Posts Tagged: gaming


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Spread the Fun: Line Now Has Four Times More Games Than KakaoTalk in Indonesia

Japan-made chat app Line announced today that the company has released two new games onto its social...

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  • March 6, 2013
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Sony sells DeNA stake

Sony to Sell Whole 13% Stake in DeNA for About $438 Million

Troubled gadget-maker Sony (NYSE:SNE) is selling off its whole 13.14 percent stake in Japanese mobil...

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  • March 4, 2013
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Beijing-Based Game Developer Cmune Raises New Round of Funding, Bets on Social Shooter Success

Cmune, a game developer with offices in Beijing and Berlin, announced today that it has secured a ne...

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  • February 20, 2013
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Yahoo Japan and GREE joint-venture for social gaming

Yahoo Japan and GREE Invest $2 Million to Open Social Gaming Joint-Venture Next Month

Yahoo Japan and GREE (TYO:3632) announced today what they had teased a few months back – the l...

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  • February 18, 2013
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Korean Gaming Giant Nexon Hits $1.2 Billion Revenue in 2012, Marches on to Mobile

Nexon’s (TYO:3659) Q4 2012 results are just in. In brief, the Korean gaming giant did okay. La...

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  • February 13, 2013
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DeNA’s Revenue Hits $567 million in 3Q, Operating Profit Dips 3% on Aggressive Promotion of Comm App

Update, 12.37am: A DeNA representative further explained on my note about the company’s slight...

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  • February 7, 2013
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Should China’s Net Cafes Be Age-Restricted?

Chinese students are headed home (or already there) for the winter holiday break, and many of them a...

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  • February 5, 2013
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KakaoTalk social gaming launch iOS and Japan

KakaoTalk Launches Social Gaming Platform on iOS and in Japan

Korean-made messaging app KakaoTalk launched its Game Platform on Android in its home country last J...

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  • February 2, 2013
  • at 12:15 am
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Indonesian-Made Satay Chef Game Hits Blackberry 10

The Blackberry Z10 launch in Indonesia on Monday signals the launch of 4,000 apps made in the countr...

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  • March 6, 2013
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Next-Gen Gaming Consoles Like PlayStation 4 Are Leaving Chinese Players Behind

Sony announced the PlayStation 4 a couple weeks ago, and it looks pretty sweet. Aside from the inevi...

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  • March 4, 2013
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China Will Develop Its Own Criteria for Diagnosing Game Addiction

It’s no secret that China has a problem with gaming addiction. OK, every country has problems ...

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  • February 20, 2013
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Lessons in Monetizing Games in Korea and Japan

Lessons in Monetizing Apps and Games in Smartphone-Mad Korea and Japan [INFOGRAPHIC]

Japan and Korea are at the forefront of Asia’s rush to smartphones, and are also markets where...

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  • February 15, 2013
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Sex and Gaming in China: Is it Time for Gamers to Grow Up?

Warning: This story contains images that may not be safe for your workplace! Last week, I wrote up a...

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  • February 12, 2013
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Is Gaming in China Getting Too Expensive?

The latest edition of Netease Games’s ongoing “Dispute” discussion series (see her...

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  • February 6, 2013
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Chinese WoW Player Sleeps With Guild Members “For the Alliance”

World of Warcraft players have gone viral in some pretty weird ways in the past, but a Chinese gamer...

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  • February 2, 2013
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GungHo acquires Grasshopper

Lollipop Chainsaw Developer Acquired by One of Japan’s Top Game Publishers

Gamers might be aware that GungHo Online is one of Japan’s top mobile game publishers – and ...

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  • January 31, 2013
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