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Restructure follows consecutive months of financial woes as stocks and sales fall

Bigpoint producer Bigpoint producer Jonathan Lindsay discusses how Western developers can improve their chances in the world's most elusive markets

Despite having a population less than that of London, Singapore provides a thriving landscape for games businesses and serves as the Asian home for major Western publishers. It’s little wonder that big names such as Ubisoft, EA and Activision have moved into the country – Singaporeans are the highest-spending gamers …

Although Malaysia boasts one of the healthiest economies in Asia, its games market was initially slow to gain momentum. This was exacerbated by a lack of local studios and publishers, a dearth of skilled labour and the apparent disinterest from Western companies, local blogger Manoj Prasad wrote in 2012. Gaming …

Finnish powerhouse Rovio has teamed up with Beijing Kunlun Tech to bring its popular Angry Birds franchise to China. The Chinese gaming firm will be collaborating with Rovio on launching Angry Birds titles that have been developed specifically for its home market. This is the first time Rovio has worked …

New Southeast Asia office will oversee local language and live support

Nintendo has confirmed that the delayed Pokemon Bank service has been officially launched in some regions. Specifically, Nintendo of America confirmed its availability in certain Asian countries”, adding that updates on availability in other regions” will follow at some point in the future. The 3DS app was supposed to launch …

Sony has announced that the PlayStation 4 will release in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea in December, and with no Indian release date yet, this could be bad news for Sony India. The December release window for Asia will surely put pressure on Sony India to release the …

Sony's next-gen console coming to South Korea and Singapore this December

South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan will welcome the PS4 this December. Sony confirmed the 2013 launch month at its pre-Tokyo Game Show event earlier today, although it did not give a specific launch date or price for each territory. The PS4, remember, will not be released in Japan …