‘Shenmue III’ Raises Over USD 6 Million In Kickstarter Campaign
"Shenmue III", whose Kickstarter was announced this year by Sony at their annual E3 keynote, more than tripled its initial goal of $2 million and raised $6,333,296. This broke "Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's" previous record of $5,545,991, making it the highest-funded video game Kickstarter...
The King Of The Monsters Is Back!
Godzilla has emerged from his long slumber to once again deliver massive destruction to cities and vanquish classic enemies on both the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment System, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe announced. Developed by Japanese videogame Studio Natsume Atari Inc., Godzilla gives...
Crooz Launches Trading Card Battle Game Card King: Dragon Wars On iOS Devices
Card King, Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese gaming publisher CROOZ, Inc. announced the launch of its first trading card battle game, Card King: Dragon Wars, on iOS mobile devices worldwide.* In Card King: Dragon Wars, heroes from the world over have descended on the...
Sega’s Football Manager Online Arrived In China
China is set to receive their own free-to-play version of Sega's Football Manager Online.The title is currently being developed by the series creators, Sports Interactive in partnership with DaLe Games. Sports Interactive boss, Miles Jacobson said, "For us, making a good game is never...
Android vs. iOS Battle Heats Up in China
China’s mobile games market will reach $6.5 billion in revenues this year, more than one fifth of the $30.1 billion generated worldwide . This positions China as the world's biggest market for smartphone and tablet games, ahead of the US with an anticipated $6.0...
Microsoft Will Not Exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2015
Microsoft won’t be at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, which runs from September 17 to 20 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, the company announced. “2015 will continue to provide an attractive game line-up, exclusive titles included,” Microsoft Japan category marketing group’s Masayuki Inoue...
Chinese Gaming Company NetDragon Acquires Ed-Tech Provider Promethean
Promethean World PLC, a U.K.-based business that made a name for itself selling interactive whiteboards in the United States and abroad, will be purchased by NetDragon Websoft Inc., a Chinese online-game and mobile-Internet-platform company, for a share price that amounts to about $130 million...
Techninier and Celcom Partner to Launch Malaysia’s First Live Android Gaming Tournament
Techninier Sdn Bhd, Malaysia's leading mobile social gaming platform provider today launched Malaysia's largest and first ever "live" Android gaming tournament, World War III with Celcom Axiata Berhad, the first and foremost mobile telecommunications provider in country.
World War III is expected to be the catalyst...
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Dies At 55
Nintendo announced yesterday that ist President Satoru Iwata has died due to a bile duct growth at the age of 55. A brief statement posted to the company’s web site says: “Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on...
Halfbrick Set To Release Official Mobile Game For ‘Hollywood Game Night’
Australian Developer Halfbrick (Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride) and Universal Partnerships & Licensing have joined forces to bring the huge laughs and wild fun of “Hollywood Game Night” to smartphones and tablets around the world. Launching globally on July 14th, the digital game adaptation of...
Stephanie Catley Named Winner Of The Austrailian FIFA 16 Cover Vote
Electronic Arts Sports announced Stephanie Catley, defender for the Westfield Matildas, the winner of the Australian 'EA SPORTS™ FIFA 16' cover vote, joining superstar Lionel Messi. Catley saw off fellow Westfield Matildas teammates, Katrina Gorry and Kyah Simon as more than nine million football...
Singapore’s Garena Invests In Vietnam’s Food Service Startup Foody
Vietnam based food service firm Foody Corporation, a portfolio company of Japan’s Cyberagent Ventures, announced that it has secured series B investment from Singapore consumer Internet company Garena. The funding from this round will be used to accelerate growth in the number of users, content...
Boomzap Released Its First Self-Published Game Super Awesome Quest
This week marks a milestone for Boomzap. Boomzap has finally launched its first self-published game worldwide on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. Super Awesome Quest is a fantasy adventure role-playing game on mobile with a tile-flipping combat mechanic and a Japanese-style crafting system. Follow the adventures of...
‘Sword Art Online’ Release Dates For Europe & North America
Publisher Bandai Namco has announced that "Re: Hollow Fragment" and "Lost Song," two titles based on the anime and manga series "Sword Art Online", will be making it to North American and European Shops. According to the post on the Bandai Namco Europe website, "Sword...
HTML5 game developer Wozlla got $2 million to expand beyond China
HTML5 game developer Wozlla got $2 million to expand beyond China. The money comes from Greenwood Asset Management, a private equity firm that has backed a number of Chinese tech firms. Wozlla plans to use the funds to continue developing original games and expand in the...
President of Sega Japan Finally Realizes That Gaming Quality Is Important
Over the years Sega’s fortunes, quality of games and popularity have declined quite considerably. More recently the publisher decided to move over to mobile but it seems that the president of the company, Hajime Satomi, thinks that may have been a bad idea. First...
NGames’ new MMORPG “Exiled Gods” Is Now Out In Malaysia and Singapore
NGames has launched their new MMORPG 'Exiled Gods' for select regions in a sort of a soft launch. As the story goes with "Exiled Gods", a big event has happened where the Holy Gate has opened up. Because of this, the player will be forming...
Maxim de Wit is leaving Global Mobile Game Confederation
This week marks the last day for Maxim de Wit as the conference organizer of Mobile Game Congress and as the VP of International of the Global Mobile Game Confederation (GMGC).
For the last 5 years Maxim de Wit was in Bejing roaming the mobile internet space, building...
Google Is Expanding Its Presence In Korea’s Mobile Transactions Market
Google is expanding its presence in Korea's mobile transactions market after the government eased regulations allowing payment gateway (PG) operators to handle payment and settlement services on mobile devices according to a Report from koreatimes.co.kr. Only banks had been allowed to provide payment and...
Ourpalm Invests in Ben10 Game Developer Animoca
Animoca Brands announced that Ourpalm Co Ltd has agreed to make a strategic cash investment in the company. Ourpalm will invest USD 2.3 million in cash for 11.11% of the Company’s expanded share capital. The purchase price will be $0.21 per share, representing a premium of...
