Soft-World to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.50

Mar 30, 16:14

Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, has decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$2.50 (US$0.084) for 2011, according to...

Game First lands exclusive sales agent rights for Diablo III from Blizzard Entertainment

Mar 30, 12:29

Game First International, a subsidiary of Taiwan's largest online game developer/operator Soft-World International, on March 29 announced that it has obtained exclusive agent rights...

Chunghwa Telecom, Chinesegamer cooperate in cloud computing game

Mar 22, 16:09

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, have signed a memorandum of understanding for the latter to develop a cloud...

Gamania 2011 revenues hike over 23% on year

Mar 21, 13:50

Gamania Digital Entertainment, a Taiwan-based developer and operator of online games, on March 20 published its 2011 financial report, with consolidated revenues of NT$7.245 billion...

Phoenix, Insyde and AMI competing for adoption of UEFI BIOS in Windows 8

Mar 14, 16:41

Having released the beta version of Windows 8 at the end of February, Microsoft is now in the final stages of testing and revisions, and working with hardware developers and collect...

China market: Handset-based online game users top 30 million in 4Q11

Mar 2, 15:01

The China market had an estimated 30.28 million users of handset-based online games in fourth-quarter 2011, growing 12.1% sequentially and 49.4% on year, according to Analysys Inte...

China market: 4Q11 online gaming revenues top CNY 10 billion

Feb 24, 14:51

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of CNY10.29 billion (US$1.62 billion) during the fourth quarter of 2011, rising 8.2% on quarter and...

Gamania aims at 20% growth in 2012 revenues

Feb 24, 11:37

Gamania Digital Entertainment, a developer and operator of online games in Taiwan, recorded consolidated revenues of NT$7.054 billion (US$231 million) in 2011, growing 20.42% from...

Soft-World, Gamania January revenues hit records

Feb 13, 11:27

Online game developers/operators Soft-World International and Gamania Digital Entertainment have reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$795 million (US$26.9 million) and consolidated...

China market: 2011 online gaming revenues over CNY41 billion

Jan 30, 12:08

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenue of CNY41.38 billion (US$6.40 billion) in 2011, rising by 17.5% from 2010, according to China-based...

XPEC Entertainment to cooperate with US-based See Games

Jan 10, 00:42

XPEC Entertainment, a Taiwan-based developer of console, online, web games, on January 9 signed an agreement with California-based See Games LLC, a publisher of digital entertainment...

China market: 3Q11 online gaming revenues top CNY9.5 billion

Jan 2, 15:56

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated revenues of CNY9.51 billion (US$1.48 billion) during third-quarter 2011, rising 8.6% sequentially and 22.6% on year,...

KYEC reportedly lands order from Toshiba

Newswatch - Dec 22, 14:51

Taiwan-based King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) recently landed testing orders for chips used in Sony's PS Vita handheld, with shipments kicking off in December, according to a...

Consumer electronics market faces reality of weak year, says IHS

Nov 22, 14:36

A sharp slowdown in spending due to continuing economic chaos will cause revenue growth in the global consumer electronics (CE) market to fall short of growth expectations by more...

Taiwan market: PS Vita to arrive by the end of December

Oct 27, 14:52

Sony's latest handheld gaming console PS Vita will start appearing in Taiwan retail channels on December 23 with a price of NT$8,980 (US$298), while a 3G model will arrive on February...

Newmax sees dropping camera module shipment due to weak Kinect sales

Sep 27, 01:15

Although Microsoft has been aggressive in pushing its Kinect into non-Xbox 360 platforms, the effects of weakening US and Europe economies have caused a drop in Kinect sales, and...

China market: 2Q11 online gaming revenues over CNY8.7 billion, says Analysys

Aug 31, 13:57

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenue of CNY8.76 billion (US$1.35 billion) during the second quarter of 2011, rising 3.1% on quarter and...

