Blizzard’s Overwatch Debuts In Korea’s Top 3 While League of Legends Is Top 1
According to data from Korean gaming market researcher Gametrics and a report at Koreatimes, Blizzard Entertainment's new first-person shooter (FPS) "Overwatch" had an 11.7 percent market share, surpassing Nexon's "FIFA Online 3" at 5.9 percent. Overwatch is drawing heated popularity from gamers in Korea, becoming...
Nintendo At E3 – NX And Legend Of Zelda
Nintendo will transform its booth at this year’s E3 to immerse fans in the world of the new Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U console.
Nintendo stated that The Legend of Zelda for Wii U would be the only game featured during their...
Kyub Set To Release During Summer 2016
Ninja Egg, an independent game developer based in Tokyo, Japan, nnounced that their first console game, Kyub, is set to release during Summer 2016 on Xbox One.
Initially planned to release at the end of May 2016 for Xbox One, the game has been postponed...
YouTube Returns To E3 – Unique YouTube Event Hub Announced
Last year, millions of gamers came together on YouTube for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). YouTube will give gamers around the world front-row access to everything E3 again this year with dozens of live streams scheduled throughout the week. To make moments like this better,...
Amazon Snuggling Up To Japan’s Game Developers
Amazon will hold a three-day event here starting today to forge closer ties with Japanese developers of games for smartphones. Some 90 executives from Amazon bases around the world, including the U.S., Europe and China, will mingle with Japanese developers and gain exposure to such unique...
Reliance’s CEO Explains The Trends In The Indian Gaming Industry
With mobile gaming gaining strong traction in India, Reliance Entertainment has brought its focus back on the Indian market and is looking to invest in 20 gaming startups in 2016. Reliance Games, a part of Reliance Entertainment Digital, has also announced investments worth over USD...
Gran Turismo Is Finally Featuring Kuala Lumpur
Gran Turismo might be greatly associated with PlayStation, but it has yet made a proper debut on PlayStation 4. That about to change later this year as the brand new Gran Turismo Sport will be released for the console on 15 November in Asia.
When...
Havene Liew, Managing Director of Mediasoft, About Malaysia’s Biggest Game Developer
IGA.biz had the chance to talk to Havene Liew, Managing Director of Mediasoft, the largest games studio in Malaysia. Mediasoft develops games for multi-platform devices - Mobile, PC, Browser, Tablets and Console. The portfolio compromises of game genres from sports, education as well as a wide...
Minecraft Is Coming To China on Mobile and PC Via NetEase
Soon Chinese Minecraft fans will be able to create and explore their very own worlds limited only by their imaginations. Microsoft, Mojang and NetEase, Inc. today announced a five-year exclusive agreement to license Mojang's Minecraft mobile and PC editions to a NetEase, Inc. affiliate...
Singapore Studio Developing Global Version Of Final Fantasy
Singapore based games studio gumi Asia is collaborating with Japan's Square Enix on the global version of a new game in the Final Fantasy series.
The role-playing game, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, was first published in Japan in October last year and has drawn more than...
Ubisoft Aims To Launch A Mobile Assassin’s Creed MMORPG In China
Ubisoft and Chinese mobile game publisher Ourpalm have come to an agreement that will see the pair collaborating on a mobile MMORPG for China based on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise.
The fact that Ubisoft is deepening that partnership (in addition to developing a mobile Assassin's...
NetEase To Create Game For Google’s Daydream Mobile VR Platform
NetEase’s virtual reality game Twilight Pioneers was revealed at Google I/O 2016 as one of the first games to commit to Google’s new mobile VR platform built on top of Android called Daydream. NetEase will premiere Twilight Pioneers concurrent with the launch of Daydream...
Funplus Announced Investment In Singapore Mobile Game Studio XII Braves
Beijing based FunPlus, the publisher of top ranking game Dot Arena and worldwide leader in social games, recently entered into a longterm strategic partnership with mobile game studio, XII Braves. The multimillion investment by FunPlus is a first for a mobile games studio based in Singapore, and possibly...
Chinese DeePoon Gears Up For Wireless VR Market Boom
Chinese virtual reality hardware manufacturer DeePoon held a press conference last week, rolling out its blueprint on building a domestic VR development platform for both industry developers and content providers.
Three major perspectives of the company's future development outlook of VR ecosystem - Creating with DeePoon,...
Lilith Games Released Heroes Tactics, Aiming At Global Market
Lilith Games released "Heroes Tactics: War & Strategy", a brand new turn-based strategy game made for phones. Heroes Tactics is the result of cooperation with Camex Games.
Heroes Tactics is among the first turn-based strategy game specifically designed for mobile platforms. Although there're several turn-based strategy...
Tencent Unveiled A Windows 10 Based Game Console In China
Tencent, Intel and Haier jointly unveiled the Tencent Games Platform (TGP) BOX at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES Asia) held in Shanghai last week. It's a Windows 10-based game console that can download games and can also live stream gameplay sessions.
The TGP BOX is called...
Taiwan Indie Developers with Taipei Game Show Land In Casual Connect Asia 2016
As Taipei Game Show rounded off in February, it shaken hand with Casual Connect Asia 2016, promised to bring 5 Taiwan indie game developers to Singapore for the upcoming event held in mid-May.
Taipei Game Show is the game show in Taiwan for both local...
To Prevent Media Bubble, China Could Tighten Investment Rules
In a bid to head off a speculative bubble, China’s securities regulator is set to bar companies from selling new shares to fund investments in film and television, online gaming, Internet finance and virtual reality, fields that it deems non-core businesses, a leading Chinese magazine...
World Esports Association Founded
The foundation of the World Esports Association (WESA) has been announced today, as the result of joint efforts between industry-leading professional esports teams and ESL, the world’s largest esports company. Based on similar traditional sports associations, WESA is an open and inclusive organization that...
iCandy Interactive Surging Forward With It’s Subsidiary Appxplore
It’s been just a few months since the Initial Pubic Offering (IPO) of iCandy Interactive on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and it has already hit the ground running. iCandy Interactive is the first mobile games company to IPO in South East Asia, together with...
