Pokémon X and Y top 12M worldwide sales
The Pokémon Company has revealed that the publisher's Pokémon X and Pokémon Y titles for Nintendo 3DS and 2DS have sold over 12 million units worldwide since the games' release in October 2013.
Last year Nintendo announced that the simultaneous Japanese, European and American launch...
Natural Doctrine overseas release confirmed
Tokyo-based Kadokawa Shoten game studio has announced that the developer's strategy RPG Natural Doctrine will be published overseas by NIS in late 2014.
The title was announced at the SCEJA press conference last fall and originally scheduled as a February PlayStation 4 launch title...
SQEX Collective accepting indie submissions
Square Enix has opened the company’s game crowdfunding platform Square Enix Collective to independent developers seeking community support for new titles.
“The pilot phase went really well; we learned so much during the test month and the teams we worked with have given great and...
GameSpy MP/cloud storage platform to close
Glu Mobile has confirmed that the GameSpy multiplayer matchmaking service and cloud storage platform will be retired worldwide at the end of May. The company discontinued the licensing of new titles on the platform in January 2013.
“Effective May 31, 2014, GameSpy will cease providing...
Hyperdimension Neptunia PP dated for EU/NA
NIS has scheduled the North American release of Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection, a Hyperdimension Neptunia spin-off title for Sony PlayStation Vita, on 3 June.
The game’s European release is slated for 6 June. Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection first launched in Japan last year.
Series...
Apple App Store price changes in APAC
Apple has informed iOS software developers of iTunes App Store price changes in several countries to reflect shifts in foreign exchange rates.
In the APAC region, prices will rise in Australia, India and Indonesia, and drop in New Zealand. On the Australian iTunes App...
Atlus confirms Persona 4 PS3 release
Atlus has confirmed that the popular Sony PlayStation 2 RPG Persona 4, first released in Japan in 2008, will be re-released worldwide for PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network's PS2 Classics on 8 April.
Last year the publisher revealed that Persona 4 Golden, an updated...
GBA DLs join Wii U VC worldwide
Nintendo has announced the worldwide re-release of selected Game Boy Advance titles for download via the Wii U Virtual Console platform on the Nintendo eShop.
Game Boy Advance titles for the Wii U Virtual Console now available in Japan include F-Zero for Game Boy Advance,...
Quo Vadis to feature HM series creator
Toybox CEO Yasuhiro Wada, the creator and former producer of the popular Harvest Moon series, will give a featured presentation at the Quo Vadis developer event in Berlin next week.
In a games industry career spanning over twenty years, Wada is best known for the...
Half-Minute Hero sequel to launch overseas
Marvelous AQL has announced that the RPG Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming will be released worldwide for PCs via Steam on 4 April.
The overseas localised version of the Half-Minute Hero sequel for the Sony PlayStation Portable launched in Japan in 2011, and follows the...
SCEJA to establish CN division
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia has announced the formation of a new division dedicated to the Chinese market.
The move follows last year's lifting of a thirteen-year ban on the manufacture and sale of game consoles in China. Microsoft and China’s BesTV New Media have...
Line tops 400M users worldwide
NHN Japan has confirmed that the company’s mobile messaging platform Line has topped 400 million registered users worldwide.
Line’s user base has also grown beyond core markets in Japan and Korea to include India and the Philippines, as well as Spain and South American...
SQEX dates Deadman’s Cross global release
Square Enix has slated the worldwide launch of the publisher's delayed F2P RPG Deadman’s Cross for Android and iOS devices for 19 February.
“On this project, we always had the West in mind since the very beginning,” said Deadman’s Cross producer Shinichi Tatsuke. “To this...
Sony reconfirms PS4-exclusive DriveClub
Despite delays and recent staff departures at Sony developer Evolution Studios, the PlayStation 4 exclusive road racing title Driveclub is reportedly nearing completion, with a 2014 release still scheduled.
"The progress being made on the game is spectacular, so we're looking forward to sharing an...
Xseed launches Ragnarok Odyssey Ace overseas
Xseed Games has announced that Ragnarok Odyssey Ace, an updated version of the Sony PlayStation Vita RPG Ragnarok Odyssey developed by Japanese studio Game Arts, has launched North America. The game's European release is slated for 30 April.
The original PS Vita-exclusive title for was...
SQEX to shift dev strategy back to JRPGs
Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda has confirmed that the Japanese publisher will be placing renewed emphasis on the company's core JRPG market, a shift from the company’s recent focus on titles with wider expected global appeal.
"In the past, when we developed console games with...
Capcom halves est FY profit to 3.3B JPY
Capcom has revised expected net profits for the current fiscal year down sharply from 6.8 billion JPY to 3.3 billion JPY. The Japanese publisher attributed the 50 per cent reduction to expected costs related to major structural changes in the company's mobile business.
“Due to...
Aksys dates Mind Zero EU/NA release
Aksys Games has slated the joint European and North American release of the JRPG Mind Zero for Sony PlayStation Vita on 27 May.
The cooperatively developed title from Japanese studios ZeroDiv and Acquire was originally published by GungHo Online Entertainment in Japan in mid-2013.
Mind...
Tencent buys US$500M stake in KR CJ Games
Chinese Internet operator and game publisher Tencent has acquired a 28 per cent minority stake in leading Korean publisher CJ Games.
The US$500 million deal will give Tencent access to CJ Games' and subsidiary Netmarble's online and mobile game portfolio.
China’s Tencent also has...
SCE execs court indie self-pub, VR dev
As the competition for exclusive content between major console manufactures Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo intensifies, SCE executives Adam Boyes and Shuhei Yoshida have been outspoken in their support of independent game studios.
Sony PlayStation Publisher & Developer Relations VP Adam Boyes announced recently that the...
