SQEX F2P MMO Nosgoth exits closed alpha
Square Enix has announced that the publisher's upcoming F2P MMOG Nosgoth for Windows PCs will conclude closed alpha testing today. The game's beta release is slated for later this year.
Developed by San Diego-based game studio Psyonix, the new title is a spin-off of the...
IGA.biz partners with GDC 2014
InsideGamesAsia.biz, the APAC region's only English language media specialist exclusively covering the Asian games industry, has partnered with the 2014 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Singapore-based InsideGamesAsia.biz will provide event coverage focusing on news from APAC game companies at GDC, as well as interviews...
Aksys and Black Tower to develop new RPG
US-based Aksys Games has partnered with Japanese Black Tower Studios to co-develop a new action RPG for Sony PlayStation 3. Magus is slated for North American retail and PlayStation Network digital release on 25 February.
Publisher Aksys Games was founded by former Atlus executive...
NOA announces first F2P titles
In a first for the Japanese publisher, Nintendo of America has announced two free-to-play titles for the Nintendo 3DS.
Steel Diver: Sub Wars has been launched in both free and paid versions via the Nintendo 3DS eShop. The free edition is a limited version...
NCSoft profits up despite falling GW 2 sales
NCSoft reported fourth quarter revenues of 210,026 million KRW, up 24 per cent from the previous period, but down by 26 per cent from last year. Net profit rose also to 45,714 million KRW in the quarter compared to the previous three-months, but reflected...
Konami dates Castlevania: LOS 2
Konami has announced Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will be launched worldwide for Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Windows PCs on 25 February. A prelude demo game to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 was released on 12 February.
The Castlevania: Lords of...
Mario Kart 8, SSB4 releases confirmed
Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart 8 will launch in Japan for the Nintendo Wii U on 29 May. The game's North American release will be on 30 May, with the eleventh game in the Mario Kart series slated for European and Australian launch...
Natural Doctrine gets March JP launch
Natural Doctrine, the delayed strategy RPG from Tokyo-based Kadokawa Shoten game studio, has been slated for a 19 March Japanese release on Sony PlayStation 4 as well as PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
Natural Doctrine was announced at the SCEJA press conference last fall and...
TH dev to launch disaster preparedness app
In the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami disaster in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia, Thai interactive design studio OpenDream has collaborated with UN agency UNESCO in Bangkok to develop and release a mobile game to teach children about flood safety in Thailand.
"In...
PlayStation Now beta debuts with 10 titles
Sony's game streaming platform PlayStation Now has begun closed beta testing on PlayStation 3 hardware, with titles including Dead or Alive 5, Disgaea 4, Papo & Yo, Killzone 3, Puppeteer, Darksiders 2, MX vs. ATV: Alive, Ninja Gaiden 3, Shatter and Shadow of the...
Nexon reports 2013 profits, appoints new CEO
Tokyo-based Korean F2P game publisher Nexon has reported stable earnings for the 2013 final quarter and fiscal year.
Annual revenues rose 43 per cent to 155.3 billion JPY, with both operating and net income up 7 per cent year-on-year to 50.7 billion JPY and 30.1...
Danganronpa 2 PS Vita launch overseas in 2014
Japanese publisher Nippon Ichi Software has confirmed European and North American releases for Spike Chunsoft's latest sequel in the popular Danganronpa series.
The original Danganronpa title was launched in Japan for the Sony PlayStation Portable in 2010. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair was released in...
NIS to launch Disgaea 4 in NA and Europe
Nippon Ichi Software will release a handheld version of the popular strategy RPG Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten in North America and Europe. The Sony PlayStation Vita edition will launch in mid-2014.
The home console version of Disgaea 4 was released in Japan and overseas...
Inazuma Eleven 3DS released in NA
Nintendo has released the Japanese sports RPG Inazuma Eleven (Lightning Eleven) in North America for Nintendo 3DS via the Nintendo eShop. The launch marks the series' North American debut.
The popular franchise from Japanese studio Level-5 was first published domestically in 2008, with the original...
PS tops 2013 AU sales, takes next-gen lead
According to the latest sales figures from NPD Group Australia, the Sony PlayStation 3 was the country's best selling game console last year. The PS3 was also Australia's leading home gaming platform in 2011 and 2012.
Sony Computer Entertainment Australia also noted that sales of...
VN indie withdraws mobile hit Flappy Bird
Hanoi-based developer Nguyen Ha Dong (Dong Nguyen) has removed his viral mobile hit title Flappy Bird from Android and iOS app stores worldwide.
The F2P 2D game was created by Nguyen over several days and released in May of last year. Early in 2014 the...
SQEX Collective launched, first titles announced
Square Enix has launched the company's game crowdfunding platform Square Enix Collective and announced three independent titles seeking support for community review.
The inaugural titles include the sim Game of Glens from Ruffian Games, the adventure title Moon Hunter by Kitfox Games and action RPG...
Rune Factory 4 sells out in NA, restock rushed
According to the game's North American distributor Xseed (a subsidiary of Japanese publisher Marvelous AQL), Rune Factory 4 for Nintendo 3DS has been “selling well beyond our expectations" and the company is rushing restocks to retailers across the US and Canada.
“We’re working as quickly...
Samsung game consoles reportedly in development
Korea's Samsung is reportedly developing two home game consoles, according to Alan Queen, Samsung Innovation Lab's senior director. Both hardware platforms will be integrated into the Samsung Gaming Service, an online store also in development.
The Samsung Mobile Console will allow Samsung mobile device...
TH developed AeternoBlade to launch in NA this month
Thai studio Corecell Technology has announced that the company's 2D action title AeternoBlade will be released for the Nintendo 3DS via Nintendo's North American eShop on 18 February.
The company also is looking to release a Japanese version AeternoBlade for the Nintendo 3DS this year,...
