Southeast Asia’s billion-dollar gaming market to double by 2017
Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions for gaming thanks to increased adoption of smartphones and movement to cities in countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, and the expansion is not slowing down. Consumers in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam spent $1.1 billion...
Air France Is Letting Customers Play Video Games For A Business Class Upgrade
It’s the proverbial Golden Ticket: the business class upgrade. Ever been lucky enough to get bumped up to business? It’s hardly a meritocracy. There’s little rhyme or reason that goes into business class upgrades — but now Air France is allowing its customers to...
Tropico 5 video game banned in Thailand
Thailand’s military junta the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has banned a city-building simulator game which allows players to craft their own dictatorship of an island nation. Tropico 5 was reportedly banned by the Board of Film and Video Censors last Friday "because...
Mobile Games Market Thailand
Building a strong and dynamic mobile game industry will be a critical component of the new digital economy, says the Global Mobile Game Confederation. Thailand is one of Southeast Asia's biggest markets for mobile games in terms of revenue, said Maxim De Wit, vice-president...
Five Big Tech Trends in 2015
SourGlobal consulting company Accenture offers a lot of advice to its customers about important business trends, so the company has to stay up to speed on technology. And that’s why it’s revealing its five big tech trends for 2015. The vision was published by...
Streamline Studios: 5 Reasons Outsourcing Fails
Outsourcing is a way of life for most game developer and publishers. This process allows for teams to remain agile while also keep costs in control. There are plenty of horror stories of art outsourcing gone bad, but seldom do we hear why. After...
Capcom delays BOF 6
Breath of Fire 6: Guardians of the White Dragons' publisher Capcom has announced that the long-awaited sequel's Japanese release will be delayed until early next year.
Breath of Fire 6: Guardians of the White Dragons will be the first main sequel in the popular RPG...
PS Now launches NA public beta
Sony has released the North American public beta of the publisher's PlayStation Now game streaming and rental platform.
The PS Now public beta for Sony PlayStation 4 users in North America launched with over 100 games. Sony also plans to extend the service to...
Chukong/Chartboost partnership
Chinese mobile game development, publishing and middleware company Chukong Technologies has announced a partnership with San Francisco-based mobile monetisation platform Chartboost.
Chukong will offer Chartboost access to developers in China's mobile market, and Chartboost will help Chukong to expand the Chinese publisher's global reach.
“After...
Nintendo posts FY Q1 loss
Nintendo has recorded a loss of US$97 million for the first fiscal quarter ending 30 June, the Japanese publisher's third quarterly loss in four quarters. Revenues were US$729 million, down 8.4 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Nintendo sold 510,000 Wii units...
Sept CN launch for Xbox One
Microsoft and Chinese partner BesTV New Media have announced that the Microsoft Xbox One console will be released in China on 23 September. Microsoft will be the first foreign company to release a game console in China since the fourteen-year ban was officially lifted...
Gust to merge with Koei Tecmo
Koei Tecmo has announced that Japanese developer Gust will officially merge with the parent company on 1 October.
Nagano-based Gust Co. Ltd. was founded in 1993 and acquired by Koei Tecmo in 2011. The studio is best known for the Atelier RPG series, which...
JP indie game fund launched
Singapore-based investment firm Inflexion Point Capital has announced a new US$15 million seed fund for independent mobile game developers in Japan.
“We aim to combine the best elements of a business incubator, a venture capital fund and a traditional publisher in order to invest in...
NA retail for NES Remix Pack
Nintendo has revealed that NES Remix Pack, featuring NES Remix and NES Remix 2, will be released in a retail version for North America later this year.
The 8-bit games were originally launched via Nintendo Wii U eShop in Japan last December (as Famicom...
Steel Empire dated for NA
Japanese publisher Mechanic Arms and Polish co-publisher Teyon have announced that the Nintendo 3DS version of Steel Empire will launch via Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America on 31 July.
Japanese publisher Starfish, founded by the original Steel Empire developers, partnered with Tokyo-based Mebuis...
Rise of Incarnates beta dated
Bandai Namco has revealed that the closed beta period for the Japanese publisher’s upcoming F2P fighting game Rise of Incarnates is slated for 8-18 August. The game's alpha testing phase ran from 30 May until 1 June.
“As a new franchise, Rise of Incarnates represents...
JNFA dev partnership announced
The Japanese National Football Association has granted UK-based developer Team Football the right to feature “Samurai Blue” players in the studio's upcoming Official Japan Soccer football sim for iOS, Android and Windows 8 devices.
"When we founded Team Football our goal was to work with...
Bravely Default hits 1M sold
Square Enix has announced that the Japanese publisher's RPG Bravely Default for Nintendo 3DS has sold 1 million units worldwide since the game's Japanese debut in 2012.
Bravely Default’s lifetime retail and digital sales include 400,000 copies sold in Japan and 600,000 units sold overseas....
Wii U NFC Payment debuts in JP
Nintendo has debuted the NFC Payment feature for Nintendo Wii U with the release of the F2P Nintendo eShop title Pig Medal in Japan.
Japanese payment cards, including Suica and Pasmo, are used to purchase in-game coins via the system.
In June Nintendo also unveiled the...
EU/NA release for Tears to Tiara 2
NIS America has announced that the strategy RPG Tears to Tiara series will debut overseas for Sony PlayStation 3 with the second title in the franchise, Tears to Tiara 2: Heir of the Overlord (Tears to Tiara 2: Descendants of the Hegemon in Japan),...
