Overwatch is the hottest game release in recent months, and it is no wonder everyone is trying out the game. In South Korea, the invincible League of Legends is looking likely to lose its top market share spot among PC…
Overwatch – New shooter continues to increase PC bang market share
After a stellar opening in PC bangs (gaming cafes) in South Korea, Overwatch continues to erode market share from long-time leader, League of Legends. According to Gametrics’ data from yesterday, Overwatch now owns 23.79% of time spent in PC bangs,…
Aeria Games – Publisher announces impending merger with Gamigo AG
[Press Release] Gamigo AG and Aeria Games Europe GmbH, two of the leading European games publishers, have agreed a strategic merger of their companies and are jointly taking the next step toward creating a leading platform on the consolidation of…
Tencent – China giant set to pay billions for majority stake in Supercell
[Source] Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings is in talks with SoftBank to buy its majority stake in Supercell, the Finland-based developer of some of the world’s most popular mobile games, according to people briefed on the discussions. Tencent’s talks with SoftBank are still…
Legend of Titan – Internet rages over mobile clone of Overwatch
As you might have read over the past day, the first clone of Blizzard’s upcoming online team shooter, Overwatch, has surfaced in China (no surprises), loosely translated as “Legend of Titan.” A mobile game, it was first shown at the…
Valiant Force – FunPlus and XII Braves team up for launch later this year
[Game website] FunPlus, the publisher of top ranking mobile game Dot Arena and worldwide leader in social games, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with mobile game developer XII Braves. Through this multi-million investment, FunPlus becomes…
Legend of DOTA – Valve and Blizzard reach truce with Chinese companies
Back in November last year, Valve and Blizzard stated their intent to continue purusing a legal victory over Chinese companies Longtu Games and Lilith Games over the copyright infringement found in the mobile game, Legend of DOTA. Yesterday, Longtu Games claimed a…
Lineage Eternal – NCsoft delays Closed Beta for action MMORPG
During its financial announcement for the 1st quarter of 2016, developer NCsoft announced the first Closed Beta phase for Lineage Eternal for South Korea has been moved from early 2016 to the “3rd quarter of 2016”, which is anytime between…
League of Legends – Tencent sues Chinese developer for IP infringement
Tencent, the parent company of Riot Games, recently sued a Chinese developer for IP and copyright infringement with regards to League of Legends. The accussed, a prominent studio known as GY Games, has a mobile game titled “Cutest Heroes” where…
Smilegate – Founder of once-failing studio is now Korea’s 4th richest man
According to Forbes, the founder of developer Smilegate, Kwon Hyuk-Bin, is now South Korea’s 4th richest man. Kwon Hyuk-Bin currently owns 100% shares of Smilegate Holdings, and his company was once on the edge of closing down. Tencent, China’s biggest…
gumi – Brave Frontier publisher withdraws from 3 countries and more
[Source] A representative from gumi recently confirmed it has withdrawn entirely from Canada, Sweden, and Germany, and shut down studios in Austin and Hong Kong. Operations in gumi’s HQ in Japan, with overseas operations in China, France, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines,…
RF Online 2 – Trademark registered for sequel to classic sci-fi MMORPG
RF Online, or Rising Force Online, is perhaps one of the first sci-fi MMORPG to launch around a decade ago. Since then, developer CCR has been rather quiet about any new games. Today, it was revealed CCR filed a trademark for…
Nzin Corporation – Daum Games and Nzin merger completed by Kakao
First announced last December, Kakao yesterday completed the merger of its 2 game subsidiaries, Nzin and Daum Games, now known as Nzin Corporation. If you did not know, Kakao is the operator of Korea’s most-used mobile messenger, KakaoTalk. The merger happened…
RuneScape – Chinese mining company set to be new owner
[Source] While the source claims China-based Shandong Hongda Mining has fully acquired UK-based RuneScape developer Jagex, Jagex has confirmed to other outlets that due diligence is ongoing with no deal completed. Although browser gaming is a huge market in China…