He leaves after six years at the
online games firm, where he served in positions such as live game director and head of publishing.
Founded in 1999, DeNA may be less known outside of Asia, but it is a multi-billion dollar
mobile games firm in its own right.
Rumors regarding Kojima planning to leave the Japanese - based
video game firm following the completion of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which hit shelves on September 1st started surfacing on the internet earlier this year.
Disagreements over price and the size of bonuses awarded to key Eidos directors are thought to be delaying a possible bid for the British computer
games firm by its French rival, Infogrames.
Casual games firm Encore Publishing Group is to expand into the indie sector with a new publishing arm.
The move comes after numerous
social games firms test the limits of the free - to - play model, which — though once a subject of doubt — has created a multi-billion-dollar industry.
In line with its booming population and growing economic prominence, the Philippines» development industry is similarly seeing rapid maturation, supported by increasing interest from
global games firms.
That's according to CEO Yves Guillemot, who explained that in today's
market games firms can not wait to rectify mistakes or hope that titles will sell well enough without major revisions.
The Game Connection Meeting Application
enables games firms to book meetings at the event in advance, with the aim of condensing business development work into three days.
As part of the restructure, Japanese mobile
games firm Beeline has been absorbed into the new Mobile Business Division and rechristened Capcom Mobile.
Square Enix has converted Kingdom Hearts 3 to UE4, and even
browser games firm InnoGames is using the tech to power its push into the mobile space.
Universities now able to use the same motion capture tech as triple -
A games firms, starting in the US
This project is the brainchild of modder Brendan Greene and Chang Han Kim of
Korean games firm Bluehole.
This is the latest acquisition of a
Western games firm by a Chinese company, with the other recent — and more bizarre — example being Jagex's acquisition by mining corporation Shandong Honda.
It's no secret that the mobile messaging space is growing at rapid pace in Asia, and now Japanese mobiles
games firm GREE has jumped into the action.
HBO, Netflix, Hulu, the New York Times, CNN, the NBA and Lionsgate are all signed on as partners as well
as games firms.
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games firm DeNA boosts its mobile presence in China with Renren partnership
A month after ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin proposed a new twist on the ICO funding model, a Russian
video game firm is putting it into practice.
Tim LeTourneau and Steve Parkis bring more than 30 years of Zynga, EA and Disney experience to the mobile games firm
United go into
the game firm favorites having drawn the first leg in Russia 1 - 1.
Things like manual gear changes are in GRIP as are lightning speeds and astounding destructibility, making
the game a firm contender in today's racing game marketplace.
The largest gender pay gap of
any games firm that has so far released its figures.
«We fundamentally believe that better games means better business,» said Roberts, saying that
games firms «will regret it» if they forget that «important rule».
ACME also runs various projects, including a recent «Futureproof» programme for local digital and
games firms.
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