Venture Captalists Broad Themes 2015 for Southeast Asia
The online platform, mobility, speed and tackling the rising middle class in Southeast Asia continues to be among the broad current trends that venture capitalists (VCs) are keen on. In a panel session titled ‘In Search of the Next Big Global Innovation’ at the...
Singapore: Helping Seniors Staying Fit Through Xbox’s Kinect
A team from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Centre for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (CHESS) has come up with video games to help seniors stay physically fit and bond with the community at the same time, as a way to help the greying population...
SEA Publishers and Their Market Strategies – Panel at Mobile Game Asia Congress with IB Media’s CEO
In a couple of days (July 9-10) the Mobile Games Asia Congress in Ho Chi Minh City will open its doors. Mobile Game Asia focuses on providing insights into different Asian markets including Vietnam, Southeast Asia as a region, India and China, but also...
In Conversation With Nazara Technologies
NDTV´s Rishi Alwani interviewed the Managing Director of Nazara Technologies, one of the oldest companies in India´s games industry. Nazara Technologies was responsible for mobile games like Rounders, and cricket games featuring Sachin Tendulkar before it started to distribute mobile content to telecomminication companies around the world.
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Square Enix Invades San Diego ComicCon
Square Enix announced its lineup for San Diego ComicCon (July 9-12) in San Diego. Attendees will have a chance to Play Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below™ and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD on PC months before its release, and purchase exclusive figures...
Cloud Imperium Games Opens New Development Office in Frankfurt
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), the creators of the first person universe space simulator, Star Citizen, opened a development office in Frankfurt, Germany. Managed by CIG’s Foundry 42 Ltd. in Manchester, the Frankfurt office is comprised of some of the top engineers, artists and designers in Europe,...
Whole New Version of Minecraft is on Its Way
A whole new version of Minecraft, Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta, is on its way. This time, it’s for Windows 10 - Microsoft’s new operating system that’s due for release on July 29th. Just like the first release of Minecraft all those years ago, this version will...
NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2015 Announces Dates
The National Association of Software and Services Companies today announced that India’s premier games development conference, the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2015 will take place from November 5th - 7th in Pune, India at The Westin. Featuring over 1300 industry delegates, 70 speakers, 50...
Malaysia Consults McKinsey To Build ‘Silicon Valley’ Startup Hub
The Malaysian government has engaged consulting firm McKinsey & Company in an ambitious plan to make the country the technology start-up hub of south-east Asia, and lure US and Australian investors. McKinsey is in the process of speaking with international venture capital firms including...
China’s Gamers Aren’t Buying Many Consoles
A report from Joshua Brustein from Bloomberg shows the retail sales results of Sony and Microsofts console Business in China.
Now that China’s ban on retail sales of video-game consoles has been lifted, Sony and Microsoft have made some progress against the flood of illegal...
Exclusive Interview with the Maker of the Global Mobile Game Congress
Yesterday InsideGamesAsia.biz (IGA.biz) spoke to Maxim de Wit, one of the main drivers behind the Global Mobile Game Congress. Maxim gave an intensive insight about the preparation of the conference which will take place next week in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
IGA.biz: What...
Asiasoft Invest in Taiwan based Messaging Company
The Taiwan based Messaging Company Pal+ announced that it has raised USD $1.3 million from Asiasoft, Taiwanese venture capital firm Expert Idea Limited and FunP, the company’s seed investor. The company, formerly known as Cubie Inc., is now Pomelo Network, a Singapore incorporated company,...
Update on ChinaJoy 2015
This year’s ChinaJoy will add two exhibition halls with a combined area of nearly 20,000sqm, making the total exhibition area exceed 120,000 sqm. Among the 10 exhibition halls, 7 will be dedicated to B To C (85,000 sqm) and 3 to B To B...
MTG to Acquire the Majority Stake in the World’s Largest eSports Company
Electronic Sports League (ESL) announced that it has reached an agreement with the international entertainment group, Modern Times Group MTG AB (MTG), to acquire a majority stake in Turtle Entertainment GmbH, the holding company for ESL and its international subsidiaries. ESL, the world’s largest esports...
Boomzap´s Christopher Natsuume About the Recent Kickstarter Campaign for “Legends of Fire & Steel”
In 2005 Allan Simonsen and Christopher Natsuume founded in Singapore Boomzap Entertainment. Boomzap has released 40 games to date that are ported on various platforms. Today Boomzap is one of the top independent casual game development studios in the world. IGA.biz interviewed the Co-Founder and Creative Director of...
BitSummit Returns to Kyoto
Japan’s leading independent game development festival, BitSummit, unveiled the line-up of sponsors, media partners and developers participating in the Show. BitSummit will be held July 11th and 12th in Kyoto, Japan.
BitSummit announces that Unity, CyberAgent, Cygames, Microsoft, and GungHo have come on board to...
“Big in Japan” Sale on the Playstation Network
If you’re looking for Japanese games now that the holiday season has begun, Bandai Namco Entertainment has got you covered! To celebrate the release of J-Stars Victory Vs+, from 24th of June to 8th of July you can discover tons of JRPGs and Manga...
God Eater Resurrection Japanese Release Date Set
Bandai Namco announced that God Eater Resurrection will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on October 29 in Japan. First-print copies of the game will include the “Another Character: Rindou” downloadable content, which is a version of Rindou who possesses a charge spear....
The Seventh Nation “China” Added to World of Tanks
Wargaming announced the addition of a brand-new nation to World of Tanks on Xbox 360: China. A true tank dynasty, the Chinese Tech Tree is the seventh full nation to be added to World of Tanks on Xbox 360 and will include twenty of the...
The Top Mobile Gaming Trends 2015 in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia will be an exciting gaming market to watch in 2015 as 2014 was an incredible year for the mobile gaming industry in Southeast Asia. The industry recorded impressive growth and reached over US$1 billion in revenues. The region is home to over 600 million...
