Playlab Lands US$5M Series B Funding From Monk’s Hill Ventures
Thailand-based Playlab has secured US$5 million in Series B funding from venture capital firm Monk’s Hill Ventures in one of the largest game-focused deals in Southeast Asia to date. The funding will be used to expand operations in the Southeast Asian mobile gaming sphere....
China Mobile Game Market Will Value RMB 9.67 Billion by 2015
Market Research Store releases a new market research report "Mobile Game Market 2012 in China: Industry Analysis, Trends, Size, Demand, Growth, and Forecast 2015" to add to its collection of research reports. China Mobile Game Industry Report, 2012-2015 released by Sino Market Insight forecasts that...
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 only PS4 games but also PS3 games are still absolutely dominating a report...
Heroes Die Forever as Nexon Korea Soft-Launches Legacy Quest on Android
Family bloodlines are at stake as Nexon Co., Ltd. announced its Korean subsidiary, Nexon Korea Corporation, is rolling out the soft-launch of its latest epic mobile action role-playing game Legacy Quest. The rogue-like, classic dungeon crawler is now available for Android in 14 countries, including...
Singapore Companies Make Good At the Tokyo Games Show
Singapore games companies attracted significant attention at the Tokyo Game Show last month, resulting in at least two signings and nomination for a major Japanese magazine award. A contingent of 15 games companies attended the TGS, led by Singapore Games Solution Centre (GSC).
The trip...
NVIDIA Corporation’s Exposure to China Is Lower Than You Think by Timothy Green
In August, Goldman Sachs put out a list, which was subsequently picked up by various news outlets, containing the 20 S&P 500 companies that had the highest revenue exposure to China. Near the top of this list is graphics chip company NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), which...
Major Shareholder and Senior Management Increase Stakes in Linekong as Vote of Confidence for the Company
Linekong Interactive Group Co., Ltd. , mobile game developer and publisher in China, announced that Wang Feng, Chairman, CEO and Executive Director of the Group purchased an aggregate of 572,000 shares in the company, thus increasing his equity interest in Linekong to 20.52% from 20.36%.
Some members of...
Xbox One Sales Decline In Japan
It’s no secret that there has been a huge shift away from traditional console gaming in Japan. Revenue generated by mobile games now has a majority share in the electronic games market whilst revenue generated by traditional console game sales have dropped considerably.
In order to...
Gaming Is No Longer Just About Gaming
According to industry reports, mobile gaming revenue in Asia reached US$13.6 billion in 2014, representing 55 per cent of the world’s total market. Boosted by the sector’s fast growth in Southeast Asia, the region as a whole is expected to remain the sector’s biggest...
YuuZoo Sponsors Electronic Sports China Cup
The global third generation social commerce company, Singapore based YuuZoo, announced it has been granted the rights for co-hosting the upcoming Electronic Sports China Cup (ESCC) Online Gaming Clubs Invitational in China, granted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture through its Affiliate China Animation...
Meet Alexander Fernandez, CEO of the Biggest Malaysian Game Studio
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...
Konami Launches Metal Gear Online
Konami Digital Entertainment today launches Metal Gear Online, the dedicated, squad-based multiplayer component of its best-selling Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain title for PlayStation®4, PlayStation®3, Xbox One™, and Xbox 360. The PC version remains on course for a January launch.
All console version...
Asia-Pacific Leads the Way in Global Mobile Gaming Boom
Asia-Pacific is reported to be both the largest and the fastest growing gaming market worldwide said a research report from Reportlinker. While the shift to digital games is happening worldwide, Asia-Pacific already leads the way in mobile gaming revenues, topping all other regions in...
Southeast Asia Games Industry Celebrates Official Kick-Off of Inside Games Asia Forum
Inside Games Asia Forum 2015 is set to be the showcase of the vitality, dynamic and innovation of the South East Asian Games Industry. The event will bring together Prominent Industry Leaders from AppAnnie, Play Lab, Unity, Streamline and other developers, publishers, investors or...
Singapore’s Garena Benefits From Venture Capital Boom
A report from Channel News Asia said, one beneficiary of the boom is internet firm Garena, which has joined Southeast Asia's small but growing ranks of "unicorns" - start-up firms that are worth at least US$1 billion. Garena, which just won the Best VC deal award...
The Rise of Lyto, an Online Gaming Giant in Indonesia
Lyto Game is an Indonesian online game publisher, established in 2003 and headquarters are located in Jakarta. The company published games like Ragnarok Online, Getamped, Seal Online, Cross and many more. If you play online games and you’re from Indonesia, it’s likely you will have heard of...
Southeast Asia Business Leaders Launch Angel-eQ Network in Indonesia
A group of business tycoons in Southeast Asia, including Tony Fernandes, CEO of Air Asia; Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, CEO and Founder of Bubu.com; and Sandiaga Uno, Co-Founder of Saratoga Capital, have come together to launch a networking platform for angel investors in Indonesia. Dubbed Angel-eQ...
Former Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer Eric Flannum Joins Amazon Game Studios
Gamasutra reported that after a 10-year career at ArenaNet, Guild Wars 2 lead designer Eric Flannum has joined Amazon Game Studios to serve as creative director in the development of a new third-person "competitive, melee-oriented" PC game, Gamasutra has verified through a trusted source....
Level-5 and Dentsu Form Level-5 Abby Inc.
A new North American-headquartered global entertainment company, Level-5 abby Inc., has been formed to bring the best of Japanese children’s entertainment across all platforms and channels, it was announced today by Mr. Akihiro Hino, the newly formed company’s President and CEO. Level-5 abby will build...
Tencent Appoints Two Executives To Head Mergers Team
Tencent has named Jeffrey Li and Forest Lin as co-heads of its merger and acquisition team as Asia’s largest internet company steps up its battle for consumers with Alibaba. Mr Li and Mr Lin will share the role of running the team, Tencent said...
