19 Sep 2011

It was dim and hot in the exhibition hall for the Tokyo Game Show, but the perspiring fans were more interested in the latest consoles and game titles than in turning up the air conditioning or...

7:56PM
1 Jun 2011

Perfect World, one of the mainland's leading online role-playing games operators, expects to step up its international expansion plan with the acquisition of game developer Cryptic Studios from...

11:22AM
22 Jan 2010

Digital e-books for the Nintendo DS Just when you think Nintendo has run out of 'novel' things to do, it flips everything upside down. Nintendo DS owners can now use their portable gaming device...

11:32AM
5 Nov 2009

Beijing's demands for tighter censorship of the internet, with online games a particular target, has sparked rivalry among government agencies for control of a sector that promises fast-growing...

7:32PM
7 Aug 2009

Fantasy and golf form a magical union in a new PlayStation Portable game that will entertain you for hours.

In Pangya: Fantasy Golf, gamers will be magically whisked away to the...

3:46PM
6 Mar 2009

Grab anything - a baseball bat, a chainsaw - and start swinging away. Capcom is back with armies of living dead. This time they are looking to snack on human flesh in the Nintendo Wii game, Dead...

5:53AM

Expect magical mayhem in the new fantasy anime Tales of the Abyss. Follow the exploits of Luke fon Fabre and his friends as they try to save the planet from destruction at the hands of Vandesdelca...

12:28AM

Your favourite arachnid superhero returns in a riveting, action-adventure saga: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

5:42AM

Did you know that Japanese video games giant Nintendo used to run a taxi company, a 'love hotel' chain, a television network and a food company that sold instant rice (similar to instant noodles...

11:52PM

Online providers switch to selling virtual weapons and outfits

5:16PM

Fewer IPOs expected from saturated market

Following breakneck growth over the past two years, the mainland's online gaming industry is expected to slow this year because of a glut...

3:53PM

Ever since the descending lines of marching Space Invaders inspired a new kind of recreation in the early 1980s, the worldwide computer games industry has experienced enormous growth.

12:30PM

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