BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT exhibits at gamescom 2015
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced its biggest gamescom presence to date at gamescom 2015, where the company will showcase more games than ever before on over 500 game stations. The world’s largest interactive entertainment trade fair returns to the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany from...
The Global Mobile Games Industry 2015 Whitebook is available now
The Global Mobile Game Confederation (GMGC) which opened ist doors today in Bejing and Newzoo are today launching the 2015 Global Mobile Game Industry Whitebook. This 21-page whitebook examines the current state of the global mobile landscape highlighting global growth, regional revenues and key trends...
The 2nd Bangkok International Digital Content Festival will take place in Bangkok end of April
The 2nd Bangkok International Digital Content Festival will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from April 27th to May 3rd. It is organized by Thailand Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Software Industry Promotion Agency (Public Organization) (SIPA), and Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB),...
Xurpas next acquisition in Singapore
Philipines´consumer technology firm Xurpas Inc. acquired a 21.7% stake in Altitude Games Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean mobile games developer and Publisher, in the end of the last year. Xurpas said the acquisition is part of the company’s planned expansion in Southeast Asia. Now Xurpas Inc. is deepening...
Southeast Asia Is The Worlds’ Fastest Growing Games Region
When the games industry talks about Asian markets, it's generally about the established regions China, Japan and South Korea. However the new market reseach report from Newzoo has indicated that, not only are there countries where gaming is growing more quickly, these territories could also prove to be more...
The SG50 Game Series By Local Singaporean Developers
To celebrate Singapore’s 50th birthday, five mobile games that are specifically designed to be uniquely Singaporean will be released to the Google Play and iOS App Stores. This is part of an MDA-led initiative to celebrate Singapore’s golden jubilee. The five games were chosen out...
Linda Carlson Joins Trion Worlds as Director of Community Relations
Trion Worlds announced today that Linda Carlson has joined the global developer and publisher of premium online games as Director of Community Relations. A longstanding member of the online gaming community and best known as her gaming and cosplay identity, Brasse the Dwarf, Linda...
gamescom increases its 2015 exhibition space
gamescom opens its doors from 5 to 9 August 2015. Cologne will, once again, then become the center of the computer and video game industry as the exhibition halls are transformed into the largest playground in the world. 335,000 visitors came to the cathedral...
Instagram-like Service Lets Gamers Relive Their Favorite Moments with Friends and A Vibrant Gaming Community
Raptr, a leading optimization platform for PC gamers, today officially launched Plays.tv, a fun, easy way for gamers to capture their most interesting gameplay moments and instantly share them. Dedicated to celebrating the pro in every gamer, Plays.tv gives all players a new way to...
China’s Tencent Fourth-Quarter Earnings Jump 50 Percent on Mobile Games
Chinese mobile entertainment and online services giant Tencent said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter results grew by double-digit percentage figures. Fourth-quarter profit leapt 50 percent to $958 million (RMB 5,860 million) on revenue that grew 24 percent compared with the year-ago period to hit $3.43...
Mabinogi Duel Finally Brings Tactical Trading Card Strategy to Mobile
Nexon Korea has announced its brand-new strategic trading card game Mabinogi Duel for iOS and Android as one of the first original mobile games it will bring to the US, Europe and other international markets, with full localization in German, Spanish and Russian. The game...
Consumer Market Research Report Announcement for the Online Gaming Market 2015 – 19
Global Online Gaming market to grow at a CAGR of 11.95 percent over the period 2014-2019. According to the report, the growth of the market is supported by the increased use of smartphones and tablets to play games. This has led game developers to...
Chillingo opens a Office in China
Electronic Arts acquired Chillingo in 2010 after it found great success through publishing games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope. Now, the company believes it can take that same winning approach to China. The branch will be responsible for publishing titles across Chinese app...
Asiasoft turns attention to mobile game platform to recover from revenue slide
The mobile game platform will be the key engine this year driving Asiasoft Corporation's targeted growth of 30 per cent to Bt1.7 billion in revenue. Chief executive officer Pramote Sudjitporn said 30 per cent of its revenue this year would come from mobile games....
Nintendo reveals plan to develop smartphone games
Nintendo shares jumped as it announced the end of its holdout from smartphone games, with plans to develop new titles for mobile devices made by other companies. The Kyoto-based company will team up with DeNA, operator of the Mobage network, to create games and...
Flaregames and Incross Collaborate to Make Korean Launch for Royal Revolt 2 on Kakao a Major Success
Flaregames, a German publisher and developer of mobile games, today announced that their flagship product, PvP action strategy game Royal Revolt 2, has launched on South Korea’s market leading chat platform Kakao. The game is published by Incross, a Seoul-based games company also known...
XSplit to partner with AsiaSoft to create live streaming studios across Southeast Asia
SplitmediaLabs Limited ("SplitmediaLabs") and AsiaSoft Online Pte Ltd ("Asiasoft") are pleased to announce a brand new partnership that teams the market leading strengths of each company, to transform live streaming throughout Southeast Asia through a new class of production studios aimed to be established...
Recently Developed IARC Process Created by Global Coalition of Game Classification Authorities Now Adopted by Google Play and Firefox Marketplace
PEGI announced today the expansion of its rating system to mobile and digital storefronts in Europe, as part of a global initiative with other classification authorities from around the world. The International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) was recently established to streamline the process for...
GDC Europe 2015 officials announce dates and call for papers
Game makers, take note: The call for submissions to present lectures and panel sessions at the 2015 Game Developers Conference Europe is now open through Monday, March 30. Organized by UBM Tech Game Network, the event, now in its seventh year in Cologne, Germany, will run Monday through...
JUMP SMASH WITH LI-NING AND MEDIASOFT
Mediasoft™ Entertainment announced the latest sequel in their award wining sports games, Li-Ning Jump Smash™ 2015 at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Heralded as “The Best New Game” from China with 6 million downloads in the first 6 months, Mediasoft™ Entertainment is back with the...
