Entries in 'china' (39)
China warns games 'too low-brow'
China's Ministry of Culture has issued a circular demanding that game companies refrain from content that is "not up to standard" or offering "lowbrow cultural content that is having a ...
CHINA: Shanda in $725m IPO
Chinese web giant Shanda is to sell off a 22 per cent share in its online gaming unit next week, as part of an IPO estimated to be worth $725 ...
CHINA: Gaming outranks shopping online
New research shows more Internet users in China use the web for online gaming than shopping.
CHINA: Blizzard cements World of Warcraft deal
Leading MMO developer Blizzard has struck a deal with NetEase that will see the Chinese firm handle the studio’s MMO offerings in the region for three years.
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UK CHARTS: Resident Evil 5 fends off GTA
The ongoing success of Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 continues this week with the news that the next-gen survival horror shooter has claimed the top spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All ...
GTA gives DS its first 18 rated title
The British Board of Film Classification has announced the Rockstar’s upcoming DS title Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is to be granted an 18 certificate – making it the first ...
GTA Chinatown Wars dated
Grand Theft Auto developer and publisher Rockstar has announced that its debut DS outing for the series, entitled GTA: Chinatown Wars, will be released in Europe on March 20th.
GTA IV DLC and Chinatown Wars delayed until spring?
Speaking at a US-based BMO Capital Markets Conference in New York earlier today, Take 2 CEO Strauss Zelnick has suggested that both the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable content for ...
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E3 08: GTA comes to DS
Nintendo has shocked the industry by confirming that Grand Theft Auto is coming to DS.
China’s online games market worth $1.5bn in 2008
Sales from China's online games market reached 10.57 billion Chinese Yen [CNY] ($1.5bn) in FY 2007-2008, up 61.5 per cent year on year.
China’s The9 buys into Korean developer
Chinese online game operator The9 has acquired a minority stake in Korean developer G10 in exchange for an investment of approximately $38 million.
CHINA: Warcraft hits one million unique users
World of Warcraft enjoyed a record peak of one million simultaneous users in China last month, according to publisher The9.Advertisement
CHINA: Online gaming sees massive growth
The online games market in china grew to $1.66 billion last year, according to market research firm Pearl Research.
PS3 manufacturer wins Xbox 360 contract
Business technology site Digitimes is reporting that Asustek owned manufacturing firms Pegatron and Unihan have struck a deal with Microsoft to produce around 500,000 Xbox 360 consoles a month from ...
