July 3, 2023 Shutdown Just Cause Mobile to be discontinued ahead of official release The title has been in development since it was announced in 2020
May 30, 2023 New Launch Supercell launches new title Flood Rush into beta The game surprise-launched at the end of May
April 5, 2023 Acquisition Nodwin Gaming acquires a majority stake in full-service live media company Branded The acquisition brings Branded’s event IP’s and team into the Nodwin fold
January 6, 2023 Business Sea Ltd freezes salaries for most staff at end of 2022 As the year wrapped up, Sea Ltd, owner of mobile developer Garena, froze salaries for staff and paid out lower bonuses for 2022
December 16, 2022 Market Analysis Only 20 percent of mobile gamers are fully engaged when playing (And the other 80 percent do so while multitasking.) A new report from LoopMe delves into the global gaming market
October 28, 2022 New Platform Singapore-based mobile game company Storms announces Web3 gaming platform Named ‘Kyō’, the Web3 platform is a hyper-casual, social-based mobile gaming platform that integrates blockchain technology.
October 26, 2022 Sega In Singapore Sega announces Singapore-based subsidiary as it seeks to expand in the Southeast Asia market Established as a "key base" for future activity
October 13, 2022 Join Us Join us for the Games From Spain Networking Dinner: Gamescom Asia Edition next week on October 20 After a busy day at Gamescom Asia, join investors and publishers for an exclusive VIP dinner courtesy of Games From Spain and Pocket Gamer
April 13, 2022 Expanding Overseas WonderPlanet opening Singapore subsidiary to explore blockchain Following discussions on NFTs and the metaverse
February 24, 2022 Global Launch Potato Play raises $5 million, launches Merge Restaurant Investments from Everblue Management, Play Ventures and more
February 24, 2022 3 Million Gameplays Ethlas raises $2.7 million for F2P P2E mobile and PC metaverse Will "aggressively" hire talent in the Web3 space
February 22, 2022 Pocket Metaverse Chillchat raises $1.85 million for create-to-earn "pocket metaverse" Led by blockchain platform Solana's VC arm, Solana Ventures
February 8, 2022 Sharing The Storm iCandy Interactive acquires 51% stake in hypercasual games startup Storms Storms' management will join the existing iCandy management team
January 20, 2022 Growing Guilds Infinity Force raises $5.5 million to grow blockchain and P2E games Backed by key metaverse investor Animoca Brands
January 19, 2022 Requiescat In Pace Free Fire World Series to be held on Singapore island, Sentosa Welcomes first collaboration of the year with Assassin’s Creed crossover event
January 5, 2022 Divestment Tencent raises $3 billion from sale of Sea Group shares Remains majority shareholder
December 15, 2021 Live And Kicking How localised experiences keeps Free Fire alive four years on Garena producer Harold Teo talks a mobile-first approach and understanding the player's needs
December 9, 2021 Blockchain Bridge Affyn raises $7 million for F2P P2E AR metaverse mobile game All in-game characters will be represented as NFTs
December 8, 2021 Global Gaming Tencent launches new publishing division Level Infinite Bolstering with Warhammer and Arena of Valor
November 8, 2021 Firing Ahead Free Fire continues to outpace PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile Growth is accelerating
September 24, 2021 We Are Venom Garena partners with Sony to bring Venom to Free Fire Free Fire’s first-ever movie crossover event
September 21, 2021 To The Max Update: Garena's graphically enhanced Free Fire Max to launch worldwide on September 28th New features, better graphics, same game account
August 18, 2021 Causing A Storm Storms launch new game studio and partner with Voodoo The studio has developed one game so far, AZ Run
July 22, 2021 Lightning Round Storm The World competition opens for entries $560,000 on offer for winning developers
April 22, 2021 Hotting Up Play Ventures to launch a blockchain games investment fund Taking a stake in LuneX Ventures
April 15, 2021 Head2head Jambox Games raises $1.1 million for its competitive casual gaming platform Targeting southeast Asia
March 30, 2021 Adventurers Assemble As Niantic soft-launches Pikmin AR game in Singapore, new details sprout Pre-registration available across iOS and Android
August 3, 2020 $100 Million Rise Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore Partly due to a rise in esports
June 16, 2020 Western Launch Incoming? Update: Bethesda and Gaea Mobile launch Fallout Shelter Online in Asia Available to download in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and more
June 11, 2020 Tales Of Memo Indie Spotlight: How a school maths assignment inspired Tales of Memo "The game originated from a conversation I had with my daughter"
April 24, 2020 Setting Up Shop Riot Games opens new studio in Singapore Headed up by Nathan Beemer, who also established the company's Hong Kong outfit
March 20, 2020 Pandemic Continues Razer commits to donating up to one million surgical masks to fight COVID-19 Singapore authorities contributing too
March 3, 2020 Potato Play Funding Singapore-based mobile games publisher Potato Play raises $500,000 to expand operations Play Ventures stumps up the cash
February 12, 2020 Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade Former Koei Tecmo artist Desmond Wong talks about the Cat Quest studio and plans for the future
February 5, 2020 Electric Square Singapore Keywords Studios opens a new Electric Square office in Singapore 13 employees to start, growing to 50 by 2022
January 29, 2020 Daunting Acquisition Free Fire studio Garena acquires Phoenix Labs for an estimated $150 million 100 developers now under "Garena family"
January 2, 2020 Cutting Edge Razer applies for a digital bank license in Singapore It will hold 60 per cent of the new bank
June 3, 2019 East Meets West East Meets West: Roblox partners with Tencent, Gamescom heads to Asia, and Konami talks two years of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
May 30, 2019 Events Gamescom is heading to Asia in 2020 Koelnmesse claims "the region has been hungry for a Tier One gaming event"
May 3, 2019 Jobs News Mobile ad tech firm Pocketmath appoints Joanne Joynson-Hewlett as CEO “It is a time of unprecedented growth and opportunity for Pocketmath”
February 26, 2019 Britain Bound Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost launches in UK across iOS and Android Ireland, Canada, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand see release too
September 3, 2018 Mighty Recruits Singapore’s Mighty Bear Games lands senior ex-Bigpoint and Bandai Namco devs Jan Richter and Pauline Pun join the team
June 21, 2018 Mighty Singapore dev Mighty Bear Games fetches several million dollars in seed funding round Developer founded by King, Ubisoft, Jagex and Disney alumni
April 12, 2018 Mobile Games Trends Singapore snapshot: Mobile Legends and battle royale games lead the way Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
March 15, 2018 Moving Day Outsourcing specialist Virtuos eyes acquisitions after raising $15 million The development studio also hopes to double in size over the next three years
February 28, 2018 Big Plays New global mobile games publisher Finger Punch sets up shop in Singapore Company plans to partner up with developers across the globe
February 1, 2018 Cooking Up Something Animoca Brands working on blockchain-based MasterChef mobile game Powered by NOX