Last Friday, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Copyright held a press conference to make an announcement about protecting the intellectual property (IP) rights for manga titles. Due to the explosive growth of mobile games in China (over 20,000 in operation), there…
Gunpie Adventure – Nexon signs global deal for new mobile shooter
After announcements for Titanfall mobile and TERA mobile, Nexon Korea also revealed it has signed a global publishing deal with a small Korean studio, Npie Games, for its upcoming FPS mobile game, Gunpie Adventure (subject to change). Players will take the roles of treasure hunters…
Bandai Namco – Asian studios wanted to develop mobile games
The Taiwan branch of Japanese games developer, Bandai Namco, is looking to work with local and Asian studios to develop mobile games based on established intellectual properties. These includes Tekken, SoulCalibur, Katamari Damacy, and Mr. Driller. More IPs will be made…
Titanfall – Global publisher for Titanfall mobile games announced
Nexon and developer Respawn Entertainment announced today that the two companies have partnered to create several new and original smartphone and tablet games based on the expansive sci-fi universe of Titanfall. In connection with the partnership, the two companies jointly…
Bluehole Studio – TERA studio signs mobile game contract with Nexon
Nexon today announced that its subsidiary, Nexon Korea, has signed a publishing agreement with Bluehole Studio for a new mobile game, T2 (working title), based on the popular PC massively multi-player online role playing game, TERA. T2 is currently scheduled for…
Firefall – The9 CEO claims over USD 100 mil has been invested in the game
After 6 years and over USD 100 million spent on development, publisher The9 finally announced Firefall will be entering the non-wipe phase on 18 Nov in China. Firefall China will actually be published by Shanghai Aozhi Technology, formed by original…
WG Cells – Wargaming announces new mobile gaming division
[Website] Wargaming today announced WG Cells, a new mobile games publishing and development division. It will be strategically led by Wargaming management team veteran Marat Karpeko and operationally headed by David Bluhm, previously CEO of DropForge Games. The mobile success…
Nexon vs NCsoft – Alliance ends as Nexon sells off all NCsoft shares
Back in 2012, Nexon became NCsoft’s biggest shareholder in an unlikely alliance between South Korea’s 2 biggest gaming companies (Nexon is actually stocklisted on Tokyo Stock Exchange). Today, after 3 years of power struggle and failed working relationship, Nexon has…
Clash of Clans – Music concert held in Taiwan to promote mobile game
If I am not wrong, developer Supercell does not have an office in Taiwan, but put together a huge marketing campaign with local partners. This past weekend, a massive Clash of Clans-themed music concert was held at the historic Chiang…
Legend of DOTA – Controversial game taken down from China App Store
Following the impending court case between Valve, Blizzard, and defendant Longtu Game and Lilith Games, the mobile game known translated as “Legend of DOTA” was taken off the Apple App Store in China today. According to the game operators, they…
G-Star 2015 – Number of booths this year decreases by around 20%
G-Star 2015, South Korea’s premier gaming event, will take place once again at Busan Bexco from 12 to 15 November. Earlier today, the organizing committee announced there will be 2,070 booths this year (business and public halls), a decrease from…
Valve – Details of Dota IP infringe case against China companies revealed
First announced back in May, the details of Valve suing a China developer was made public recently. Valve, citing Lilith Games and publisher Longtu Game infringing on its Dota IP in《刀塔传奇》, one of China’s hottest mobile games, is seeking nearly…
Tower of Saviors – Tencent shutting down another popular mobile game
After announcing the closure of Monster Strike, Tencent Games will soon be shutting down another popular mobile game soon. Tower of Saviors, developed in Hong Kong, has tens of millions of downloads in regions such as Taiwan and Hong Kong.…
Legend of Mir Mobile – 360MB game tops iOS grossing chart in China
When it comes to mobile games, developers and publishers always want the download size to be small, below 100MB, with the main reason to get players to download without waiting too long. Ironically, sitting at No.3 for downloads and No.1…