Nichidenbo seeing online games boost passive component orders

Jul 6, 15:13

Taiwan-based Nichidenbo, which chiefly distributes passive components from Japan, has reported revenues of NT$155 million (US$4.71 million) for June, up 17.4% due to increased demand...

Soft-World obtains rights to operate Koei online game Sango Kushi

Jul 3, 16:16

Taiwan-based online games developer Soft-World International has announced that it signed on July 2 with Japan-based Koei for an exclusive right to operate Sango Kushi, a Koei-developed...

Taiwan-based Gamania obtains right to operate MMORPG Warrior Epic

Jun 24, 14:30

Gamania Digital Entertainment on June 23 announced it has obtained an exclusive right to operate US-based Possibility Space's Warrior Epic, a 3D MMORPG (massively multi-player online...

China market: Online gaming services generate over 5 billion yuan in 1Q09

May 15, 14:41

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenue of 5.51 billion yuan (US$806 million) in the first quarter of 2009, rising by 8.3% on quarter, according...

Taiwan game firm Soft-World enjoys large profit contribution from subsidiaries in 1Q09

Apr 30, 15:53

Soft-World International has released its financial report for the first quarter of 2009, which showed 82.6% of its pretax profit of NT$337.2 million (US$10.1 million) was derived...

Taiwan game firms Chinesegamer, UserJoy hit record net profits in 1Q09

Apr 29, 14:31

Taiwan-based games developers Chinesegamer International and UserJoy Technology, on April 28, released their financial reports for the first quarter of 2009 recording historically...

Taiwan game firm Gamania sees handsome profit in 1Q09

Apr 28, 14:14

Taiwan-based online games developer Gamania Digital Entertainment, on April 27, published its financial report for the first quarter of 2009, recording a net profit of NT$170.3 million...

Taiwan game firms Soft-World and Softstar enter cooperation

Apr 15, 14:26

Soft-World International on April 14 signed with Softstar Entertainment to operate Chinese Paladin Online, a MMORPG developed by Softstar, in the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao market...

China market: 4Q08 online gaming service tops 5 billion yuan

Mar 30, 10:25

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of 5.09 billion yuan (US$744 million) during the fourth quarter of 2008, rising by 9.2% on quarter,...

Gamania and CyberLink announce 2008 dividends

Mar 24, 14:51

Taiwan-based online games developer Gamania Digital Entertainment will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$1 (US$0.03) for its 2008 operations, while multimedia software solution...

Taiwan-based Game Flier obtains license for So-net developed web game

Mar 20, 17:03

Game Flier International, an operator of online games in Taiwan, on March 19 announced it has signed with Japan-based Gamepot Incorporated for rights to operate Livly Island, a web...

Taiwan market: Webs-TV to operate online games

Mar 17, 16:54

Webs-TV, the operator of the web portal yam.com in Taiwan, will step into operation of online games in the Taiwan market and initially launch an online game developed by South Korea-based...

Chinesegamer licenses TS2 Online to China-based Shanda

Mar 11, 15:04

Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, has announced the licensing of TS2 Online, its self-developed online game, to Nasdaq-listed Shanda Interactive...

Gamania hits record consolidated revenues straight for second time in February

Mar 10, 16:28

Gamania Digital Entertainment, the second largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on March 9 reported consolidated revenues of NT$505.7 million (US$14.5 million) for...

Taiwan game firm Wayi not to deal dividend for 2008

Feb 23, 11:43

Wayi International Digital Entertainment, a developer and operator of online games in Taiwan, has decided not to distribute any dividend for 2008 operation, and will use all the 2008...

Taiwan market: Operators of imported games seeing limited impact from exchange rate fluctuations

Feb 20, 16:41

Online game operators in the Taiwan market have said they are not seeing any significant impact on their operating costs from the recent large depreciation of the NT dollar against...

Game firm Gamania hits record sales in January

Feb 10, 10:07

Gamania Digital Entertainment, the second largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on February 9 reported self-estimated consolidated revenues of NT$443.9 million (US$13.3...

Taiwan market: EA to offer Chinese-language Need for Speed World Online, paper says

Newswatch - Feb 6, 15:44

US-based Electronic Arts (EA) plans to launch a Chinese-language version of Need for Speed World Online, its MMORG (massively multi-player online racing game) co-developed by EA Black...

Taiwan market: Fun Town to launch game at Xbox 360 Live Arcade, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 23, 12:14

Fun Town, an operating platform of online entertainment and casual games under GigaMedia in Taiwan, has announced that it will launch Mahjong, a traditional Chinese gambling game,...

China market: Mobile game user base to top 15 million in 2011

Jan 23, 10:37

In the China market, the number of handset-based mobile games, including online games, grew to 6.98 million at the end of 2008 and will keep increasing to 15.45 million at the end...

China online game market value grew over 76% in 2008

Jan 16, 11:10

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of 18.38 billion yuan (US$2.64 billion) in 2008, hiking by 76.6% from 2007, according to surveys by...

Taiwan market: Gamania launches online game Pandora Saga

Jan 16, 10:21

Gamania Digital Entertainment, the second largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on January 15 launched Pandora Saga, an MMORPG (massively multi-player online role-playing...

Taiwan market: GigaMedia to launch HoLiC Online and Warhammer Online

Newswatch - Dec 30, 13:46

GigaMedia, a provider of broadband Internet-based value-added service and content in Taiwan, will launch HoLiC Onine, a MMORPG (massively multi-player online role-playing game) developed...

Soft-World hits record revenues in November

Dec 11, 16:53

Games developer Soft-World International has reported revenues of NT$675 million for November 2008, the highest monthly level on record.

Taiwan game developer InterServ to sell subsidiary to China's Perfect World

Stockwatch - Dec 9, 10:31

InterServ International, a developer of online games in Taiwan, on December 8 announced that it will sell its wholly owned subsidiary Global InterServ (Cayman) Incorporated to Perfect...

Soft-World subsidiary to launch online games in Vietnam in 1Q09

Dec 8, 15:42

Soft-World International plans launch and operate in-house developed online games via its wholly owned subsidiary Zero Digital Zealot-developed in the Vietnam market for the first...

China market: Locally developed online games account for 66% market share at end of 3Q08

Dec 4, 14:34

In the China market, the top-15 providers of online gaming services operated 114 MMOGs (massively multi-player online games) at the end of the third quarter of 2008 and 66% of these...

China market: Online gaming services valued at 4.76 billion yuan in 3Q08

Nov 14, 10:29

Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of 4.76 billion yuan (US$696 million) during the third quarter of 2008, rising by 7.5% on quarter,...

Taiwan online games market to grow to over NT$12 billion in 2010, says MIC

Nov 4, 16:23

Total revenues of online gaming services in the Taiwan market will keep increasing to a forecast of NT$12.256 billion (US$373 million) in 2010, according to the Market Intelligence...

Taiwan maker IGS to start shipping arcade machines to Eastern Europe

Oct 20, 12:31

International Games System (IGS), a developer of arcade hardware and software and operator of online games in Taiwan, will begin shipments of arcade gaming machines in small volumes...

Taiwan market: Soft-World offers quiz-show online game Super Winners

Sep 3, 15:48

Soft-World International, on September 2 announced, the launch of Super Winners, a live webcast interactive online game like a quiz show, by Efun International, its 80%-stake subsi...