Strong sales of Nintendo 3DS to benefit Taiwan suppliers

Aug 18, 16:23

Sales of Nintendo's 3DS handheld gaming devices increased sharply in the Japan market during the week from August 8-14 after the vendor cut the device's price by 40%. The strong sales...

Taiwan market: Yahoo! Kimo, Game Flier cooperate on social network games

Jul 26, 16:06

Yahoo! Kimo (Yahoo! Taiwan), the largest web portal in Taiwan, and Game Flier International, a local operator of online games, on July 25 jointly announced their cooperation to operate...

NAND flash densities in video game platforms to climb more than 40% in 2011, says IHS

Jul 26, 10:58

Despite the high cost of NAND flash memory, NAND densities in 2011 will rise more than 40% in home consoles and handheld devices, the principal modes for gaming entertainment, according...

Taiwan distributor files lawsuit against Nintendo

Jul 26, 01:45

Nintendo's Taiwan distributor Hakuyu has filed lawsuit against Nintendo in Taipei accusing Nintendo of ending its distribution right unilaterally, while Nintendo also removed the...

Game developer XPEC to be OTC listed

Jul 19, 11:35

XPEC entertainment, a developer of console, web and online games, will shift listing from Taiwan's emerging stock market to the over-the-counter (OTC) bourse at a tentative price...

Astro cuts into VLT market in Itlay

Jul 5, 10:29

Astro, a Taiwan-based developer of arcade/casino gaming machines, has signed with Italy-based Lottomatica and its subsidiary Spielo to provide video games for being run on Lottomatica's...

Pegatron receives orders for 15 million iPhone 5s from Apple

Jul 5, 01:10

Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to have landed orders for 15 million iPhone 5s (iPhone 4S) from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011,...

Sony to start production of PS4 at end of 2011, say Taiwan makers

Jul 4, 11:45

Sony will have Taiwan-based partners begin production of PlayStation 4 (PS4) featuring body movement-based control like Kinect at the end of 2011 for launch in 2012, according to...

Chinesegamer to replace 2/2.5D online games with web games

Jun 24, 12:05

Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, will replace 2D and 2.5D online games to be developed in the future with web versions based on cloud computing...

Pegatron expected to see losses in 2Q11, to start recovering in 3Q11

Jun 24, 12:02

Pegatron Technology is expected to continue to see losses in its second-quarter results after suffering from a net loss of NT$559 million (US$19.39 million), or NT$0.25 per share,...

AMD and Nintendo co-announce new gaming device; AMD to reintroduce FX brand

Jun 9, 13:19

AMD, at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), announced its support for Nintendo's newly-announced Wii U system, as a new way to enjoy HD console gaming entertainment. The custom AMD...

New Wii console launch to boost Pixart revenues, profits in 2H11

Jun 7, 12:34

IC design house Pixart Imaging, a major supplier of sensors for Nintendo's Wii consoles, is expected to see its revenues amd profits stage a major uptick starting the third quarter...

Gigabyte introduces new servers; range of Android devices and new AIO PCs

Jun 3, 09:59

Gigabyte Technology's Network & Communications business unit handles a range of product lines including servers, notebooks and all-in-one PCs. The division's goal is to leverage...

China market: 1Q11 online gaming revenues near CNY 8.5 billion

May 25, 11:18

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of CNY8.498 billion (US$1.29 billion) in first-quarter 2011, rising 6.1% on quarter and 8.7% on year,...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom invests in development of mobile online game

May 17, 11:14

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on May 16 announced the launch of Navigation Online, a mobile Android-based free social-networking game, at its Hami Apps for open beta test.

Gamania spins off e-payment platform

May 4, 15:44

Gamania Digital Entertainment, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on May 3 announced the separation of GASH, its e-payment platform as a wholly owned subsidiary, GASH+,...

Chinesegamer to launch online games based on tablet PCs, smartphones

May 3, 13:53

Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, is developing online games for tablet PCs and smartphones, with initial launch scheduled for July 2011,...