the first six months of...
Samsung Gear VR Sees Strong Start In The US Market
Samsung Electronics’ new Gear VR virtual reality goggles are getting an upbeat response in the U.S. as the device has already sold out at some online retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy in just 10 days of its launch. The USD 99 Gear...
4 Out Of 10 Games Were From China In Worldwide iOS Revenue In October
According to App Annie, Machine Zone’s Game of War-Fire Age reached #1 for the first time in worldwide iOS revenue in October. The game has been one of the top 3 grossing iOS games in the U.S since its launch in July, 2013 and...
MDeC To Develop Right Framework For ASEAN Games Industry
The Malaysian Government agency Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) is looking to create the right framework for the development of the region's games industry. MDeC`s Creative Multimedia Division Director Hasnul Hadi bin Samsudin said the framework could spur collaborations among ASEAN games developers, given its huge potential...
Sega Networks Partners With Line and Announced First Mobile Game
Sega Networks Japan and Line Corp. have announced they will partnering in the mobile business. In this collaboration, both companies seek to take advantage and track record the smartphone user base using Line's game platform. In this partnership Sega Networks will be responsible for...
Street Fighter V As A Gaming Platform – More Details
Capcom envisions its upcoming game hit Street Fighter V as a gaming platform in and of itself, one that can evolve with new characters, game modes and whatever else the gaming industry throws its way over the next generation. Street Fighter has caught up with...
Huayi Brothers To Invest RMB 1.9 Billion In eSports Company Hero Entertainment
Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, one of the largest private entertainment groups in China, announced that it was going to buy a 20 % stake in Chinese gaming company Hero Entertainment RMB 1.9 billion (approximately US$300 million).
Under this deal, the two parties will seek to...
Tencent To Open WeChat Payment For Overseas Transactions
Chinese Internet giant Tencent has just announced that it will completely open the mobile payment service offered on its social messaging app WeChat to overseas transactions, making it much easier for outbound Chinese travellers to make purchases or pay bills.
According to Xinhua, the service...
Call For Entries For Gamefounders Accelerator Programme 2016
Given the success of the accelerator programme Cohort 2015, GameFounders have opened registrations for Cohort 2016. Game developers interested in the accelerator programme by GameFounders can now apply till 20th December 2015. GameFounders is a start-up accelerator that works only with game studios. Young game...
Bigpoint: From West to East: How to prepare for success in Asia
Bigpoint`s producer Jonathan Lindsay was interview by Develop how Western developers can improve their chances in the world's most elusive markets.
Here is the interview which was published first at Develop:
It would be wrong to describe Asia as a “rising market” for games. It’s already...
Xurpas To Continue With Its Acquisitions In 2016
Xurpas, which acquired eight companies since it listed in December 2014, said it will continue with its acquisition spree at the same pace next year as it strengthens its foothold in the Asia Pacific region. “The expansion will be just as aggressive. We have...
Monster Treasure Adventure To Be Launched On Mobile
The Singaporean mobile and web indie studio Axial Brain is preparing for December to launch its new action packed puzzle game “Monster Treasure Adventure” on the Google Play and iOS App store. Monster Treasure Adventureis not your normal casual puzzle game - it wraps...
Chinese Games in Korea: A Glimpse into 37Games ‘s Success
The Korean game market is currently valued at 2.4 trillion South Korean Won (KRW). According to Metaps's latest research in 2015, 70% of the most popular games in Korea originated from China. Meanwhile, 6 out of the top 8 game publishers on Google Play...
Com2us Has Just Soft Launched Action Puzzle Town
Korea based mobile game developer Com2uS has soft launched “Action Puzzle Town” in a number of countries, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Turkey and Iceland. Action Puzzle Family is the latest of the casual game series “Action Puzzle” that has...
Crytek’s VR Tech Demo Back To Dinosaur Island Available For Free
Available for download Crytek has released virtual reality tech demo Back to Dinosaur Island for free. Achieved with Cryengine, Back to Dinosaur Island debuted publicly at GDC 2015 in San Francisco, earning widespread acclaim from press and attendees, and this is the first time players...
